Spark Plug

Howard Tiersky is a successful entrepreneur who has been named by IDG as one of the 10 Digital Transformation Influencers to Follow Today and by Enterprise Management as “One of the Top 10 Digital Transformation Influencers That Will Change Your World.” Today Howard is the CEO of FROM, the Digital Transformation agency, and the author of the new book Winning Digital Customers, a recent bestselling business book on the Wall Street Journal list. Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find a...

Deborah Weinswig is the founder and CEO of Coresight Research, where she focuses on disruption at the intersection of retail and technology and helps her clients accelerate innovation and growth at their companies. Before starting Coresight, Deborah served as Managing Director of Fung Global Retail and Technology, the think tank of Fung Group. Today, she serves on the boards of several global brands and is on the advisory board of the World Retail Congress. She has been hailed as a top influe...

Steve Dresser is the CEO at Grocery Insight in Bradford, England. He has spent the majority of his career in the grocery and supermarket industry, first as a Shop Floor Team Lead at Sainsbury’s and now with Grocery Insight since 2007. Today, Steve helps his clients solve their retail problems through insights gained from numerous store visits, thought leadership and an online image platform of more than 250,000 grocery retail images. Steve is a RETHINK Retail Top 100 Retail Influencer, and we...

Ron Thurston is a highly accomplished retail leadership Executive, Board Advisor, and Amazon Bestselling Author with extensive experience leading retail operations for America’s most prominent brands. He sits on the board of GOODWILL NY/NJ as well as several emerging retail technology brands, and he has been named a Top 100 Retail Global Influencer by RETHINK Retail. In 2022, he launched his audio and video platforms for a year-long tour called “Retail In America.” We can’t wait to hear more ...

Ben Conway is the co-founder and COO of VNTANA, a 3D infrastructure platform which enables 3D at scale for businesses. As the industry’s only fully automated 3D optimization and content management platform, VNTANA helps D2C brands double eCommerce conversion rates by allowing customers to view products true to size in their own physical space. Ben shares his predictions on the future of 3D and why it will be at the heart of all retailers' Go to Market strategy over the next 5-10 years.Thanks ...

Andrew Busby's career in both retail and technology spans more than 22 years, including work with such UK retailers as John Lewis and Argos. In 2016, he founded Retail Reflections, a start-up retail analyst practice which has grown into one of the most sought after companies for retail thought leadership and content. Andrew is a regular speaker and MC at industry conferences, a former Forbes contributor, best-selling retail author and a RETHINK Retail top global retail influencer. Thanks...

Carrie Yang is a true expert when it comes to using YouTube as an effective retail marketing tool, and she’s here to share some of her top tips and insights with us. She founded grouphugs, a strategic agency specializing in growing and optimizing organic YouTube Channels and Ads for businesses and brands. Throughout her career, Carrie has held top Marketing Director positions at several brands, and we’re thrilled to share her expertise and knowledge with our audience today. Thanks for li...

Maxime Cohen is the Scale AI Chair Professor of Retail and Operations Management and co-director of the Retail Innovation Lab at McGill University. He is also the Chief AI Officer of ELNA Medical and a Scientific Advisor in AI and Data Science at IVADO Labs. Maxime's core expertise lies at the intersection of data science and operations management, which he has applied to the world of retail, ride-sharing, airlines, sustainability and other fields. He has collaborated with many companies incl...

Rebecca Fitts is a Senior Commercial and Retail Real Estate Business leader with more than 15 years of experience on both the developer and retail sides of the business. She is the Director of Real Estate at Leap, the Omni Channel Retail Platform for Modern Brands. Rebecca also co-hosts the weekly podcast “Retail is your Business” focusing on the consumer experience at the intersection of innovation, technology and business strategy. Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our epi...

Savannah D'Orazio is the co-founder of Casa de la Luna, a retail marketplace for care down there, guiding women from menarche through menopause, and all the things in between. Savannah is a proud Gates Millennium Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth alum, and a Boys and Girls Club of America former athlete. She chats with us about serving from the heart, using digital touch points to enhance the customer experience, and so much more.If you'd like to get involved and support Casa d...