Retail Legends
Designed for retail leaders and retail lovers alike, the RETAIL Legends podcast is designed to provoke thoughts, challenge ideas, encourage growth and, most importantly, offer leadership and insight to help retailers be both prepared and proactive to retail’s always evolving and constantly demanding needs. For a good chunk of Americans, the slow trudge out…
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How to Harness AI to Craft a Unique Customer Experience: Retail Legends
Welcome to this week’s episode of the Retail Legends podcast. This program’s mission is to provoke thoughts, challenge ideas, encourage growth, and offer leadership and insight to promote prepared and proactive retail. Host Nicole Leinback Reyhle kicked things off at the National Retail Federation’s 2020 Vision Big Show in NYC with interviews with Brian…
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Driving Frontline Efficiency and Customer Experiences in Retail: Retail Legends
On this episode of Retail Legends, host Nicole Leinbach Reyhle was joined by Brett Patrontasch, co-founder of mobile-based workforce management app Shyft, and Astound Chief Experience Officer Andrew Leibowitz. Patrontasch and Reyhle spoke at length about how Shyft is working to engage hourly staff members and drive frontline efficiency for retailers. Specifically, Patrontasch highlighted…
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Retail Legends: Introducing A New Retail Podcast
Designed for retail leaders and retail lovers alike, The Retail Legends podcast is designed to provoke thoughts, challenge ideas, encourage growth and, most importantly, offer leadership and insight to help retailers be both prepared and proactive to retail’s always evolving and constantly demanding needs. From consumer expectations to store marketing strategies, operational tactics and…
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From Measuring Memory to Measuring Thinking: How Simulation-Based Learning Could Reshape Higher Education
As artificial intelligence continues reshaping the workforce, higher education faces growing pressure to demonstrate its value beyond content mastery. According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, employers expect 39% of workers’ core skills to change or become outdated by 2030, while 69% identify analytical thinking as the most essential workforce skill. As…
The Future of the Trades Depends on Mentorship and Industry Veterans Passing Down the Craft
Across the United States, industries are grappling with a skilled labor shortage. According to industry research, millions of trade jobs are expected to go unfilled in the coming years as experienced workers retire faster than new ones enter the field. At the same time, trade school enrollment has steadily increased. The conversation around skilled trades—once…
From Power Shopping to Place-Making: Tanger’s Stephen Yalof on the New Outlet Experience
For decades, the outlet trip had a familiar rhythm: get in the car, drive beyond the city, hunt for deals and come home with bags full of discounted finds. But that old model is giving way to something more layered. As retailers reinvest in store experiences to give consumers more reasons to visit, outlet…
How Relationships Build a Career, Deepen Service and Define Purpose
In a workplace still shaped by hybrid schedules, remote communication and shifting expectations around professional growth, relationships have become more than a soft skill — they are a career advantage. Gallup’s latest workplace reporting shows that global employee engagement has fallen to 20%, reflecting a broader challenge for organizations trying to keep people connected,…