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Future Shop Podcast with WSL — 113 episodes

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Inside the Creation of the Apple Store, Target Design, JC Penney Failures & The Future of Retail with Ron Johnson | Ep 113

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EP112: •The AI Shopping Revolution: Is Retail Media in Jeopardy? And What About Shoppers with Kiri Masters

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EP111: Why Sexual Wellness is the Next Big CPG Growth Category with Rachel Marler

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EP110: AI Agents and the “Hot Mess” of Modern Retail with The CPG Guys

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EP109: Longevity Nation: Michael Clinton on the Future of Aging and Business

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EP108: How to Reach the New Frontiers of Beauty & Wellness with Ali Kole

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EP107: Beyond the Screen: Why Humanity is Retail’s Secret Weapon in 2026 with Wendy Liebmann and Guests

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EP106: The Future of Beauty: K-Beauty, Viral Fragrances, and the TikTok Effect

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EP105: TikTok Shop, Agentic AI, and the Future of Retail Trust with Kelsie Johnston

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EP104: Retail’s Next Act: Human Connection in an AI World with Christi Geary

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EP103: Agentic AI vs. Human Connection: The Future of Retail Explained with Andy Murray

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EP102: The Agentic AI Revolution: What Companies Need to Know for 2026 with Justin Honaman

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EP101: How to Build a Brand with Purpose, one Retailer at a Time with April Showers

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EP100: How America Shops® in Chaos. What’s Worth It Now?

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EP99: The Future of Category Management with Gina Zilleox, Glanbia Performance Nutrition

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EP98: AI, Pricing, Supply Chain, Loyalty and First Thoughts on 2026 with Justin Honaman, AWS

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EP97: Influencing the Future of Retail, with Kenvue, Kroger and InMarket

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EP96: Beauty Everywhere: Connecting Brands, Retail and Consumers with Liza Rapay

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EP95: Driving Retail Innovation -- Retail Safari®-ing with NielsenIQ

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EP94: Transforming Health Care Retail into a Temple of Care with Fiona Sartoretto Verna

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EP93: Generative AI, Tariffs, and Flexible Leadership with Justin Honaman, AWS

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EP92: How Retail Can Bring Accessible Health Care to Communities Everyday with Kevin Host, Walmart

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EP91: How To Grow a Specialty Retail Business in Chaotic Times with Anna Harman, Studs

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EP90: The Next Revolution in Shopper Insights with Keith Sleight

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EP89: Investing in the Future of Retail – Where, Why, How with Diana Melencio

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EP88: AI Transforms Innovation…In Real Time. Right Now. With Justin Honaman, AWS

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EP87: The Future of Brands, Retail, Innovation, and Work with Joanna Jensen, Child's Farm

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EP86: Women’s Wellness – Opportunities, Challenges and What’s Next with Catherine Magee, Playground

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EP85: A Preview of 2025. AI, Tech, Culture and More, with Justin Honaman, AWS

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EP84: Transforming Retail with Norm de Greve, General Motors

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EP83: Retail 2030 – A Framework for Growth with Jacqueline Windsor, PwC

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EP82: Gen A – White Space Opportunity or Not…(Yet)? with Candace Corlett

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EP81: A Vision for the Local Healthcare Store in a Digital Age with Michael Wysong, Care

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EP80: Thinking Beyond Demographic Stereotypes to Drive Retail Volume with Debbie Kelly

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EP79: Retail Tension. AI, Retail Media, Pricing. What’s Next? with Justin Honaman, AWS

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EP78: Retail’s Urgent Search for Volume. How? Now! with Sri Rajagopalan, The CPG Guys

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EP77: Caregiving – The Next Big Retail Opportunity with AARP

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EP76: How to Build a Joyful Gen Z Beauty Retail Experience. With Claudia Lloreda, Blush-Bar

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EP75: The Power of Pets on the Future of Retail, with HABRI

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EP74: The Future of Retail. A View from the Other Side. With Helena Foulkes, Hudson's Bay Company

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EP73: Retail Loyalty Programs: What Shoppers Want Now, with Mara Sipzener, CVS Pharmacy

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EP72: AI, Unified Commerce & Getting It Done with Justin Honaman, AWS

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EP71: Creating Happy Retail – One CPG Category at a Time, with Craig Dubitsky, Happy™

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EP70: Innovating Beauty Retail - A Latin View with the WSL team

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EP69: Building a “Magic” Health Care Box with Alex Gourlay, Holland & Barrett

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EP68: [ CLOUD CHAT ] A Fast & Furious Take On Emerging Tech & Retail Trends with Justin Honaman, AWS

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EP67: Reinventing Luxury Beauty Retail on the Corner with Maly Bernstein, Bluemercury

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EP66: 2024: Caution! Retail Curves Ahead with Candace Corlett, WSL

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EP65: A Fast & Furious Take On Emerging Tech & Retail Trends with Justin Honaman, AWS

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EP64: A Retailer’s Lifelong Journey to Wellness with Muriel Gonzalez, the Vitamin Shoppe

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EP63: The Consumerization of Technology in Health Care with Alissa Hsu Lynch

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EP62: [ CLOUD CHAT ] A Fast & Furious Take On Emerging Tech & Retail Trends, Justin Honaman, AWS

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EP61: How to Build a Modern Shopper Experience with Justin Lafoe

