Episode Details

This week we delve into some of the new material in Steve's expanded and completely revised 2nd Edition of Remarkable Retail: How to Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption, which will be released on April 13th (see below for a special listener book offer).

We dig into the effects of the pandemic and what retailers need to be doing right now to position themselves for the rebound. Steve outlines 6 major forces:

1. Bifurcation 2.0
2. An Accelerating Acceleration
3. Reallocation and the Redefinition of Essential
4. Power Consolidation and the Last Men Standing
5. The Great Rewiring
6. Hybridization.

After our discussion we jump into our new weekly segment “Remarkable or Forgettable?” where we give our hot takes on retail headlines, and deem them wow-worthy, best ignored or somewhere in between. This week's highlights include Target's blockbuster earnings, Disney's store closings, ThredUp IPO filing, Nordstrom's partnership with Tonal and Saks decision to spin-out its online operations.

Special Offer! If you would like to see the new addition of Remarkable Retail before April 13, place a pre-order for the hardcover edition from any place books are sold worldwide. Then, email us the receipt, and we will send you the ebook version a few weeks in advance to get a jumpstart on reading the book. Send the email order confirmation to books@sageberryconsulting.com with "Podcast Offer" in the subject line. Once we get that email, we will email them back an Ebook file for Kindle Nook, Kobo, all the different formats. 

Steve Dennis is an advisor, keynote speaker and author on strategic growth and business innovation. You can learn more about Steve on his       website.    The expanded and revised edition of his bestselling book  Remarkable Retail: How To Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption will be released April 13th and is now available for preorder at  Amazon or just about anywhere else books are sold. Steve regularly shares his insights in his role as a      Forbes senior contributor and on       Twitter and       LinkedIn. You can also check out his speaker "sizzle" reel      here.

Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada’s top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus        Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  and       The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois.  You can learn more about Michael       here  or on       LinkedIn. 

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