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Jennifer DiPasquale is the President and Co-Founder of Women in Retail Leadership Circle, an association for executive females at leading retailers and brands, as well as the Co-Founder of Total Retail, a premier digital publication. In working with her retail clients, Jennifer helps leading brands find their unique proposition in the omnichannel retail market.Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episodes at Sparkplug.audioSpark Plug is brought to you by SnowShoe.io, the leading...

Paula Macaggi of RETHINK Retail is an international expert on retail. Based out of Portugal, Paula helps retail brands communicate their stories. She has a passion for understanding consumer behavior, market trends, and international marketing. Paula provides insight on global trends in retailing and the future of in-store shopping. Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episodes at Sparkplug.audioSpark Plug is brought to you by SnowShoe.io, the leading provider of SparkLoyal...

Dana Telsey is the CEO and chief research officer of the Telsey Advisory Group. Her team leads the industry in retail advisory and equity analysis covering all segments of the retail industry. Dana also serves as a trustee for the International Council of Shopping Centers and has been recognized as one of Barron's 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance. Dana is a regular contributor to CNBC. Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episodes at Sparkplug.audioSpark Plug is b...

Dheeraj Sanka has a rich history in startups, retail systems and loyalty programs. His successful company Simple Modern Business runs Loyalti and a series of other new initiatives. As long-term partners with SnowShoe, Loyalti provides business owners with better insights into the effectiveness of their loyalty program and also helps them engage directly with retail customers. Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episodes at Sparkplug.audioSpark Plug is brought to you by Sno...

The new book Startup CXO is designed to help each functional leader understand how their function scales, what to anticipate as they scale, and what things to avoid. In this second part of our two-part interview with Matt Blumberg, he describes product, finance, diversity, and engineering as critical functions that any startup team can learn to improve. Read more about his team’s hard-won wisdom in the new book Startup CXO.(Part 2 of 2)Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our ...

The new book Startup CXO is designed to help each functional leader understand how their function scales, what to anticipate as they scale, and what things to avoid. Matt Blumberg and his team understand the scaling challenges faced by startup executives—they’ve been there and done that multiple times over multiple decades. Along the way they learned what worked and what didn’t work, and they share their lessons learned in Startup CXO. (Part 1 of 2)Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- ...

Rachel Michelin, the President of the California Retailers Association, speaks about the recovery of the retail industry in California and her representation of the state's retail interests throughout the nation from small brick and mortar, to franchises to national retailers and online merchants. Rachel is a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum. Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episodes at Sparkplug.audioSpark Plug is brought to you by SnowShoe.io, the leadin...

Retail industry thought leader Steve Dennis has authored a new book that unpacks the trends that are squeezing traditional stores. In our Spark Plug interview, Steve introduces presents eight essential strategies for visionary retail leaders who are prepared to reimagine the customer experience in the age of digital disruption. A remarkable retailer is digitally enabled, human-centered, harmonized, mobile, personal, connected, memorable, and radical. Read more: Remarkable Retail: How to ...

Jayme Gehrke is a Senior Director of Business Development at Merkle, one of the world’s leading customer experience management companies. In an insightful conversation with Spark Plug, Jayme talks about the new 2021 Forrester report on retail loyalty, data analytics, rewards optimization, zero data collection, behavioral tracking, and SnowShoe's vital work as a partner with Merkle on loyalty programs worldwide. Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episodes at Sparkplug.audi...

Dr. Joanne Brasch's work for the California Product Stewardship Council covers the gamut from environmentally preferable purchasing to global commodity systems, supply-chain sustainability, and environmental protection. Her work promotes a circular economy that emphasizes product cradle-to-grave stewardship and extended producer and retailer responsibility. Waste360 chose Dr. Brasch as one of the “40 under 40” award recipients in 2021.Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episode...