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David Adelman, CEO and Founder of The Adelman Group, has over 30 years of experience in retail store development, sales, marketing, and operations. He is also a prominent strategist, blogger and thought leader in the retail space. His organization, T.A.G., has a mission to help brick and mortar businesses adapt to today’s rapidly changing consumer demands by identifying pain points through a customer experience audit to help improve stores’ customer experience platform.Thanks for listen...

Paula Thomas is the creator of the popular "Let's Talk Loyalty" podcast and the author of a variety of articles on global best practices in convenience retail. With over twenty years of experience delivering tangible results for some of the world's top brands, her clients have included Telefonica O2 Ireland, Electric Ireland, AIB, Avios, and The Entertainer Group. Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episodes at Sparkplug.audioSpark Plug is brought to you by SnowShoe.io, th...

Rick Turoczy is the co-founder and general manager of the Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE), a well-known startup accelerator, as well as the editor and creator of Silicon Florist, Portland's original tech blog. Rick has contributed heavily to the tech scene in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, and joins Spark Plug to talk about startup formation, diversity in startups, startup heartaches, startup triumphs, and startup successes. Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episo...

Bob Phibbs is an internationally recognized business strategist, customer service expert, sales coach, author of three books, motivational business speaker, and founder of SalesRX. Bob has worked with over a thousand retail executives from many of the Fortune 500, including Hunter Douglas, Land O’Lakes, Lego, MasterCard, Omega, Paul Mitchell, T-Mobile, Trek, and American Express. Last year, Bob was awarded the World Retail Forum’s Innovation Leadership Award 2020 in recognition of his efforts...

Cate Trotter, of Insider Trends has launched two successful businesses and has been named a Future 100 and Startup 100 entrepreneur. Insider Trends delivers omnichannel strategy to large retailers based on data-driven insights. The team works with global brands and retailers, including Walmart, Converse, Facebook, Ikea, and many more. (Part 2)Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episodes at Sparkplug.audioSpark Plug is brought to you by SnowShoe.io, the leading provi...

Cate Trotter of Insider Trends has launched two successful businesses and has been named a Future 100 and Startup 100 entrepreneur. Insider Trends delivers omnichannel strategy to large retailers based on data-driven insights. The team works with global brands and retailers, including Walmart, Converse, Facebook, Ikea, and many more. (Part 1 of 2)Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episodes at Sparkplug.audioSpark Plug is brought to you by SnowShoe.io, the leading p...

Christine Russo has a storied history in retail leadership, from her early positions at Deloitte, J.Crew, and Kenneth Cole to her leadership of brick and mortar expansion for Alice & Olivia. She’s also taught classes in global retail at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and served as a consultant in retail strategies for many companies. Today, Christine helps retailers solve major pain points, understand and use new technical solutions and digitize their brick and mortar locations.Than...

Tiffany Shi is the Vice President for Product and Growth at ShopShops. ShopShops is a global shopping app that mimics the fun of in-person shopping through the magic of livestream video. By enabling dynamic host sellers to grow a following based on their ability to curate and sell products they make or love, ShopShops is creating an exciting new way to shop. Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- find all our episodes at Sparkplug.audioSpark Plug is brought to you by SnowShoe.io, the lead...

Carol Spieckerman is a frequent speaker, thought leader, consultant, and strategist whose organization puts on events, such as Platform Positioning workshops around the world. She conducts workshops, presentations and business development trainings that bring retail smarts and doable tactics to companies and trade groups around the world. As she says, she helps a “crazy diverse” group of brand marketers, agencies, solution providers, and tech companies navigate retail from now to next.Thanks ...

Shannon Atkinson is the founder of Portland-based CHNL, a new media brand launching this month. An impressive background at Salesforce, Zapproved, CrowdCompass and Nike led Shannon to launch his new media-focused startup. CHNL gives content creators the ability to reach their audience on any platform and monetize through a new model that chokes off disinformation. Changing the model of how news comes to us, CHNL plans to revolutionize the media landscape.Thanks for listening to Spark Plug -- ...