What will the retail landscape look like in 10 years?  Today we're diving head first into retail futurism with Retail Prophet, Doug Stephens. According to Stephens, instead of actually predicting the future, retail futurists try to “intimately understand what is happening now, the interconnectivity of those things, the degree to which there is a combinational effect among them, and how ultimately that manifests in society." Doug is one of the world’s foremost retail industry futurists. His intellectual work and thinking have influenced many of the world’s best-known retailers, agencies and brands including Walmart, Google, Home Depot, Disney, BMW, Coca Cola and Intel. He is also listed as one of the industry’s top 5 global influencers by Vend.com. Listen along as we discuss how technology is elevating the in-store retail experience, retail futurism, and the changes currently being made to the brick-and-mortar landscape. 

Why are positive in-store experiences crucial for brick-and-mortar retailers?  In a recent State of Consumer Behavior report by Raydiant, a digital signage company that uses technology to help businesses bring their physical locations to life, they discovered that nearly 40% of all consumers shop at physical locations for the ability to see and touch products as their primary differentiator in selecting physical retail over e-commerce. Another 40% of consumers stated they selected retailers to patronize based on the in-store experience they offer.  Today we're joined by Bobby Marhamat, CEO of Raydiant, to discover what effects technology has on a positive physical retail experience. Listen along as we discuss the habits of shoppers as found in their 2020 State of Consumer Behavior report, how stores can position their physical locations as desirable experiences, and what the future of brick-and-mortar retail looks like. 

Trying to stay ahead of the mass conversion to ecommerce and digital is challenging for retailers and happening at a breakneck pace. Within the next 7-10 years everything will make it's way to omnichannel and, due to Covid-19, we're seeing this accelerate at an unprecedented rate.   Today we're joined by the CEO and Co-Founder of Omnisend, Rytis Lauris. Omnisend is a marketing automation platform focused on e-commerce. Rytis has spent the last decade building and bootstrapping startups and making his mark in the e-commerce world. Since 2014, he has been on a mission to use his platform to empower small and medium-sized eCom merchants and even landed Omnisend in G2’s selection of the Top 50 Products for Marketers.  Together we'll discuss the seamless merging of brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce, how merchants can stay ahead of the curve, and why omnichannel marketing is essential to retailers.

Think back to our economy before Covid-19. The idea of staging experiences to leave a memorable—and lucrative—impression was more relevant than ever. With an ongoing torrent of brands attacking consumers from all sides, how do brands stand out? Today we're joined by internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and management advisor Joseph Pine to discuss mass customization and it's relation to our experience-based economy. Joseph's recent novel, Mass Customization the New Frontier in Business Competition, dives head first into the Nations declining competitiveness and how brands can utilize mass customization to allow them the freedom to create a greater variety and individuality in their products and services at desirable prices.  Together we’ll discuss our experience-based economy, how brands can use mass customization to expand their customer base, and why companies that are implementing this method are outpacing their competitors.

Today we're joined by JLL President of Retail + Capital Markets, Naveen Jaggi to discuss a state of retail in the era of Covid-19. Naveen has more than 20 years retail real estate experience with all aspects of retail in the U.S. and abroad.  Together we’ll discuss the current state of the union for retail, long term effects on landlords and tenants, and where we'll go from here. 

The retail landscape is changing at lightning speed and many landlords are still trying to figure out how to catch-up. Retailers are experimenting with pop-ups as an alternative to signing long-term leases and many Landlords are encouraging these experiential stores. On today's episode of Retail Redeveloped we're joined by pop-up expert, real estate marketing guru, and founder and CEO of Gadiel Group, Aaron Gadiel. The Gadiel Group is a full-service commercial real estate consulting and brokerage agency focused on delivering ancillary revenue generation and consumer engagement tactics in the shifting paradigm of brick and mortar real estate. Listen along as Aaron shares his thoughts and opinions on the pop-up space, what makes for a successful and mutually beneficial pop-up experience, and why landlords are working to actively attract pop-up retail in malls and retail spaces across the country. 

If you listen to our show regularly, you'll notice that today's episode is something a little different. On today's episode of Retail Redeveloped, we are combing real estate with self-care as we're joined by Ryan Wishart, a Psychotherapist & Coach. Ryan is skilled in Coaching Services, Relationship Counseling, Coaching/Therapy for Men's Issues, and Therapy for Addiction.  After meeting Ryan at a holiday party this past year, I quickly learned that an overwhelming majority of Ryans clients are real estate agents. Listen as we dive into why an overwhelming majority of Ryan's business comes from real estate agents, what the general themes are, and why agents can benefit from therapy. 

Encouraging development within dense, more compact areas of land that reduces traffic and pollution by creating pedestrian-friendly environments is on the rise. Developers across the country are curating diverse mixed-use developments that forge a comprehensive live-work-play environment.  What are the ins and outs of establishing a mixed-use development and what are consumers looking for in these centers?  Listen along as we're joined by the Director of Leasing in the Southeast for Hines, Nick Garzia. Nick has spent the past 25 years designing and leasing shopping centers across the country for Hines, Macerich, Poag & McEwen, and Simon Property Group. Together we'll dive head-first into what the key driver of success is for mixed-use developments and how companies begin prioritizing what direction to take a project. 

Resale is on the move, people! From big retailers to small retailers, seed stage investors to large buyout firms, and from the New York Times to Netflix, everyone seems to be talking about the future of resale. Like all major movements and category disruptions, mainstream adoption happens over time, and this category is just getting started. The last few years of growth in the resale market have been driven by the early adopters (the same ones who first adopted Airbnb or Lyft or DoorDash), but now the skeptics are starting to come around. Online Reseller, thredUP, is seeing first-time thrifters coming to platforms like thiers in droves. Not surprisingly, the younger generations are leading this charge, with millennials and Gen Z adopting secondhand 2.5x faster than other age groups. Listen along as we discuss the appeal of resell, why investors are going crazy over it, and the profitability of your favorite resell companies. 

The next generation of retail is all about discovery, and b8ta is building the infrastructure and tools to power it. From their award-winning experiential stores in cities nationwide, to their powerful software & analytics platform used by retailers across the globe, b8ta is the company shaping the future of shopping in person.

b8ta is engaged in designing, developing and selling its proprietary retail-as-a-service platform, including building and operating brick and mortar stores across the United States and licensing its proprietary retail-as-a-service software products. b8ta’s customers include brands, such as Google and Facebook, and other retailers, such as Macy’s. Listen along as we sit down with David Munczinski, President, Marketplace Platform with b8ta. We'll discuss how they're introducing new applications and services to power even more exciting online-to-offline journeys, personalized, in-store shopping experiences, and modern retail analytics.