Retail Retold

In this special episode, Chris speaks with Dean Salakas, Co-owner and resident Chief Party Dude at The Party People in Drummoyne, NSW, Australia.

Dean shares how he built his family's party supply business into the country's largest party supply store and how he built an e-commerce website from scratch when he was still in high school!

Listen in to hear his fascinating story!

Have you ever experienced tricky contingencies? You're not alone. Listen in to this week's episode about Five Below in Cheektowaga, NY to find out what made this deal unique!

It’s time for some real talk!

Join Georgina Nelson, Founder and CEO of TruRating, and Chris as they talk about retail technology and business solutions. TruRating is the world’s largest platform of validated in-store and online consumer ratings. Listen in to see how Georgina’s company provides real-time, trusted, and statistically significant insight into their retail and hospitality partners so they can provide better experiences for their customers – whatever the channel.

Peter Mohr, the owner of Shoetopia and Simplifying Entrepreneurship, is a tour de force! In today's episode, Pete shares the entrepreneurial journey that led him to purchase a local shoe store! He walks us through his many years of experience as a business owner and business broker.

Hear how he brought his brand reps together to help scale his local business and scout out a new store location!

In this episode, our host Chris Ressa goes solo, offering his predictions on future retail trends and later tells an amazing story of bringing HomeGoods, Harbor Freight Tools and Sierra Trading Co. to Riverside Plaza in Keene, NH.

Today’s guest is Brittany Driscoll, Co-Founder and CEO of Squeeze, a massage concept with revolutionary app-based booking.

Brittany is in the business of happiness! As the former Vice President of Marketing for Drybar, she helped scale the concept from 30 million in revenue to 100 million. It is hard to ignore Brittany's passion for building feel-good experiences for her team and their clients! In this episode, she shares her story about opening the first Squeeze in Studio City, CA. Brittany and Chris discuss what it takes to create a concept from the ground up, the value in customer experience, employee initiatives, and retail technology. Listen now!

Alex and Caileen Ostenson share their entrepreneurial journey with us and walk us through the process of opening a membership-based, on-demand grocery store in Evansville, MN, a population of 600 residents. This duo brings convenience and innovation to their small-town community, and they are just getting started.

Listen in to hear their fascinating story!

It’s time for some Real Talk with Ricardo Belmar!

Long time retail tech and industry expert, Ricardo Belmar joins us today to share his 5 Tech Trends in Retail! Ricardo consults retail with retail tech solutions through his advisory group, Retail Razor and most recently joining Microsoft as Senior Partner Marketing Advisor.

Listen in to hear Ricardo’s Retail Tech Trends!

How did that office end up in your neighborhood?

In this special episode Chris speaks with Nicole Campbell, Office Leasing Specialist for Divaris Real Estate. Nicole shares insights on the suburban office market changes and challenges from her perspective as an office broker in Hampton Roads, the eastern side of Virginia metropolitan. Listen in to hear how she got Anderson Integrative Medicine open in Chesapeake, VA!

It is time for some Real Talk with Liza Amlani!

Liza is a retail insider with over 20 years of experience in fashion retail and merchandizing and is the Principal and Founder of Retail Strategy Group, a firm dedicated to up lifting the entire retail process.

Listen in as she shares how her firm helps retailers dramatically improve profitability, efficiencies, and merchandizing optimizations across omni-channels. Liza also discusses the importance of sustainability in the retail world, and the monetary and environmental benefits of retail transparency!