The Retail Maverick Show Uncut

Strap yourselves in because this episode of The Retail Maverick Show features the one and only Retail Futurist, Howard Saunders. For anyone who knows Howard, you'll know that he is never short of an opinion and here debunks much of the popular narrative, dissecting it piece by piece. For those who don't know him, prepare yourselves.......

"We're living in this vortex of reality...we're being polite about net zero, about the fact that we could change history, we;re being polite about the fact that H&M have started to sell secondhand clothes, as if that's going to help them not go to hell"

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They say that it's good to be taken outside your comfort zone from time to time and in this episode former Shop Direct Managing Director, Sarah Curran did not disappoint!

Her latest venture saw her founding Just Hotter where she is the chief menopause officer. And that should give you a clue of what this episode is all about. Still something of a taboo subject, Sarah is on a mission to bring it out into the open and support women in their journey through the menopause. It's enlightening and inspiring and you most definitely won't want to miss it.

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Once recording had finished for the Retail Maverick Show with Julia Reynolds we continued to chat and it was so good that we began recording again. In part two Julia continues to expand on fashion, sustainability and the problem of returns, on which she shares some thoughts on how to reduce the sheer volume which is ending up either incinerated or in landfill. 

The Retail Maverick Show is a Redline Retail in association with The Industrious production

On the Retail Maverick Show we love having guests with strong opinions and on this occasion, Julia Reynolds did not disappoint. From creating F&F at Tesco some years ago, Julia spent time as CEO at Figleaves, Blacks Leisure and Antler before founding Rey House.

They are on an amazing journey to shake up the fashion world and provide women with clothes that actually fit them using fabrics which are both comfortable and sustainable.
She isn't afraid to call out one or two well-known brands either!  

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At The Retail Maverick Show we were delighted to have as a guest former CEO of Game and now Chairman of Bensons for Beds, Ian Shepherd. 

This is an incredibly insightful perspective from the boardroom and we discussed the aftermath of the administration of retail businesses such as the recent Wilko news and from his first hand experiences, Ian covered some of the things retail businesses should look out for, avoid and focus on when going through tough times. Retail gold.
 

The Retail Maverick Show is a Redline Retail in association with The Industrious production

If you're keen to learn about brands and brand transformation then this episode is most certainly for you. 

This marked something of a first for the Retail Maverick Show as we welcomed a TikTok star! Fiona Lambert has had amazing coverage of her fitness journey which the press and social media have picked up on. But before then she had a career predominantly in fashion retail which included spells as a senior exec at Next, George at Asda, River Island and more recently as MD of jaeger at M&S.

We had a great conversation discussing her work with brands, being the best version of yourself and the power and potential of social commerce.

And if you want to learn more about being your best at 60 follow Fiona on Instagram and TikTok at @fionalambertofficial

The Retail Maverick Show is a Redline Retail in association with The Industrious production

A very highly regarded figure in retail, best-known for being a leading authority on stores around the world, founder of Newstores, we were absolutely delighted to have John Ryan as a guest on the Retail Maverick Show. Retailers from John Lewis to Primark go to John to get his insights on what makes a great store and he shows some of the best stores from around the world. And you can too in just 15 minutes!

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Daniel Martinho-Corbishley, co-founder and CEO of Auravision proved to be an immensely interesting guest discussing why in-store conversion stubbornly hovers around 20% and the ways to increase conversion. We also discussed facial recognition technology and AI in retail. A lot to pack into fifteen minutes - which makes it all the more a fascinating listen.

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Absolutely thrilled to have sat down with one of the driving forces behind ReTHINK Retail, Paula Macaggi where we discussed sustainable fashion, returns and fighting over $5 T-shirts at the Shein pop-up in Brazil. As well as being a retail expert and speaker in her own right,  it's doubtful that there's a retail conference which Paula hasn't attended - she practically lives in the air!

This episode may have been cooking for some while but I think you'll agree it's been done perfectly - complete with a delicious interruption from ReTHINK Retail top 100 influencer Steve Lister.

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Recorded live on stage at the recent Smart Retail Tech Show in Las Vegas, this was only decided upon five minutes beforehand, but turned out to be an amazing interview with Alibaba Global Marketing & Partnership Lead, Min Yang. Her backstory alone is the stuff of legend however we discussed a lot more than that, including her time at Amazon, whether TikTok will be the dominant social media platform and how Alibaba are using AI to enhance and grow the platform. 

And for this special episode of the Retail Maverick Show, we allowed a little latitude on the fifteen minute rule. We think you'll agree it was worth it.

The Retail Maverick Show is a Redline Retail in association with The Industrious production