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Andy Bailen has been a senior executive in retail and CPG businesses for over 30 years. He is currently the Managing Director of 3Pe Consulting, which provides advisory services in business turnarounds, franchise development, general retail & pop-up stores, direct to consumer initiatives, private equity/ M&A, and more. 3Pe Consulting clients have included ASDA, Five Below, Barnes & Noble, The Jim Henson Company, Penguin Books, Propel Equity, Macellum Capital Management, and The Ivy League.

Andy's career includes roles as President & CEO of KB Toys, Head of Specialty Retail at Toys "R" Us, EVP of Merchandising & Marketing at Party City, President of Loew-Cornell (a Jarden Corp. business), EVP at Alex Brands (a private equity rollup) and SVP, GMM at Blockbuster. Highlights include conceptualizing and growing the Toys "R" Us pop-up store program from $0 to $200 million in 18 months and leading a highly successful turnaround at Party City Corp.

Andy has a demonstrated record of success in multi-billion dollar companies as well as start-up businesses. He is a proven leader with significant experience in P&L management, strategic planning, business development, merchandising, buying, e-commerce, product sourcing & development, marketing, licensing, store operations, finance, and real estate.

In addition to his consulting business, Andy serves on the advisory boards at Doughnuttery, The Healthy Animal, and the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business at Adelphi University. He also publishes a weekly newsletter about the retail industry, All Things Retail (AllThingsRetail.substack.com/about).

Andy's firm, 3Pe Consulting, are experts in the Pop-Up business. Having planned and opened over 1,200 Pop-Up locations, their real-life expertise is unequaled. In fact, they led the creation and growth of the Toys “R” Us Pop-Up Store program, which grew from 0 to over 600 stores and $200 million in sales within 18 months!

http://www.3peconsulting.com

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John Hoyle is a Proptech Founder, Real Estate Professional and experienced MD across international markets. Committed to developing social ventures for profit in the UK and beyond he launched Sook in 2019 with the goal of maximizing the utility of spaces across our towns and cities.

Sook Spaces is the world’s first community retail platform. Establish physical space on a weekly basis and create meaningful connections with your customers at the times that work for you, leaving the rest of the week for other businesses to use. Our hourly rental model and adaptable solution offers you a low cost, low commitment stepping-stone between a pop-up and a full-time commercial lease that is out of reach for so many businesses.

https://www.sook.space

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Laura McLaughlin is a Director of Specialty Leasing for Brixmor Property Group.

Laura is responsible for the national specialty leasing efforts focusing pop up, emerging brands & seasonal retailer stores, common area events such as fireworks, the recycling program, Out-Of-Home advertising/experiential marketing and parking lot community events.

Laura earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Marketing from St. Joseph’s University.

Brixmor is a leading owner and operator of high-quality, open-air shopping centers with more than 380 retail centers in the United States.

https://www.brixmor.com

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Darnell King is the Owner of NOLOGO and Co-Owner of LOCAL HEROES flagship retail store in Vernon Hills, Illinois.

He’s extensively studied color, shade, shape and texture and is well versed in many textiles and garments. DK’s inspiration for designing derives from street and runway fashion. This fashion got him featured in three GQ magazine editions during the summer of 2017.

NOLOGO is the product of needing to change the way we as consumers think and function in fashion. Streetwear is the perfect platform for an individual to break out and start a trend instead of simply being a part of the trend.

Local Heroes is a pop-up collective developed to take advantage of the abundance of vacant retail space currently available in shopping Malls. We take advantage of this abundance, curating local streetwear brands, bringing them to retail in a smaller scale as well as a more streamlined method than normally done with big box retail stores.

https://nologostreetwear.com

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Ghalia Boustani is a researcher at Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and holds a Doctorate degree from Ecole Supérieure des affaires. Her main research interest is in ephemeral retailing; she has developed her first research on pop-up stores in the Middle East and now is focusing her research on studying pop-up stores in Europe.

Ghalia has published “Ephemeral Retailing: Pop-up stores in a Postmodern consumption era”, “Pop-up retail. The Evolution, Application and Future of Ephemeral Stores” and presented her research in different marketing and retailing colloquy. Throughout her academic journey, Ghalia also worked closely with professionals and entrepreneurs on several projects that added value to her researches and developed a considerable online content that looks at retailing in general and ephemeral retailing in particular.

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Dan Jablons worked in retail while attending the Ohio State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Production. He has worked with retailers such as Walmart, Target, JC Penney, American Apparel, Betsey Johnson, Donna Karan, Jimmy Choo, Charles David, Diesel, Oakley, Tumi, Hollywood Bowl, and many others. He has worked for a clothing manufacturer where he piloted vendor-managed inventory programs, a leading point-of-sale provider (where he installed systems and provided merchandising help to retailers large and small) and internet marketing (where he helped retailers establish a presence on the web.)

In addition to his vast retail background, Dan also has a background in improvisational theatre. He recently appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm, and is often seen in national commercials. Dan combines his extensive knowledge of retail with his comedy skills to become one of the industry's most popular speakers. He has spoken at Magic, Surf Expo, at local municipal and trade show events, and many other venues.

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Scott Blair and Stephen Brooks sit down and talk about the concept behind the Popable Podcast. If you're in retail, entertainment, or the commercial real estate industries, then this podcast is built around strategies to help you grow your pop-up shop business.

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