The Color of Retail with Terry Thomas | EP16

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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

The Future of Retail from a Global View | EP14

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In this episode: Our own Wendy Liebmann and Christine Cross, UK-based global retail consultant, discuss trends that are already disrupting retail around the world. Wendy and Christine discuss: The impact of channel agnosticism on how people shop, and where companies invest The growth of DTC and how it enables brands to stay closer to shoppers ... Read more

How Kroger is Helping Americans Live Healthier Lives | EP13

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In this episode: Our own Wendy Liebmann and Colleen Lindholz, President of Kroger Health, discuss the power of retail to transform lives, and Kroger’s journey to help Americans be healthier -- during the pandemic and every day. Wendy and Colleen discuss: Kroger’s “Food as Medicine” strategy grounded in affordable, personalized solutions How the shopper is ... Read more

The New Language of Retail | EP12

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In this episode: Our own Wendy Liebmann and Norman De Greve, Chief Marketing Officer at CVS Health, discuss how retail, and companies that sell through retail, need to communicate differently with shoppers today; what’s the same, what’s different and what the future will demand. Wendy and Norm discuss: How digital has changed and how companies ... Read more

Reinventing Retail Relationships in the Midst of a Pandemic | EP10

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In this episode: In this episode, Wendy Liebmann interviews Greg Farrar, CEO of ECRM, a leading trade organization and provider of business-to-business solutions for retail food service operators, health system buyers, and for the suppliers of consumer packaged goods for general merchandise, food service products, medical supplies, and pharmaceuticals. You’ll learn: How the pandemic changed ... Read more

The Great Retail Restructuring Begins | EP09

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In this episode: In the final episode of this 3-part discussion, WSL Strategic Retail’s Wendy Liebmann and Candace Corlett, reflect on how shoppers are moving on having survived the chaos, and how companies must reset fast to accommodate them.  The implications for retail, brands and service companies are now crystal clear:  Retail must restructure (finally) ... Read more

There is No Going Back | EP08

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Wendy Liebmann and Candace Corlett, WSL Strategic Retail’s managing partners, continue the previous discussion and talk bluntly about the fact that there is no going back. That longing for the past days of retail – pre-pandemic – is irrelevant and dangerous. They discuss how retail has not been “a happy place” for shoppers for a ... Read more

Will Shoppers Ever Go Back to the Store? | EP07

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In this episode: Wendy Liebmann and Candace Corlett, WSL Strategic Retail’s managing partners, discuss key shopper insights from the first six months of the pandemic, surprises and new realities, and how retailers and brands must now move forward. In this first segment of a three-part discussion, they answer the burning question: Will shoppers ever go back ... Read more

Power of Retail to Create Calm in Stressful Times | EP06

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In this episode: Wendy Liebmann interviews Dr. Gayatri Devi, a nationally recognized neurologist, attending physician at Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health, director of New York Memory and Healthy Aging Services, and author of “A Calm Brain: How to Relax Into a Stress-free, High-powered Life”. You’ll learn: How the current pandemic has changed not only relationships with ... Read more

How Walmart is Disrupting Health & Wellness | EP05

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In this episode: Wendy Liebmann interviews Matthew Parry, Former Senior Director II of Customer Experience at Walmart Health & Wellness, about how the largest retailer in the world is disrupting everyday health care. You’ll learn: Walmart’s strategy to build personal health care solutions – from clinics to the whole store New customer purchasing behaviors inside ... Read more

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