THE WEEKLY PODCAST TO KEEP YOU UP TO SPEED WITH RETAIL
The Retail Show explores the rapid evolution and fiercely competitive world of retail. Learn about key industry developments, emerging trends, discover novel and best in class retail experiences and operations, essential insights and much more.
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Top News Headlines
Each week, get a quick digest of the essential developments in the retail sector… but with a twist, ‘News You Can Use’ gives you reflection points to make stories actionable.
Insight & Trends
Learn about key trends as they happen, with insight, intel and ideas from top sources.
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Bringing energy and enthusiasm, the show moved at speed to serve inspire and inform you.
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Join Oliver Banks and stay up to speed with the ever-evolving world of retail. In this episode: News You Can Use John Lewis has been working on a major suite of changes to boost customer experience in stores. Ocado is trialling a new reusable packaging solution which has been specifcially designed for online groceries. Amazon...
Join Oliver Banks and stay up to speed with the ever-evolving world of retail. In this episode: News You Can Use Amazon have upgraded their Just Walk Out technology with multi-modal technology. ThredUp have announced a series of new AI-powered features to assist shoppers. TikTok and Temu have scaled massively recently, but they are now...
Join Oliver Banks and stay up to speed with the ever-evolving world of retail. In this episode: News You Can Use Boots will use their loyalty scheme’s Advantage Card data to help predict and develop new disease treatments. In the US, Schnucks Markets are integrating a feature on their electronic shelf label solution to allow...
Join Oliver Banks and stay up to speed with the ever-evolving world of retail. In this episode: News You Can Use The CrowdStrike issues with Windows causes major worldwide IT outages. Google raise eyebrows by reversing their plan to remove cookies from Chrome. Best Buy transform their purpose and introduce a ‘spokeshologram’ to engage customers....
Join Oliver Banks and stay up to speed with the ever-evolving world of retail. In this episode: News You Can Use Amazon is deploying its AI shopping assistant Rufus to all US app users. Walmart double down on automation in their distribution centres, unlocking efficiency and throughput gains. Vans persevere with their metaverse initiatives. Whilst...
Join Oliver Banks and stay up to speed with the ever-evolving world of retail. In this week’s News You Can Use, hear about department store John Lewis’s plan to ask suppliers to fund additional shop floor colleagues. Meanwhile, Selfridges is going all in with a sports theme for the summer, powered by two new collaborations....
Welcome to episode 2 of The Retail Show. Join Oliver Banks and stay up to speed with the ever-evolving world of retail. In the news this week…. Nike is feeling the pinch and decided to launch a budget range of sneakers. Chinese mega retailers JD.com and Alibaba Group are two contenders weighing up the options...
Welcome to episode 1 of The Retail Show. Join Oliver Banks and stay up to speed with the ever-evolving world of retail. In the news this week…. Shein finally decide that they’re looking to list on the London Stock Exchange. Meanwhile, Amazon make a move to counter the gains made by Chinese discount marketplaces. Tesco...
This is The Retail Show. A weekly podcast exploring the rapid evolution and fiercely competitive world of retail. Hosted by retail expert, consultant and author, Oliver Banks.
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About the Host
Oliver Banks is a recognised retail expert and consultant working with senior leaders to transform retail businesses and operations.
One of the most influential voices in retail, Oliver is a LinkedIn Top Voice, author of Driving Retail Transformation: How to Navigate Disruption & Change, host of the Retail Transformation Show podcast and keynote speaker, and advises on navigating transformation and the ever-evolving world of retail.
