The Backroom with Retail Dive

Podcast by Retail Dive

Episodes

Planet Retail

July 28, 2022 • 27 min

Retailers know they have an important role in addressing climate change. But navigating sustainability is riddled with challenges.

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Bankrupt Enjoy Technology Set Out To Disrupt Retail. But It Got Disrupted Instead.

June 30, 2022 • 26 min

Led by former J.C. Penney CEO Ron Johnson, the “commerce-at-home” company has suffered from constrained supply and high costs. Note: This conversation was recorded prior to Enjoy Technology's June 30 bankruptcy filing.

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What Walmart And Target Told Us About Retail In 2022

May 26, 2022 • 19 min

Rising food and gas prices are causing consumers to pull back on discretionary spending. That hurt retailers in the first quarter.

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What's Going On With Amazon?

April 28, 2022 • 22 min

The e-commerce giant is grappling with many challenges, including union efforts and its Prime delivery promises.

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The World According To AlixPartners' Joel Bines

March 31, 2022 • 39 min

The consultant has spent decades working in and for the retail industry. We sat down with him this past February to get his take on where the industry is headed.

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Kohl's versus Wall Street

February 24, 2022 • 21 min

Activist investors have pressured the retailer to divest assets and potentially even sell itself. Retail Dive reporters discuss the implications of such moves.

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The Surprising Importance Of The Retail Middleman, With BMO Capital Markets’ Simeon Siegel

January 27, 2022 • 28 min

The last two decades of retail disruption was supposed to mean the death of wholesale. But recent research shows that brands should think twice about that.

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Our traditional interview with the retail prophet, Doug Stephens

December 30, 2021 • 52 min

While the pandemic isn't over, 2021 seemed to show that physical locations remain important to retail. But each store must have something to offer, Doug Stephens tells Retail Dive's Daphne Howland.

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Another Disruptive Holiday Season

November 25, 2021 • 23 min

Vaccines have changed the shopping landscape this year, as have supply chain bottlenecks. Retail Dive reporters look at how the season is playing out.

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Why is the idea of splitting off e-commerce so popular all of a sudden?

October 28, 2021 • 28 min

Senior Reporters Daphne Howland and Ben Unglesbee discuss why Wall Street likes it, why others don't and how Sears' decline serves as a cautionary tale.

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What do changes at Stitch Fix say about e-commerce?

September 30, 2021 • 22 min

Senior Reporters Ben Unglesbee and Daphne Howland talk about turmoil at the apparel e-retailer, DTC companies and online sales in general.

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Delta's looming impact on retail

August 26, 2021 • 17 min

On this episode, Retail Dive's Daphne Howland and Ben Unglesbee discuss the implications of the new variant on the industry.

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When Reebok was on top of the world

July 29, 2021 • 34 min

Retail Dive’s senior editor discusses the past and alternate histories of the brand that once topped even Nike.

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Reebok was meant to be a 'Nike killer.' How the brand lost its No. 1 spot

July 26, 2021 • 46 min

In the '80s, Reebok was the top sports brand for a time. Now it's dwarfed by Nike and Adidas. We take a look at the history of the brand, through the lens of the people who were there.

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In e-commerce, it's growth versus profits

June 24, 2021 • 26 min

In 2020, digital operations probably saved a lot of retailers when consumers were unable or unwilling to visit stores. But how sustainable is online retail in the long run?

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A former Blockbuster insider chronicles its many blunders

May 27, 2021 • 46 min

If you think Blockbuster is merely a story about technology, take a second look. Former franchisee Alan Payne discusses its long-deteriorating operations.

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Just how competitive are retail markets?

April 29, 2021 • 33 min

A talk with author and antitrust expert Sally Hubbard about what shifts in competition policy and enforcement could mean for the retail industry writ large.

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How a $15 minimum wage could impact retail

March 25, 2021 • 18 min

At the federal level, the minimum wage has remained unchanged since 2009 at $7.25 an hour. The team discusses what an increase could mean for the industry.

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Amazon enters a new phase

February 25, 2021 • 28 min

The Retail Dive team talks about how retailers have paved their own way, as Jeff Bezos prepares to hand over the CEO reins at the e-commerce giant.

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Family Video, GameStop and the precarious lives of media stores

January 28, 2021 • 31 min

A look at what went wrong for the last video chain as well as the fates of other retailers of cultural products.

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The Backroom with Retail Dive

Episodes

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What Walmart And Target Told Us About Retail In 2022

What's Going On With Amazon?

The World According To AlixPartners' Joel Bines

Kohl's versus Wall Street

The Surprising Importance Of The Retail Middleman, With BMO Capital Markets’ Simeon Siegel

Our traditional interview with the retail prophet, Doug Stephens

Another Disruptive Holiday Season

Why is the idea of splitting off e-commerce so popular all of a sudden?

What do changes at Stitch Fix say about e-commerce?

Delta's looming impact on retail

When Reebok was on top of the world

Reebok was meant to be a 'Nike killer.' How the brand lost its No. 1 spot

In e-commerce, it's growth versus profits

A former Blockbuster insider chronicles its many blunders

Just how competitive are retail markets?

How a $15 minimum wage could impact retail

Amazon enters a new phase

Family Video, GameStop and the precarious lives of media stores

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Planet Retail

Bankrupt Enjoy Technology Set Out To Disrupt Retail. But It Got Disrupted Instead.

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