A Podcast told by Retail's Insiders
At NRF 2020: Retail’s Big Show, Alibaba launched “B2B Tuesday,” a new awareness initiative designed to spotlight and support US-based, B2B-focused small and medium-sized businesses and help them capture the global e-commerce opportunity. At the conference, John Caplan, Head of B2B North America, Alibaba.com, and Nicole Reyhle, Founder of Retail Minded and Spokesperson for American Express Small Business Saturday, sat down with host Matt Rubel…
NRF 2020: Retail’s Big Show brought together 40,000 industry leaders from across the globe, and Retales From the Frontline host Matt Rubel sat down at the show with several high-profile executives to get their takes on where the industry is headed. In this, the first of our three-part Big Show series, NRF President and CEO Matt Shay shares his thoughts on some of the most…
It’s open! The first phase of American Dream, a “mall for all” that’s 55% entertainment and 45% retail, just opened under the creative direction of Ken Downing. He’s the fashion genius who built the Neiman Marcus catalog and served as the retailer’s Fashion Director for 28 years before joining American Dream developer Triple Five Group as Chief Creative Officer. Downing recently sat down with host…
Weaving social good into your brand’s DNA is no longer optional—it’s expected. In fact, 89% of Gen Zers would rather buy from a company that is addressing social or environmental issues than from one that is not, and 92% say they would switch to a brand associated with a good cause. Bombas, a sock company that has had social good built into its DNA from…
As Publisher of Cosmopolitan—the biggest young women’s media brand in the world—as well as Seventeen and Women’s Health, Nancy Berger is one of the highest-profile executives in the magazine business. Her storied career has also included senior roles at Gourmet, Allureand Marie Claire, and she’s seen consumer magazines’ evolution into the digital age from the inside. Berger recently sat down with host Matt Rubel to…
The electricity went out during one of the runway shows. At another, the fashion editors got stuck in a broken elevator. But the last straw was when ceiling plaster came crumbling down on both the models on the catwalk and the press in the front row at one of the New York Market Week shows in 1991. The models brushed the dust off their shoulders…
When Jack Ma first visited Africa in 2017, he was struck by the massive economic potential of the continent. Late that year, Alibaba and the UN invited 25 African entrepreneurs to participate in the eFounders Fellowship Program at Alibaba’s headquarters in China. One of those entrepreneurs was Jessica Anuna, CEO and Founder of Klasha, the first online marketplace to offer affordable fast fashion to millennials…
Kerry O’Brien quit her corporate PR job in NYC after 9/11 and moved to Vermont with her husband to start a new chapter in life. She wasn’t sure what she was going to do, but she’d always loved fashion and had long been frustrated that there wasn’t an intimates brand that seemed to understand what she wanted—garments that were comfortable and gave her confidence. In…
A whopping 70% of online daters lie in their dating profile, mostly about height, weight and age, says relationship and online dating expert Dr. Jess Carbino. But only major exaggerations seem to matter much to people using the platforms. Dr. Jess, a PhD sociologist, has researched how people create their own personal storefront and romantic brand to attract the attention of potential mates on dating…
Christine Hunsicker had an idea to bring the sharing economy to apparel. Airbnb’s success had convinced her that consumers would embrace clothing rental: if people were willing to lay their heads on strangers’ pillows, she thought, they’d certainly be willing to wear clothes someone else had worn. Tuxedo rental had long been the norm, and women had always passed along maternity wear and kids’ hand-me-downs….