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The Retail Podcast

Alex Rezvan

Business & Entrepreneuriat

Fréquence : 1 épisode/10j. Total Éps: 269

Real conversations with the people running global retail. AI in retail, ecommerce strategy, store operations, retail media, and the future of commerce — without the jargon. Hosted by Alex Rezvan (NRF Retail Voices 2026, founder of RetailNews.ai). Guests include retail CEOs, CDOs, founders, and operators from the world's leading grocery, fashion, luxury, and technology brands. Three formats: World Retail Signals (global retail intelligence), Five Things Friday UK, and in-depth expert interviews. Official partner of NRF Europe and World Retail Congress. 210+ episodes.

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Target Beauty Studio: Prestige Beauty Comes to 600+ Stores

vendredi 4 septembre 2026 • Durée 11:52

Target is bringing 90 prestige, emerging and global beauty brands to more than 600 stores. Alex Rezvan and Jill Dvorak examine what Target Beauty Studio means for Target, Sephora and Ulta Beauty—and where the customer’s beauty spend could move next.

This week’s US retail briefing also covers Nordstrom Rack’s expansion, Williams-Sonoma’s 6.2% comparable brand revenue growth, Lowe’s attempt to address America’s skilled-trades shortage and the beauty industry’s early interest in Generation Beta.

What you will learn:

- Why Target is moving further into prestige beauty

- What Williams-Sonoma’s Q2 growth says about market share and the housing consumer

- Why retailers should treat the skilled-trades gap as a capacity risk

- How beauty companies are approaching Generation Beta through their parents

Chapters:

00:00 This week in US retail

00:44 Nordstrom Rack’s expansion

01:54 Target enters prestige beauty

03:23 Williams-Sonoma grows 6.2%

05:23 Lowe’s tackles the trades gap

09:16 Beauty starts watching Gen Beta

11:39 Closing thoughts

Sources:

Nordstrom: https://press.nordstrom.com/news-releases/news-release-details/nordstrom-rack-open-new-location-cypress-texas

Target: https://corporate.target.com/press/release/2026/08/target-launches-target-beauty-studio,-its-destination-for-what-s-new,-now-and-next-in-beauty

Williams-Sonoma: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000203/exhibit991fy2026q2earnings.htm

Lowe’s Foundation: https://corporate.lowes.com/newsroom/press-releases/lowes-foundation-launches-nations-largest-skilled-trades-coalition-nvidia-att-bank-america-carrier-general-motors-dewalt-and-duke-energy-help-train

WWD: https://wwd.com/beauty-industry-news/beauty-features/generation-beta-beautys-next-big-demographic-opportunity-1239083468/

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Pinduoduo Malaysia, Singapore–Johor Bahru RTS and AI Search

mercredi 2 septembre 2026 • Durée 13:24

Pinduoduo's expansion in Malaysia is testing how local retailers compete with ultra-low-price cross-border commerce, while the Singapore–Johor Bahru RTS Link could redraw the retail catchment between the two markets.

Ngai Yuen Low, Ryf Quail and Alex Rezvan examine the projected S$1.05 billion increase in annual Singapore-resident spending in Johor Bahru, the overlooked plant and wellness category, and how AI search is changing e-commerce discovery.

The question running through the episode: if price, geography and search traffic are all being rewritten at once, where does defensible retail advantage move next?

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:52 Pinduoduo Malaysia
00:03:30 Plants and wellness retail
00:06:05 Singapore–Johor RTS
00:08:52 AI search and e-commerce traffic

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Retail Cybersecurity Is a Sector Problem — Scott Price, CEO DFI Retail Group

mardi 1 septembre 2026 • Durée 11:24

Scott Price, Group Chief Executive of DFI Retail Group, argues that retail cybersecurity is now a sector-wide risk—not a problem any company can solve alone.

Recorded at NRF APAC 2026 in Singapore, the conversation examines why retailers need to share threat intelligence, how digital commerce has redefined customer trust and why hierarchical cultures can create new exposure in the age of deepfakes.

What you will learn

- Why silence after an attack can leave the whole retail sector more exposed.
- How customer trust has shifted from price accuracy to responsible data stewardship.
- What shared intelligence through RH-ISAC can add to a retailer's cyber defences.
- The question every chief executive should ask their CISO.
- Why employees must be empowered to challenge unusual instructions from senior leaders.

