In episode 65 of Kantar’s Retail Sound Bites, Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss challenger brands, mergers and acquisitions, and more with Richard Baum, managing partner of Consumer Growth Partners, Kara Posner, partner at Giannuzzi Lewendon, and Patrick McKeever, publisher of The Daily on Retail. This episode also features Kantar’s principal economist, Doug Hermanson, who dives into the macroeconomic state of retail ahead of the 2024 US presidential election. Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Contact us at Kantar's Retail S ..read more

In episode 62 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss challenger brand disruption across direct-to-consumer brands with Eric Ryan, co-founder of method, OLLY, Welly, Cast, and WILL Perform. This episode also features Julie Craig, vice president of shopper insights, to discuss the changing role of the store and shoppers’ expectations. Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Contact us at Kantar's Retail Sound Bites Podcast. Barry's contact information: barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's LinkedIn Rachel's contact i ..read more

In episode 61 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss challenger brand disruption in the beverage industry with Danny Stepper, CEO & Co-founder at L.A. Libations and Globestepper Productions. Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Contact us at Kantar's Retail Sound Bites Podcast. Barry's contact information: barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's LinkedIn Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's LinkedIn ..read more

In episode 60 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss findings from the 2024 NACDS Annual Conference with Amar Singh, senior director of retail insights, at Kantar. Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Contact us at Kantar's Retail Sound Bites Podcast. Barry's contact information: barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's LinkedIn Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's LinkedIn ..read more

In episode 58 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss digital commerce and omnichannel advancements made at Sam's Club with executive vice president and chief growth officer Diana Marshall. This episode also features Doug Hermanson, Kantar's principal economist, who sheds light on the current macroeconomic state of the retail industry. Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Contact us at Kantar's Retail Sound Bites Podcast. Barry's contact information: barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's LinkedIn Rachel's contact ..read more

In episode 55 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss global mergers and acquisitions with David Marcotte, senior vice president, and Paida Mugudubi, head of retail insights, at Kantar. Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Contact us at Kantar's Retail Sound Bites Podcast. Barry's contact information: barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's LinkedIn Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's LinkedIn ..read more

In episode 54 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and the forecasted implications on the food and beverage industries with Leigh O’Donnell, head of shopper and category insights, and Patricia Gregory, global analytics lead, at Kantar. Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Contact us at Kantar's Retail Sound Bites Podcast. Learn more about GLP-1, other injectable medication usage, and shopper attitudes in our latest study GLP-1 & Injectable Medications. Barry's ..read more

In episode 53 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss ten principles for customer-centric in-store communication with Andy Murray, Founder & CEO of bigQuest Advisory, Inc. Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Contact us at Kantar's Retail Sound Bites Podcast. Barry's contact information: barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's LinkedIn Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's LinkedIn ..read more

In episode 52 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss innovations found at the National Retail Federation: The Big Show 2024 with Amar Singh, senior director at Kantar. This episode also features Doug Hermanson, Kantar's principle economist, who provides an update on the current macroeconomic state and the impacts on retail. Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Contact us at Kantar's Retail Sound Bites Podcast. Barry's contact information: barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's LinkedIn Rachel's contact informatio ..read more

In episode 51 of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites, Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, discuss challenger brand disruption, Kantar's Brand Glee research, and what was driving this growth in the Digital Age.     Have a topic you'd like us to cover? Contact us at Kantar's Retail Sound Bites Podcast. Find the Brand Glee report here: https://www.kantar.com/campaigns/brand-glee  ..read more