Retail Unwrapped - from The Robin Report
Welcome to Retail Unwrapped, a podcast from The Robin Report.
Join Shelley E. Kohan as she shares insights and unpacks issues at the core of retail and consumer products. The conversations are lively and the opinions are honest.
New episodes every Friday.
Episodes
242 episodes
EP 242: Trump Majeure Surprise: Tariffs Trigger Retail Collaboration
Special Guest: Arick Wierson, Emmy-winning producer and TRR contributor The retail apocalypse isn't coming from Amazon or an economic recession—it's being manufactured in Washington through tariff policy that defies basic bus...
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30:26
EP 241: Reeling from Tariff Whiplash
Special Guests: Sonja Chapman: Associate Professor in the Department of International Trade and Marketing at SUNY Fashion Institute of TechnologyKen O’Brien: CEO and President of Gemini Shippers Group...
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39:06
EP 240: How to Bridge the Retail Tectonic Shift
Special Guest: Jan Kniffen, CEO of retail consultancy, J Rogers Kniffen Worldwide Today's retail industry faces unprecedented transformation driven by three major forces: tariff restructuring affecting global supply chains, A...
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42:50
EP 239: The Tariff Storm: Navigating the Harsh Inequity of Global Trade
Special Guest: Maytee Pereira, Managing Director in PwC’s US Customs and International Trade practice Regardless of the flipflops of the Trump administration’s trade policies, retailers are operating in the middle of a tariff...
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27:50
EP 238: Luxury in Flux: LVMH's American Gambit
Guest: Marie Driscoll, a retail analyst, consultant and TRR contributorThe luxury market finds itself at a critical inflection point with industry titan
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29:28
EP 237: How Chewy Is Reimagining Veterinary Care
Guest: Mita Malhotra, President of Chewy HealthPets are big business; 66% of U.S. households are pet parents. Chewy has been a pioneer in online pet care and is now transforming in-person veterinary care by seamlessly integr...
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EP 236: How Forever Chemicals Are Reshaping Retail's Future
Guests:Michelle Bellanca, CEO and co-founder of Claros Technologies Arick Wierson, Emmy Award-winning producer and TRR contributorThe retail industry faces a transformative reckoning beyond tariffs and supply ch...
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39:49
EP 235: How Flow Fashion Could Save Our Planet and Your Wallet
Guests: Ann Cantrell, small business owner and FIT associate professorLiz Alessi, retail supply chain expertWe’re celebrating Earth Day Week early! The fashion industry has an environmental crisis on its hands. ...
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26:34
EP 234: Retail Media Redefines Customized Marketing
Special Guest: Dominick Miserandino, CEO of Retail Tech Media NexusConsumer attention is the ultimate currency in today’s disruptive marketplace. Retailers are becoming publishers as a strategy to forge deeper connections with cus...
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26:24
EP 233: Store Closures and Lease Structures Are Reshaping Commercial Retail
Guest: Stephanie Cegielski, VP of Research at ICSC The retail marketplace is in the throes of transformation. Despite the popular narrative of a retail apocalypse, commercial spaces are undergoing a renaissance. If developers and re...
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EP 232: Urban Outfitters Masters Strategic Innovation
Guest: Sandy Stein, founder of Retail Speak, and TRR contributorWhat makes a retail brand resilient? It starts with visionary leadership that sees the business holistically balancing merchandising expertise and creativity with fin...
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30:49
EP 231: Hudson’s Bay's Downfall: Why Richard Baker Failed
Guest: Mark A. Cohen Former Director of Retail Studies at the Columbia Business School, and Former CEO Sears Canada.Hudson’s Bay, once Canada's proud retail institution, has descended into Chapter 11 restructuring. And the bl...
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EP 230: Rethinking Retail Marketing Leadership: AI and the Fractional Revolution
Guest: Lindsey Scheftic, CMO, Owner and Founder, The CMO Sidekick Fractional CMOs with blue-chip experience are sources of enterprise-level talent accessible even to mid-market companies. Couple that resource with AI tools t...
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27:40
EP 229: Consumer Boycotts: A Major C-Suite Headache
Special Guest: Warren Shoulberg, Retail Journalist and TRR WriterConsumer spending is increasingly reflecting personal values. In a disruptive, unpredictable marketplace, the rise of grassroots activism presents unprecedented strategic c...
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26:48
EP 228: When Necessities Become Luxuries: The Bird Flu Economy
Special Guest: Phil Lempert, consumer behavior analystThe bird flu outbreak has transcended egg producers in the farming industry to become a critical economic disruptor and potential public health threat. With consumers spending ...
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18:33
EP 227: The What-Ifs of Potential Tariffs
Special Guest: Jonathan Gold, Vice President of Supply Chain and Customs Policy, National Retail FederationIn a year of unprecedented economic uncertainty, the possible implementation of widespread tariffs has far-reaching implica...
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23:19
EP 226: Beyond the Saks-Neiman Merger: The True Cost of Market Consolidation
Special Guests: Mickey Alam Khan, CEO of Luxury RoundtablePam Danziger, TRR contributor and founder Unity MarketingThe shift in luxury retail's competitive landscape through the Saks-Neiman Marcus merger could h...
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34:34
EP 225: How Weather Forecasting Is a Trillion-Dollar Retail Opportunity
Special Guests: Evan Gold, EVP of Global Partnerships & Alliances at PlanalyticsMatt Flentge, Director of Category Marketing at Ace Hardware Inc. Let’s move beyond Punxsutawney Phil's shadow and his Spr...
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21:38
EP 224: The Robin Report Roundtable: Key Forces Reshaping Retail's Future
The Robin Report Experts · Mark A. Cohen, Former Director of Retail Studies at Columbia Business School and Former CEO Sears Canada.· Phil Lempert, SupermarketGuru® expert analyst on consumer behavior, marketing trends...
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EP 223: Trade Talks: NRF’s Big Show (Part 2 of 2)
Guests:Dominick Miserandino, CEO RetailwireBeverley Kobe, Chief Executive Officer at Goodwill Industries Ontario Great LakesSulabh Jain, Chief Analytics Officer Impact AnalyticsThe future of retail is undergoing a tra...
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31:54
EP 222: Trade Talks: NRF’s Big Show (Part 1 of 2)
Guests: Suni Shamapande, PwC's Consumer Markets LeadKimberly Lee Minor, CEO, WOC Retail AllianceLiza Amlani, Founder and Principal of Retail Strategy GroupNikki Baird, VP of Aptos Strategy and ProductsNRF’s 2025 sh...
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43:56
EP 221: American Giant and Walmart Reshore at Scale
Guest: Bayard Winthrop, CEO and founder of American Giant Bayard Winthrop, CEO of American Giant, is dedicated to American made and has a transformative partnership with Walmart that could redefine the power of American manufacturin...
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EP 220: Navigating Retail's Next Storm: Technology, Trade, Transformation
As we enter 2025, what’s the imperative for retail going forward? We’ve identified three key shifts that are shaping the future of retail. Join Shelley in a review of Retail Unwrapped podcast highlights that preview retail things to come. ...
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