Chapters

00:00 Cybersecurity becomes a sector risk
01:37 Customer trust is redefined
02:04 How RH-ISAC works
03:01 DFI's retail attack surface
04:18 Cyber moves up the risk register
05:01 Third-generation retail
06:32 Why customer trust can collapse
07:31 Cybercrime becomes an industry
08:53 The CISO test for CEOs
09:51 The insider threat
10:28 Hierarchy, deepfakes and compliance

About the guest

Scott Price is Group Chief Executive of DFI Retail Group. He joined DFI in August 2023 after senior international roles at UPS, Walmart, DHL Express and The Coca-Cola Company. DFI operates more than 7,500 outlets across 12 Asian markets.

Resources mentioned

- DFI Retail Group leadership: https://www.dfiretailgroup.com/en/about-us/our-leadership/
- NRF APAC 2026 agenda: https://nrfbigshowapac.nrf.com/agenda
- RH-ISAC: https://rhisac.org/

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M&S Moves European Ecommerce Fulfilment to Zalando

vendredi 28 août 2026 • Durée 10:18

Marks & Spencer is using Zalando's ZEOS platform for European ecommerce fulfilment across 22 continental European markets.

Alex Rezvan and Simone Oloman, Co-founder and CEO of NIFT, cover six UK retail stories: M&S and Zalando's European fulfilment partnership; John Lewis Sports & Wellness; ASOS and Barbour's Re-loved collaboration with Jimmy Turrell; George at Asda's If You Know, You Know campaign with Lucky Generals; Vans x BAPE Knu Skool; and Aaron Levine x Zara.

This Five Things Friday UK episode covers UK retail news, ecommerce fulfilment, retail strategy, store concepts, fashion collaborations and international retail expansion.

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00:00 Intro
00:54 Walmart adds Apple Pay
02:03 Home Depot Express Delivery
03:36 American Eagle + Lamine Yamal
05:23 Best Buy zero waste
06:57 Ross outpaces TJX

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Target’s AI Move, Coach Growth & the Future of US Retail

lundi 24 août 2026 • Durée 14:25

Why is Coach growing while Kate Spade declines under the same parent company?

And what does Target appointing a Chief AI Officer tell us about the next phase of retail technology?

In this USA edition of Five Things Friday, Alex and Jill unpack five developments shaping US retail.

Target brings Chandu Nair across from Lowe’s as Chief AI Officer, prompting a bigger discussion about whether AI should sit under one executive or be embedded throughout the organisation.

Foot Locker and Nike experiment with community-led retail through the Crenshaw Rec concept in Los Angeles.

Tapestry delivers a striking brand comparison: Coach grows 15% while Kate Spade declines 7%, while the group recruits more than 2.5 million new customers during the quarter — around 35% of them Gen Z.

Michaels looks for growth opportunities created by changes at Joann and Party City.

And research based on almost 19 million North American in-store interactions reports customer satisfaction of 93.4%, with Tuesday and Wednesday producing the strongest results.

A 14-minute briefing on AI, brand execution, physical retail, customer acquisition and the changing US retail market.

The Retail Podcast — retail intelligence without the noise.

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The International Briefing: 5 Global Retail Stories to Know SHEIN, JD.com, India, Shipping & Fabletics

vendredi 21 août 2026 • Durée 12:42

What should global retail leaders be paying attention to right now?

In this edition of The International Briefing, Jill Dvorak, Senior Vice President, Content at NRF, joins Alex Rezvan to unpack five developments from across the international retail industry.

Europe: What could the €3 charge on low-value imported parcels mean for SHEIN, Temu and cross-border ecommerce?

China: JD.com’s latest results raise questions about how we measure the strength of major marketplaces—and the growing importance of the ecosystem around the transaction.

India: Retail demand is strong, but quick-commerce platforms are putting pressure on established grocery models.

Global shipping: Higher costs, changing routes and supply-chain uncertainty remain major issues for retailers moving goods around the world.

Fabletics: With more than $1 billion in net revenue, the digital-first brand is continuing to invest in physical stores and international expansion.

Five stories with one purpose:

understanding what the headlines actually mean for retail.

Featuring Jill Dvorak, Senior Vice President, Content at NRF, and Alex Rezvan of The Retail Podcast.

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Five Things Friday UK: Harvey Nichols, Poundland, IKEA & Rapid Delivery

vendredi 21 août 2026 • Durée 11:22

Five Things Friday UK Edition is your fast briefing on the retail stories worth paying attention to this week.

Alex Rezvan and Simone Oloman break down the developments affecting retailers, brands and the wider industry.

