Spieckerman Speaks Retail Podcast
NRF 2025: Decoding Signals Beyond the AI Echo Chamber
Everyone was understandably captivated by AI at NRF 2025, yet the real story is about balancing innovation with identity, technology with humanity, and complexity with clarity. Carol Spieckerman lays it all out in the latest episode of Spieckerman Speaks Retail.
Featured: Retail Therapy Reflections on 2024
Carol Spieckerman joins RETHINK Retail’s Cloud Alliance year-end podcast to explore highlights and lowlights from 2024 and directional signals for 2025.
The Full Funnel Effect: In-Store Media Gets a Glow-up
Carol Spieckerman sat down with Cole Johnson, CEO of Looma, to get the 411 on retail media’s blue water opportunities and the power of the store to amplify brand stories.
Consumer Primacy and the Work Shop Shift: A Conversation with Joe Brady
Carol Spieckerman sits down with Joe Brady, commercial real estate guru and author of Work Shop, the Consumer-Driven Transformation of Commercial Real Estate.
Seamless, Shoppable, and Swift: Eitan Koter’s New Rules of Video Commerce
Carol Spieckerman and Vimmi Co-CEO Eitan Koter delve into the power of multi-platform video and the explosion of commerce media.
Full Path Analysis: Decoding Shopper Behavior Beyond Footfall
Joe Shasteen, global manager of advanced analytics at RetailNext, to discuss the latest trends in retail analytics and in-store technology. Joe expands on the concept of full path analysis, which provides detailed insights into customer behavior throughout the store.
Are You Ready for Unready? It’s Launch and Learn Time!
Carol reveals her latest Retail Trajectory, Launch and Learn, where companies are ditching the warm-up act and releasing tech straight into consumer environments before the kinks are worked out.
Owning Your Data Assets and the Art of Noodling Around: New Technologies Mean New Priorities
Carol Spieckerman speaks with Sophelle’s Chris Corbin on navigating new technology, optimizing data, and the power of discovery.
Unlocking the Power of Payments Media Networks in Retail: A Conversation with SnippMedia’s Tom Burgess
Carol Spieckerman speaks with SnippMedia President, Tom Burgess, on the emergence of payments media networks and benefits to CPGs, banks, and shoppers.
Calling Mrs. Maisel! Retail Clienteling is Cutting Edge (Again)
In her final people-powered retail episode, Carol Spieckerman speaks with Casey Drake on the new world of clienteling and customer experience.
Brian Librach Plots the Route. The Retail Leader’s Roadmap
In the lastest People-Powered Retail episode, Carol Spieckerman speaks with Brian Librach on his new book, The Retail Leader’s Roadmap and the power of self-determination in plotting your retail career.
“People Before Things.” Putting the Human Back in Human Resources
In the latest people-powered retail series episode, Carol Spieckerman speaks with Build-A-Bear’s chief people officer Roz Johnson on how to bring out the best in retail teams.
Authentic Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Amplifying the Differences That Make a Difference
Carol Spieckerman speaks with Monica Williams on the new standards for equity, diversity, and inclusion and why getting it right is a game-changer.
Suiting up for Success: Sharp Strategies for Slaying D2C with Diana Ganz
Carol Spieckerman’s guest, Diana Ganz shares insights into how she has broken through barriers and cracked codes on some of the toughest challenges facing digital-forward brands today.
Comparing Walmart and Target No Longer Makes Sense (But I’m Doing It Anyway)
Carol Spieckerman parses Walmart and Target’s Q2 2023 earnings reports and the growing differences that set them apart.
Featured: Carol Spieckerman on A Seat at the Table Podcast
Carol Spieckerman joins Inside Fashion’s Jane Singer for the A Seat at the Table podcast. A far-reaching discussion on retail’s hottest topics.
Featured: Carol Spieckerman on AI in Retail Podcast
Carol Spieckerman joins Raydian’s AI in Retail podcast to share her latest Retail Trajectories and the power of platform positioning.
Digital Defrags Are Saving Retailers’ Assets
The digitization of stores, the rise of retail media, and retail theft prevention all share a common trait: rapid evolution from disjointed efforts into unified opportunities that are gaining momentum. Carol Spieckerman highlights the escalating advantages unification will bring to retail.
Turning up the Volume: Criteo and Brandcrush on Amplifying Retail Media’s Next Act
Big money. Massive margins. Exponential reach. Retail media opportunities are set to hit new heights. Brandcrush CEO, Teresa Aprile and Criteo’s general manager of global enterprise, Sherry Smith, share exciting updates on retail media’s next revolution as the companies join forces.
When Will the Category-Killing Carnage End?
A new breed of retail chain emerged in the 80s that spelled a last hurrah for brick & mortar before the digital floodgates opened in the 90s. Then came Amazon and its wake of digital competitors, slaying niches without mercy. A recent wave of retail bankruptcies attests to how category killing was a great model…until it wasn’t.