Retail in America

Welcome to RETAIL IN AMERICA! This podcast is part of The  RETAIL IN AMERICA  tour, my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or IG @retail pride to see it all, including past podcast episodes, playlists, and future cities on tour. Today I am LIVE from the Air...

Welcome to RETAIL IN AMERICA! This podcast is part of The  RETAIL IN AMERICA  tour, my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or IG @retail pride to see it all, including past podcast episodes, playlists, and future cities on tour. Kit Campoy  is a retail...

Welcome to RETAIL IN AMERICA! This podcast is part of The  RETAIL IN AMERICA  tour, my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or IG @retail pride to see it all, including past podcast episodes, playlists, and future cities on tour. This conversation was record...

Welcome to RETAIL IN AMERICA! This podcast is part of The  RETAIL IN AMERICA  tour, my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or IG @retail pride to see it all, including past podcast episodes, playlists, and future cities on tour. This is a very entertaining...

Welcome to RETAIL IN AMERICA! This podcast is part of The  RETAIL IN AMERICA  tour, my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or IG @retail pride to see it all, including past podcast episodes, playlists, and future cities on tour. This is an extraordinary epi...

Welcome to RETAIL IN AMERICA! This podcast is part of The  RETAIL IN AMERICA  tour, my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or IG @retail pride to see it all, including past podcast episodes, playlists, and future cities on tour. Today I am LIVE from the Air...

Welcome to RETAIL IN AMERICA! This podcast is part of The  RETAIL IN AMERICA  tour, my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or IG @retail pride to see it all, including past podcast episodes, playlists, and future cities on tour. Today I am LIVE from the Air...

Welcome to RETAIL IN AMERICA! This podcast is part of The  RETAIL IN AMERICA  tour, my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or IG @retail pride to see it all, including past podcast episodes, playlists, and future cities on tour. What do being in a rock band...

Welcome to RETAIL IN AMERICA! This podcast is part of  The RETAIL IN AMERICA Tour,  my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or IG @retail pride to see it all, including past podcast episodes, playlists, and future cities on tour. I'm excited to be back live...

Welcome to RETAIL IN AMERICA! This podcast is part of  The RETAIL IN AMERICA Tour,  my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or IG @retail pride to see it all, including past podcast episodes, playlists, and future cities on tour. Today I am in West Glacier,...

Hello! This is Ron Thurston, the best-selling author of RETAIL PRIDE , and I am on the phone today with Nadine Huebel to learn all about the heroes of the travel retail industry. Welcome to Retail In America !  This podcast is part of The RETAIL IN AMERICA Tour, my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and car...

Today we are live from the Airstream in Denver, Colorado, with  April Bibich  from Eddie Bauer . This podcast is part of The  RETAIL IN AMERICA  tour, my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or IG @retail pride to see it all, including past podcast...

This podcast is part of  the RETAIL IN AMERICA tour , my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Click the link and follow me on Instagram @retail pride to see everything, including past episodes of this podcast, videos, press for the tour, and future cities. And just added, there are now  RETA...

This podcast is part of the RETAIL IN AMERICA Tour in an Airstream trailer, my year-long journey to discover incredible retail heroes all across the country, celebrating our retail culture, community, and careers. Go to  retailpride.com  or on Instagram @retail pride to see everything, including past episodes of this podcast, videos, press for the tour, and future cities. Make sure you s...

Welcome to episode 11, Season 1 of the RETAIL IN AMERICA podcast! This episode was recorded live in our Airstream trailer in Dallas, Texas, and I am honored and excited to introduce you to Patrick Carrion . Patrick is the perfect guest to share what retail in America means to Texas, as he is originally from Robstown, a small town close to Corpus Christi. He attended Baylor University in Waco for a...

Welcome to the RETAIL IN AMERICA podcast, and we made it to 10 episodes! This is a special one because I have 2 of the Brand Presidents and Franchise Owners of Buff City Soap , Charli Gorman and Tim Chaffin . It was recorded in a store location outside of Memphis, Tennessee, in front of a live audience of team members and leaders from various Buff City Soap brand locations. For anyone unfamiliar w...

Welcome to episode 9 of the RETAIL IN AMERICA podcast! I would like to introduce you to a phenomenal leader I met in Nashville,  Priscilla Willis. Priscilla is the General Manager of  Burberry  in  The Mall at Green Hills  in Nashville, Tennessee. Her incredible retail career has taken her all over the country, from NYC to Miami and back to Tennessee, with brands including...

Welcome to Episode 8 of the  RETAIL IN AMERICA  podcast! I would love to introduce you to two awe-inspiring retail heroes from the Ashley HomeStore in Asheville, North Carolina. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, Broad River Retail is a privately held company and one of the largest and fastest growing independently owned Ashley HomeStore licensees. Leann...

As one of the title sponsors of my  RETAIL IN AMERICA  tour,  KWI,  the industry's only true turnkey omnichannel platform for specialty retailers, has allowed me to engage with their fantastic customers. And one of them is  SJP by Sarah Jessica Parker , her namesake footwear, handbags, and accessories brand.  This conversation is entirely due to  KWI' s strong re...

Welcome to episode 6, and I have another exceptional retail hero here with me in Boston today!  Ladiane Cardoso  is a Multi-Store General Manager for  Zadig et Voltaire  today and is very passionate about Talent Development and Client Relationship Management. She is originally from Cape Verd, a small country on the West Coast of Africa. Ladiane moved to the US 8 years ago for c...

Hugh Linn  is a Florida native, and as many people do, he started in retail just to get through college. He was initially studying to be a math teacher and went on to get an MBA in HR from Nova Southeastern University.   Today, he says, " I still get to be a teacher and choose my students for the most part. I have also always been fascinated by leadership and what goes into being a...

Like many people we all know, Phil Denny found his way into retail by chance. From starting in the stockrooms of a home décor store to managing teams across North America for Reiss , he finds his inspiration from the fantastic people working throughout the field.  Phil loves retail and can talk endlessly about commercial reports, but those that have been a part of his team know his true focus...

Twenty years ago, Jeffrey Cabrera started as a part-time stock associate at the Container Store, and he fell in love with retail.  He has since had the opportunity to work in leadership roles for New York and Co. and Victoria's Secret. Today, he leads the retail teams for  Faherty Brand ,  where he was recently promoted to become the Area Leader of NYC. This is a beautiful, heartfel...

Kirk Black has extensive retail experience working for various luxury brands from Rick Owens, Rag & Bone, and Diesel. Currently, he works for  Shinola  as the East Coast Regional Manager, focusing on their retail growth strategy, employee engagement, and his team's career development.  And fun fact...he practices beekeeping and manages a few hives with his wife on their apartmen...

Kristen Conklin is a retail and fitness guru, 10-time marathon runner, and a fashion and retail professional for over 20 years. Today, she is the boutique leader of Lafayette 148 NY in SOHO. Kristen has coached and managed hundreds of sales professionals & leaders in various retail settings, leading them to exceed their goals and advance professionally. She holds an MBA in Business Manage...