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EP60: Retail Leaders Define 6 Critical Trends for 2024-2025

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EP59: The Paradox of the New Shopping World with Candace Corlett, WSL

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EP58: Successfully Navigating Disrupted [Beauty] Retail with Noah Rosenblatt, SpaceNK

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EP57: Will Retail Media Networks Finally Enable Personalized Shopping? with Parbinder Dhariwal, CVS's CMX

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EP56: The 50-plus Opportunity. Why Retail is Getting an F. With Michael Clinton

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EP55: Disrupting Retail Healthcare with Susan Lang, XIL Health

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EP54: The New Shopper Journey Emerges…From Troubles to Joy with Debbie Kelly, WSL

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EP53: The Role of the Store in a Digital Age with Dawn Clark, Starbucks

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EP52: How to Build a Modern [Health Care] Company with Lisa Paley, Haleon

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EP51: Planned Disruption. You Do Not Own the Shopper. With Candace Corlett

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EP50: 50:50 Retail. A Prototype for the Future. Right Now with Dan O'Connor

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EP49: How to Build a Culture of Digital Transformation with Chris Perry and Oskar Kaszubski, Firstmovr

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EP48: A View from the Cloud on The Future of Retail with Justin Honaman, AWS

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EP47: Retail Safari® to See the Future of Retail with Joi Pratt, WSL

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EP46: How to Build A Modern Social Collaborative Brand with Mindy McKnight

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EP45: Beauty Retail Refined with Jenny B. Fine, WWD

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EP44: How Retail Can Be A Solution for Loneliness with Matthew Liebmann, Vista Group

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EP43: Leading Retail in Increasingly Complex Times with Phil Wahba, Fortune Magazine

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EP42: The Women’s Health & Wellness Revolution Arrives with Dr. Somi Javaid, HerMD

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EP41: The Next Wellness Frontier: New Challenges, Categories, and Retail with Candace Corlett

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EP40: Creating Smart, Relevant Shopper Experiences that Build Loyalty with Damian Kernahan, Proto

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EP39: Shopping in Inflationary Times. Long Slog vs. Whiplash? with Candace Corlett

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EP38: Analog Retail & The Future of Physical Stores with Kate Ancketill, GDR

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EP37: Breaking Retail Taboos with Sally Mueller from Womaness

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EP36: Providing Affordable Access to Under-Served Shoppers with Chris Skyers - Wakefern Food Corp.

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EP35: The Role of the Store: Retail 5.0 with Candace Corlett

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EP34: Amazon, Omni-commerce, the Metaverse and What Comes Next with Andrea Leigh

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EP33: Predicting the Future of Retail in a Time of Wet Cement with Bryan Gildenberg

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EP32: How We Eat – The Brave New World of Food and Drink with Paco Underhill

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EP31: The Future of Beauty. Healthy or Not? with Lauren Brindley from Walgreens

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EP30: Challenging the Future of Retail. It’s right in front of your eyes! with Candace Corlett

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

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EP28: Learnings from the Front Lines in Dramatically Changing Retail Times with Anne Fink, PepsiCo

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EP27: Reinventing Healthcare from Pharmacy to Front Door with Jocelyn Konrad from Rite Aid

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

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

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EP24: How to Rebrand A Retail Icon with Martin Waters from Victoria's Secret

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EP23: The New Shopper Truths with Candace Corlett

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EP22: E-Commerce Marketplaces: White Space? Or Black Holes? with Ping Hao & Burke White from Brand3P

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EP21: How to Make Every Store A Store of the Future with Jo Horgan from Mecca Brands

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

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EP19: Retail After the Splurge with Steve Sadove

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EP18: The Future of Retail Leadership, with Professor Stephan Kanlian and Morgan Hagney

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EP17: Retail Keep Up! Hurry Up!, with Paco Underhill

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EP16: The Color of Retail, with Terry Thomas from Unilever

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EP15: Shopping Next: Myths, Realities and What Will Endure, with Candace Corlett

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EP14: The Future of Retail from a Global View, with Christine Cross

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EP13: How Kroger is Helping Americans Live Healthier Lives, with Colleen Lindholz from Kroger

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EP12: The New Language of Retail, with Norman De Greve from CVS

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EP11: Why Shopper-Centricity Is More Critical Than Ever Before, with Andy Murray

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EP10: Reinventing Retail Relationships in the Midst of a Pandemic, with Greg Farrar

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EP09: The Great Retail Restructuring Begins [ Part 3 ], with Candace Corlett

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EP08: There is No Going Back [ Part 2 ], with Candace Corlett

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EP07: Will Shoppers Ever Go Back to the Store? [ Part 1 ], with Candace Corlett

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EP06: The Power of Retail to Create Calm in Stressful Times, with Dr. Gayatri Devi

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EP05: How Walmart is Disrupting Health & Wellness, with Matthew Parry from Walmart

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EP 04: Humanizing Brands, Retail and Corporate Culture in a Post-Pandemic World, with Craig Dubitsky from Hello Products

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EP 03: What is the Future of Retail in a COVID-19 World?, with Helena Foulkes

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EP 02: In A Coronavirus World, Shoppers Demand to be Well, with Wendy Liebmann and Elizabeth Gretkowski

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EP 01: It’s Not About Amazon, with Wendy Liebmann and Candace Corlett