In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks with Jenny B. Fine, executive editor of WWD and Beauty Inc., about the transformation of the beauty industry and how it has and will change over the coming decade. They discuss: Younger, Generation Z consumers and how their beauty priorities are based on not only looking good but also doing ... Read more
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks with Phil Wahba, senior writer at Fortune magazine, about what it takes to lead successful retail companies in complex times, as operational issues clash with increasingly demanding shopper and workforce expectations. They discuss: The qualities the next generation of retail leaders must have to succeed How empathy is a ... Read more
In this episode: WSL’s Wendy Liebmann, CEO, and Candace Corlett, President, discuss how shoppers are dealing with spiraling price increases, how this moment is different from 2008, and how companies need to respond. They preview WSL’s upcoming Wellness study (The New Wellness Frontier). And the baseball season. (Yes, really!) They discuss: WSL’s latest research on ... Read more
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks with Kate Ancketill, founder and CEO of GDR UK, about the future of the physical store in a digital, and Meta-age. They agree there will always be a significant role for good physical retail, however, it must be fully omni-channel and logistically optimized to support ecommerce. They discuss: How ... Read more
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks with Andrea Leigh, former Amazon executive, and founder of The Allume Group, an ecommerce education community, about the future of commerce. They discuss: How lifestage and lifestyle needs coupled with new technologies mean that shopping is now a passive -- rather than an active -- activity. That “always shopping” ... Read more
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks with Bryan Gildenberg, senior vice president of Commerce for the Omnicom Commerce Group about how to create a vision of the future when we are still living in a world of wet cement. They discuss: Major pandemic shifts that will impact grocery retail, including Instacart How the physical store ... Read more
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks with Tim Girvin, founder and chief creative officer of Girvin Inc., about how companies need to tell their stories in this age when shoppers are more focused on their health and wellbeing than on accumulating things. They discuss: The importance of truth in storytelling when shoppers have access to so ... Read more
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann discusses how retailers have the opportunity to reintroduce themselves to shoppers as they move out of their COVID-cocoons with Steve Sadove, retired Chairman & CEO of Saks Incorporated, and current board member of Colgate-Palmolive and advisor to Mastercard and private equity. They discuss: The new foundation for retail How to ... Read more
In this episode: Our own Wendy Liebmann and Terry Thomas, EVP & Chief Customer Officer, Unilever US, discuss how diversity and inclusion are critical to building a modern, socially responsible company that today’s shoppers expect. What Diversity and Inclusion actually mean (it’s more than ethnicity) Why an intrinsic, top-down approach is critical, and how to ... Read more
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