Branding WELLness. The New Dynamics, with Tim Girvin | EP29

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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

Reinventing Healthcare from Pharmacy to Front Door with Jocelyn Konrad | EP27

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In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks with Jocelyn Konrad, Executive Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Rite Aid, about the company’s new RxEvolution retail concept and the future of retail healthcare delivery. They discuss: How the new concept focuses on younger shoppers and their extended family (including pets), providing whole health solutions – from pharmacy ... Read more

Building Shopper Loyalty in a Digital World with Peter V.S. Bond | EP26

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In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks with Peter V.S. Bond, VP of CPG Strategy and Development for Fetch Rewards, about whether it is possible to build shopper loyalty today, and how important it is to understand where shoppers are on their loyalty journey. They discuss: The critical components retailers and brands need to build loyalty ... Read more

Retail Innovation: What’s Working, and Not with Candace Corlett | EP25

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In this episode: Wendy Liebmann and Candace Corlett walk – and talk – you through a virtual Retail Safari®. They share their latest observations of what’s working and not at retail – from department stores, drug stores, mass merchants, specialty beauty and more... They discuss: How department stores are winning and losing (yes, some are ... Read more

How to Make Every Store A Store of the Future with Jo Horgan | EP21

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In this episode: Wendy Liebmann and Jo Horgan, Jo Horgan, Founder & Co-CEO of Mecca Brands, discuss how retail innovation must be a discipline embedded into the culture of organizations to stay relevant to what shoppers want in a fast-changing world. They discuss: Putting shoppers at the center of a company’s innovation culture How retail ... Read more

“Spontaneous” Shopping is the New Efficiency with Candace Corlett | EP20

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In this episode: Wendy Liebmann and Candace Corlett provide a preview of What’s Up in WSL’s latest How America Shops® research. You will learn: Why retailers’ efforts to differentiate are not working. How spontaneous shopping is impacting traffic, both in-store and online. What categories are most susceptible – and most opportune -- to the spontaneous ... Read more

Shopping Next: Myths, Realities and What Will Endure | EP15

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In this episode: Our own Wendy Liebmann and Candace Corlett (WSL’s dynamic leadership duo) discuss the new realities of the emerging retail world and challenge whether or not new shopping patterns formed during the pandemic will endure. Wendy and Candace discuss: Whether physical stores will remain viable How time is now the focus of every ... 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

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