Even though sales have increased, recent quarterly earnings reveal that retailers are severely cutting back inventory and increasing their cash on hand. In this episode, David Marcotte and Tory Gundelach share five key metrics that will help quantify this pivot and outline behavioral adjustments that will help you partner with retailers over the next 3-6 months.  

In this episode, we bring together a panel of industry experts to discuss the changing media and marketing landscape with a special focus on the role that agencies and technology partners can play to help brands navigate the new world of omnicommerce.

In this episode we examine how trip missions have been disrupted by the acceleration of online shopping, what impact new shopping patterns have on product discovery, and share assortment planning approaches for omnichannel. 

On this week’s Retail Sound Bites Tim Campbell reveals findings from our COVID-19 survey to assess incremental opportunities in planning, products, promotions, and assortment during the COVID-19 crisis.

On today's episode, Kantar SVP David Marcotte welcomes Erik Bergeman, Tradelens lead for IBM, to talk through innovative solutions to the supply chain disruptions imposed by COVID-19.

Home improvement retailers appear to be weathering the COVID-19 storm better than most. On this week’s Retail Sound Bites Amar Singh and David Marcotte discuss the current status of the industry and unveil their forecast for the future of home improvement.

Never in modern times has shopper behavior shifted this quickly or dramatically. This week’s Retail Sound Bites podcast welcomes Leigh O’Donnell to get you up to speed on shifting shopper priorities with insights from Kantar’s COVID-19 Shopper Snapshot study.

What are shoppers' thoughts, concerns, and actions during the COVID-19 crisis? This week's Retail Sound Bites podcast welcomes Mary Brett Whitfield and Rachel Dalton to provide an update on the state of shoppers, their significant shift to online purchasing, and key implications for the ecommerce channel.

With increasing shelter in place restrictions and record unemployment in the US, retailers and suppliers have entered a continuous adaptation cycle. This week, Tory Gundelach, Lei Duran, and Doug Hermanson outline three leading drivers of change and provide guidelines on adapting to the new realities of commerce

With the sudden illness of the Prime Minster’s wife, the new reality of COVID-19 shocked Canada overnight. On the latest episode of Retail Sound Bites, David Marcotte and Amar Singh discuss the impact on Canadian retail, share near-term priorities, and unpack future implications.