The amazing duo of Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga of Omnitalk fame join Jessica, Shlomo, Rebekah and Ryan to discuss the many innovations surrounding commerce.

Mack Weldon's Joshua Dufek discusses the evolution from pure play digital to incorporating retail stores and beyond.

Leasing physical retail in a post e-commerce world. 

If it's not profitability, what's the commerce end game?

What does it take to disrupt an industry?

Dan and his partner, Terry McEwen, are credited with inventing the lifestyle shopping center. Josh oversees the largest owner, operator, and developer of lifestyle shopping centers in the US. 

RE-Tales.io 4: Saks Barbarians at Macy's Gate

Retail and e-commerce may be symbiotic, but corporate raiders be raiding!

Why do Boards of Directors want to split our beloved brands into scraps that should technically work together but really invite a whole host of challenges?

We welcome ecommerce technology expert and host of the Watson Weekly podcast, Rick Watson to discuss the motivations as well as the challenges that will be faced by these companies after they “take the money.”

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

If your team has considered investing more in digital channels, Rick can help plan and execute your digital initiatives. You can connect with Rick on his website RMW Commerce Consulting or follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn. Listen to his podcast The Watson Weekly - Your Essential eCommerce Digest and hear all the latest in the world of eCommerce — from established players like Amazon and Shopify to the new startups fresh off their latest round of funding. It's all here, from Marketplaces to Direct-to-Consumer to Supply Chain to Payments.

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Would you like to join our slack community of like-minded individuals? We would love to have you! Visit this link Slack and please fill out the form.

Explore the future of retail, DTC, and ecommerce powered by real estate and shopping centers. Visit the link to join us in Clubhouse

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Do you have a retail innovation concept that you would like us to explore in a future episode? You have to go to RE-Tales.io/suggest and fill out the form, and we will consider it and perhaps invite you to join us!

For a full transcript visit our blog .

RE-Tales.io 3: Cargo Ships Traffic Jams: Make Product Closer to the Consumer!

Do you want an answer to our supply chain issues and much more?

We welcome supply chain visionary Lisa Morales-Hellebo to discuss how localization can save money and the planet!

Lisa is the co-founder and general partner of REFASHIOND Ventures — an NYC-based, early-stage supply chain technology venture fund that invests in startups refashioning global supply chains. She is also the co-founder of REFASHIOND OS, which automates on-demand manufacturing for the $2.7 trillion fashion industry via the first network of localized micro-factories connected via a shared tech stack.

In this episode, Lisa and the team discuss how changes to the apparel supply chain can go very far in positively affecting profitability, product availability, speed to market, shipping complications, and removing a huge burden off of our environment.

If this episode somehow inspired you, take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us retalesio, Jessica Mauser and Shlomo Chopp

If you are interested in refashioning global supply chains, connect with Lisa on LinkedIn .

Would you like to join our slack community of like-minded individuals? We would love to have you! Visit this link Slack and please fill out the form.

Explore the future of retail, DTC, and ecommerce powered by real estate and shopping centers. Visit the link to join us in Clubhouse

Haven't left a review yet? All you have to do is go to hRE-Tales.io Podcast and thanks for your support of this show!

Do you have a retail innovation concept that you would like us to explore in a future episode? You have to go to RE-Tales.io/suggest and fill out the form, and we will consider it and perhaps invite you to join us!

For full transcript visit our blog .

Special Jam Session at Shopify NY. We discuss where retail meets residential and commercial real estate with residential broker Christina Prostano of Corcoran, retail store expert Rebekah Kondrat of Kondrat Retail and Shlomo Chopp of Case and retailOS.

Welcome to the second episode of the RE-Tales.io podcast/ Zoom/ Clubhouse series.   

In this episode we explore the challenges that brick and mortar has experienced in securing new brands to replace merchandising and vacancies in their properties, with suggestions as to what can be done to resolve the issue. We are joined by Najla Kayyem of Pacific Retail Capital Partners as a guest host.

RE-Tales.io can be found at www.retales.io and is a community exploring DTC, e-commerce and technology powered by retail and shopping centers.

If this episode somehow inspired you, take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us @retalesio, 
@925cre_jessica @shlomochopp

Would you like to join our slack community of like-minded individuals? We would love to have you! Visit this link https://www.re-tales.io/join-our-slack-channel and please fill out the form.

Explore the future of retail, DTC, and eCommerce powered by real estate and shopping centers. Visit the link to join us in CLubhouse https://ios.clubhouse.com/club/re-talesio

Haven't left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://podcasts.apple.com/tt/podcast/re-tales-io/id1577895349, and thanks for your support of this show!

Do you have a retail innovation concept that you would like us to explore in a future episode? You have to go to https://www.re-tales.io/suggest and fill out the form, and we will consider it and perhaps invite you to join us!

For full transcript and blog visit:https://www.re-tales.io/blog

Welcome to the first episode of the RE-Tales.io podcast/ Zoom/ Clubhouse series. 

RE-Tales.io can be found at www.retales.io and is a community exploring DTC, e-commerce and technology powered by retail and shopping centers. 

In this first episode titled "Are Fulfillment Centers Dead? Long live the shopping center! can retail cut fulfillment costs?" We explore the possibility and limitations of e-commerce and retail store fulfillment from within a shopping center environment.

Our permanent hosts are Rebekah Kondrat of Kondrat Retail, a retail adviser to DTC and other tech forward firms, Jessica Mauser of Lee & Associates, a national commercial real estate brokerage. Ryan Wolfe is the co-founder and COO of ShopFulfill Corp., and  Shlomo Chopp, managing partner of Case Equity Partners, a real estate investment firm and Founder and CEO of ShopFulfill Corp. 

Joining as a guest panelist on this episode is Matt Powers of JLL, who, in addition to an illustrious career at WalMart overseeing their industrial property portfolio, now leads JLL’s, e-commerce distribution practice, where he advises many of the largest corporations as to the strategies and implementation around retail and e-commerce fulfillment. 

Rebecca Kondrat has spent her career building revenue-driving retail environments for companies ranging from Starbucks to Apple to Warby Parker to Outdoor Voices and many other brands. Jessica Mauser is the president of Lee & Associates Office in the San Francisco area and also sits on the national board of the company. Jessica, on a day-to-day basis, works with tenants and landlords within the retail and industrial space.

If this episode somehow inspired you, take a screenshot of you listening on your device, post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us @retalesio, 
@925cre_jessica @shlomochopp

Would you like to join our slack community of like-minded individuals? We would love to have you! Visit this link https://www.re-tales.io/join-our-slack-channel and please fill out the form.

Explore the future of retail, DTC, and eCommerce powered by real estate and shopping centers. Visit the link to join us in CLubhouse https://ios.clubhouse.com/club/re-talesio

Haven't left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://podcasts.apple.com/tt/podcast/re-tales-io/id1577895349, and thanks for your support of this show!

Do you have a retail innovation concept that you would like us to explore in a future episode? You have to go to https://www.re-tales.io/suggest and fill out the form, and we will consider it and perhaps invite you to join us!

For full transcript and blog visit:https://www.re-tales.io/blog