This week:

Frasers buys Harvey Nichols — what could happen to the luxury retailer, its regional stores and its relationship with Flannels?

Poundland and value retail — why competing on price alone may not be enough, and why customer experience and merchandising still matter.

90-minute retail delivery — Simone explains how Need It For Tonight works, its 90-minute and same-day delivery model and its new 12,000 sq ft operation at Westfield White City.

Stores as fulfilment centres — could retailers use local inventory and physical stores to get products to customers faster?

IKEA enters the resale opportunity — why IKEA bringing second-hand furniture into its own marketplace could be a smart move, and where delivery and collection may create friction.

Hosted by Alex Rezvan of The Retail Podcast and Simone Oloman, co-founder of Need It For Tonight.

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A Retail Executive Goes Shopping for AI | NRF APAC 2026

mercredi 19 août 2026 • Durée 10:10

Alex Rezvan and AEON360 Managing Director Low Ngai Yuen go into operator mode at NRF APAC. Ngai Yuen has a live AI and product-data requirement—and two startups she first met in New York may have the answer. This is the buying journey: the brief, the meetings, the 50,000-SKU proof of concept and the reality of turning conference discovery into retail execution.

What does buying AI look like when a retailer has a real problem to solve?At NRF APAC 2026 in Singapore, Alex Rezvan joins **Low Ngai Yuen, Managing Director of AEON360**, on a live buying mission across the show floor.Ngai Yuen is not browsing demonstrations. She has a specific requirement: improve the quality, structure, localisation and usefulness of AEON’s product data before expecting AI to create value from it.The journey began at NRF New York, where she found two young product-data companies. In Singapore, she meets them again—this time with a clearer brief, real retail data and a route towards a proof of concept.The first conversation is with Lazuli, a Japanese product-data company whose location and market knowledge matter to AEON’s imported Japanese products and private brands.

The team discusses turning unstructured catalogues and PDFs into structured, searchable information, then enriching products with the right language, descriptions, categories and market context.The second meeting focuses on inconsistent supplier data, missing attributes and a proof of concept involving 50,000 SKUs.

The discussion shows why retailers need reliable information before adding generative or agentic AI—and why a product catalogue must keep changing as language, trends and customer search intent evolve.This is less a conference interview than a view inside the retail buying process: identifying a problem, finding potential partners, testing them on a real case and deciding whether the technology can scale.

In this episode- Why Ngai Yuen came to NRF APAC with a live buying brief- How relationships formed at NRF New York continued in Singapore- Why local Japanese market knowledge matters to AEON- How unstructured product information becomes searchable catalogue data- What inconsistent supplier data costs retailers- Why the team is testing a 50,000-SKU proof of concept- How a “living catalogue” responds to changing search intent- What innovation showcases can offer established retailers

What's Really Happening in Global Retail Right Now? Hugo Boss, Uber Eats, Nike, Fair Price & LA 2028

lundi 10 août 2026 • Durée 09:34

Five retail stories. Less than ten minutes. And several signals about where global retail could be heading next.

In this international edition of Five Things Friday, we examine five developments across retail, commerce, technology and consumer engagement.

First, Fraser’s Group and its position in Hugo Boss — and why the premium market could be ripe for further change. The conversation then moves to Tesco and Uber Eats, as quick commerce increasingly becomes part of retailers’ last-mile strategies.

Next, we look at Nike in China. After shifting aggressively toward direct-to-consumer and later rebuilding wholesale relationships, Nike is again refining its channel strategy, concentrating on selected platforms alongside its own direct business.

Then we head to Singapore and Fair Price’s Store of Tomorrow, where smart carts, RFID, digital shelf labels, in-store navigation and health-focused experiences provide a glimpse at one possible direction for the physical grocery store.

Finally, attention turns to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games and what brands can learn from major global sporting events when planning consumer engagement and activation strategies.

In this episode:

Fraser’s Group and Hugo Boss
Tesco, Uber Eats and quick commerce
Decathlon and last-mile delivery
Nike’s evolving China retail strategy
Direct-to-consumer versus wholesale
Fair Price’s Store of Tomorrow
Smart carts, RFID and digital shelf labels
Retail health and wellness experiences
LA 2028 Olympic brand activations
Marketing around major global sporting events

Who should watch or listen:
Retail executives, brand leaders, retail technology teams, marketers, commerce professionals and anyone tracking the evolution of physical and digital retail.

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