Omni Talk Retail

NRF’s Matthew Shay on Retail Resilience & Leading Through Macroeconomic Uncertainty | WRC 2025


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Omni Talk Retail wraps up World Retail Congress 2025 from the VusionGroup Podcast Studioo with Matthew Shay, President & CEO of the National Retail Federation, in a wide-ranging discussion on the state of global retail. From high-level CEO forums to Capitol Hill, Shay is at the epicenter of policy and retail leadership—he shares what leaders are really saying, how small businesses are being supported, and why flexibility is now a core competency for modern retailers.

⏱ Key Moments:

  • 0:41 – What NRF is and who it represents
  • 1:38 – Why Shay attends WRC: CEO roundtables & global policy alignment
  • 2:30 – The dominant topic? Uncertainty
  • 3:44 – Shay reflects on 15 years leading NRF: What’s changed most
  • 4:48 – Why 2025 isn’t “business as usual,” but also not paralyzing
  • 5:14 – Challenges for small vs. large retailers in today’s supply chain
  • 6:00 – Lessons from the Great Recession to COVID: Agility as a superpower
  • 6:47 – Digitization’s lasting impact on retail business models
  • 7:20 – The retail trajectory is “up and to the right,” despite disruption
  • 7:45 – NRF’s small business support: Advocacy, engagement, access
  • 8:47 – Why even small businesses now have better tools to handle volatility
  • 9:00 – Closing thoughts and shoutout to VusionGroup for show support

#MatthewShay #nrf_news #retailleadership #omnitalkretail #wrc2025 #RetailUncertainty #RetailPolicy #RetailResilience #retailtransformation #SmallBusinessRetail



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