NRF Big Show 2023 | Ep01
17 January 2023 | 30 min listen

In this latest episode of The Retail Exchange podcast, host Karl McKeever reports from NRF 2023, Retail’s Big Show, in New York City. At the start of a franticly busy three days in the Big Apple, we bring your highlights from the Javits Convention Center, we picked our way through some of the highlights from Day One at the Show, where retail leaders and some of the industry’s most pioneering vendors, discuss, debate, and present the key topics that provide a glimpse into the future of retail.

World Retail Congress 2022
29 April 2022 | 92 min listen

this latest episode of The Retail Exchange podcast, Karl McKeever and Mark Faithfull report from World Retail Congress in Rome. As the event makes a welcome return to the industry calendar, we hear from retail leaders, exhibitors and attendees at the global flagship retail conference.

Retail Week Live 2021 | Review
28 October 2021 | 48 min listen

In this latest episode of The Retail Exchange podcast, Karl McKeever hosts a special edition from Retail Week Live 2021 in London. As physical events made a welcome return to the industry calendar and the retail industry begins to reconnect, we hear from retail leaders, exhibitors and attendees at the UK’s flagship retail conference.

NRF Big Show 2023 | Ep02
24 January 2023 | 21 min listen

In this latest episode of The Retail Exchange podcast, host Karl McKeever reports from NRF 2023, Retail’s Big Show, in New York City. We bring your highlights from the Javits Convention Center, where retail leaders and some of the industry’s most pioneering vendors, discuss, debate, and present the key topics that provide a glimpse into what the future of retail might look like. In this episode, we picked our way through some of the highlights from Day Two at the Show.

Retail Week Live 2022
01 June 2022 | 76 min listen

In this latest episode of The Retail Exchange podcast, Karl McKeever and Mark Faithfull bring you highlights from the annual Retail Week Live festival, as we pick our way through some of the topics, insights and conversations that are inspiring and challenging the retail ecosystem, and that interested us the most.

EuroShop 2020 | Review
09 March 2020 | 40 min listen

Ben Bland and Karl McKeever host a special edition from EuroShop 2020 in Dusseldorf. We hear from exhibitors and attendees at the world’s largest retail trade fair on the ever-shifting sector landscape.

NRF Big Show 2023 | Ep03
25 January 2023 | 30 min listen

In this latest episode of The Retail Exchange podcast, host Karl McKeever reports from NRF 2023, Retail’s Big Show, in New York City. We bring your highlights from the Javits Convention Center, where retail leaders and some of the industry’s most pioneering vendors, discuss, debate, and present the key topics that provide a glimpse into what the future of retail might look like. In this episode, we picked our way through some of the highlights from the final day at the Show.

Shoptalk Europe 2022
17 June 2022 | 76 min listen

In this latest episode of The Retail Exchange podcast, host Karl McKeever looks back at what was on show at Shoptalk Europe 2022 in London. We also talk to exhibitors, vendors and attendees about how to harness an ever-shifting landscape. From eCommerce and payments to supply chain, and the future of the store.

Tech. Festival 2019
08 October 2019 | 35 min listen

In this special episode of The Retail Exchange podcast sponsored by jisp, guest host Jason Bradbury reports from Tech. Festival 2019 as leading figures from the world of digital commerce converge to discuss and showcase the ideas that are shaping tomorrow’s retail landscape.

Future Stores 2019 | Review
07 June 2019 | 20 min listen

Recorded at World Retail Congress 2019, The Retail Exchange talks exclusively to Daan Ubachs, founder of Dutch-based sustainable fashion label Unrobe. He discusses the growing consumer shift away from fast fashion with host Ben Bland, and explains brand’s mission to dress people by ‘undressing’ the fashion industry.

WRC2019 | Day 3 Review
17 May 2019 | 11 min listen

As World Retail Congress 2019 draws to a close, we’re in Amsterdam to hear the views and thoughts of leading industry experts as they reflect on the highlights from another memorable event.

WRC2019 | Day 2 Review
16 May 2019 | 10 min listen

We review Day 2 of the World Retail Congress in Amsterdam, where an attentive audience heard leading industry experts further explore the theme of “High Velocity Retail”. Here are some highlights.

WRC2019 | Day 1 Review
15 May 2019 | 15 min listen

The Retail Exchange visits Amsterdam for this year’s World Retail Congress, as international retail leaders arrived in the Dutch capital for the three-day event.

WRC2018 | Day 3 Review
23 April 2018 | 8 min listen

As the sun set on the final day of the World Retail Congress, Ben Bland caught up with some of those attending to reflect on the highlights from this year’s event in Madrid.

WRC2018 | Day 2 Review
19 April 2018 | 5 min listen

We review Day 2 of the World Retail Congress in Madrid, where an attentive audience heard international retail speakers explore ‘The big picture and the small details’. Here are some highlights.

WRC2018 | Day 1 Review
18 April 2018 | 4 min listen

The Retail Exchange visits Madrid for this year’s World Retail Congress, as international retail leaders arrived in the Spanish capital for the three-day event.

NRF Big Show 2018 | Review
25 January 2018 | 16 min listen

In this special episode, we review the NRF Big Show, heading to New York to hear from leading retail analysts about the big innovations and themes that will dominate 2018.

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