Retail Leader Trend Talk

This week on Retail Leader Trend Talk, we chat with Kristy Alexander, founder and chief big heart of Apple Rose Beauty, about her skincare brand's journey into retail. After taking an 11-month, 11-country tour, Alexander found her calling to form a mission-driven business that aims to help victims of sex trafficking. Tune into the interview with Retail Leader Editor Amy Baxter.

This week on Retail Leader Trend Talk, we catch up with CEO of Gorjana, Jason Griffin Reidel, who tells us all about the Laguna Beach-based jewelry brand's latest moves to open new retail locations.

This week on Retail Leader Trend Talk, we caught up with Author, Speaker and Visionary Rishad Tobaccowala, who clued us in on the emerging trends and best practices for business leaders. Based on the ideas in his book, Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data, Tobaccowala dives into the changing retail dynamics accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic with Retail Leader Editor Amy Baxter.

This week on Retail Leader Trend Talk, we're speaking with Yes! Apples, a consumer-first apple brand that recently opened up an e-commerce shop to bring New York apples directly to consumers. Retail Leader Editor Amy Baxter sat down with Tenley Fitzgerald, vice president of marketing at Yes! Apples, to learn more about the rebrand and the nuances of marketing apples.

This week on Retail Leader Trend Talk, we catch up with a maternity brand that's returned to physical stores after going fully digital in 2019. A Pea in the Pod and Motherhood Maternity's Marla Ryan tells us about two new concept stores, 2022 goals and more.

This week on Retail Leader Trend Talk, we're talking about the labor crunch with small business owner Keewa Nurullah, who founded Kido, a toy shop in Chicago's South Loop neighborhood. After being hit with COVID-19 and supply chain issues, Nurullah and her team have been forced to navigate ongoing challenges heard around the retail industry.

This week on Retail Leader Trend Talk, we're going shoe crazy with DSW to learn how the retailer is taking on the men's category in 2022. With new partnerships and added product assortment, Chief Marketing Officer Julie Roy discusses why DSW is making its move to capture male customers in an interview with Retail Leader Editor Amy Baxter.

To kick off Retail Leader Trend Talk in 2022, we’re chatting with the CEO of Indochino, Drew Green, about the custom suit retailer’s big plans for the year. Editor Amy Baxter chats with Green about the brand’s entry into women’s wear, reaching 100 retail locations and how Indochino plans to capture a larger share of the booming wedding market in 2022.

This week on Retail Leader Trend Talk, Editor Amy Baxter sits down with Gregg Brockway, CEO and co-founder of resale marketplace Chairish to look back at the year in resale. Tune in to hear the two discuss the rising interest in resale, why millennials are so engaged in furniture resale and the role of the circular economy.

This week on Retail Leader Trend Talk sponsored by Blue Chip, we discover the best brand opportunities in shoppable media. Editor Amy Baxter sits down with Erich Parker, vice president of integrated media at Blue Chip, to discuss the latest innovations, how brands can find the right platforms and what the future of shoppable media holds.