Kantar Retail Sound Bites

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.

From supply chain disruptions to economic swings, Kantar's experts will help address your most pressing issues today while keeping you on the right path for tomorrow. This week Todd Szahun, David Marcotte, and Doug Hermanson outline the latest COVID-19 related developments and dive into macroeconomic and near-term implications for the retail landscape. 

The first installment of an ongoing Retail Sound Bites series will bring near and long-term implications of COVID-19 into focus. Speaking through the lens of North American retail, David Marcotte and Doug Hermanson dive into supply chain, key macroeconomic indicators, and heightened recession risks as a result of the pandemic. 

Are we headed for an economic slowdown in the US? Kantar’s Chief knowledge Officer Bryan Gildenberg breaks down this Crisis of Confidence in this week’s installment

In this first Retail Sound Bites installment of the new decade, host Bryan Gildenberg offers his retail predictions for 2020 and beyond, and the "post-retail" retail world.