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Women’s Retail Collective Podcast | Meijer GVP Marketing & Consumer Strategy Amanda Mcvay

April 12, 2022

In the latest Women’s Retail Collective Podcast Anne Mezzenga sits down with Meijer’s Group Vice President, Marketing & Customer Strategy: Retail… Continue Reading

Women’s Retail Collective Podcast | Fanatics Chief Strategic Retail Officer Gina De Caro Sprenger

December 20, 2021

In the latest edition of the Omni Talk Women’s Retail Collective Podcast, Anne Mezzenga sits down with Fanatics Chief Strategic Retail Officer Gina De Caro Sprenger.

Women’s Retail Collective Podcast | Forrester VP & Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali

August 24, 2021

In the latest Women’s Retail Collective Podcast brought to you by Parcel Pending by Quadient, host Anne Mezzenga sits down with Forrester VP and Principal Analyst Sucharita Kodali.

Women’s Retail Collective Podcast | EyeBuyDirect CEO & President Sunny Jiang

July 19, 2021

In this podcast, Anne Mezzenga and Sunny Jiang discuss Sunny’s future plans for EyeBuyDirect as she takes the brand into new geographies and expands their online presence of white label and designer brands into a marketplace of 3rd party brands to meet the evolving needs of their customers.

Women’s Retail Collective Podcast | The GIANT Company Division VP Sepideh Burkett

June 14, 2021

Anne Mezzenga interviews the GIANT Company’s Division VP Sepideh Burkett

Patricia Hong, A&M Consumer and Retail Group

Women’s Retail Collective | A&M Consumer & Retail Group Partner Patricia Hong

May 7, 2021

In her latest Women’s Retail Collective Podcast, sponsored by Parcel Pending by Quadient, Anne Mezzenga is joined by A&M Consumer & Retail Group Partner Patricia Hong.

Mary Beth Laughton, CEO Athleta

Women’s Retail Collective | Athleta CEO & President Mary Beth Laughton

May 7, 2021

In her latest Women Retail Collective Podcast, Anne Mezzenga is joined by CEO and President of Athleta, Mary Beth Laughton to talk about her career and the future of retail.

Chris Rupp, EVP Albertsons

Women’s Retail Collective | Chris Rupp EVP, Chief Digital and Customer Officer Albertson’s Companies

March 20, 2021

Anne Mezzenga interviews Chris Rupp, EVP Chief Digital & Customer Officer Albertsons Companies, about her career and the future of omnichannel grocery retailing.

Kelly Kowal Chief Platform Officer Farfetch

Women’s Retail Collective | Farfetch Chief Platform Officer Kelly Kowal

February 26, 2021

Anne Mezzenga interviews Kelly Kowal, Chief Platform Officer Farfetch for her latest Omni Talk Women’s Retail Collective Podcast.

Kristin Savilia, CEO JOOR

Women’s Retail Collective | Kristin Savilia CEO JOOR

January 25, 2021

Anne Mezzenga interviews Kristin Savilia, CEO JOOR, about her career and where she thinks the retail industry could be going next.

Kim Lefko on the Women's Retail Collective Podcast

Women’s Retail Collective | Ace Hardware Chief Marketing Officer Kim Lefko

December 7, 2020

Ace Hardware Chief Marketing Officer Kim Lefko and Anne Mezzenga sit down to talk about Kim’s career in retail in the latest edition of the Omni Talk exclusive, Women’s Retail Collective podcast series.

Karen Schoenbart NPD CEO

Women’s Retail Collective Podcast | Karyn Schoenbart CEO NPD Group & Author of MOM.B.A

November 12, 2020

Karyn Schoenbart joins Anne Mezzenga to discuss her career, both as CEO of NPD Group and as author of the book MOM.B.A. This podcast is full of great advice, as Karyn shares some incredible lessons learned, including how a lateral move can actually propel your career forward, how to fight imposter syndrome, and how you can never go wrong asking someone “What can I do for you?”

Women’s Retail Collective | Vitamin Shoppe CEO Sharon Leite @ Retail Innovation Conference

October 13, 2020

Anne Mezzenga sits down with Vitamin Shoppe CEO Sharon Leite for a special edition of the Women’s Retail Collective Podcast from the Retail Innovation Conference.

Women’s Retail Collective | Mall of America EVP Business Development Jill Renslow

September 30, 2020

When it comes to the evolution of the mall, Jill Renslow has seen it all.

Jill has spent 23 years at Mall of America leading the national institution through many transformations and partnerships to continue to make it a one-of-a-kind shopping and entertainment destination.

In this podcast, Jill shares with Anne Mezzenga a few of her most remarkable experiences along her journey, including how she and her team are tackling mall operations during a pandemic. They discuss what’s going to bring people to malls in the future and how Jill has sought out partnerships with everyone from Nickelodeon to neighborhood shop-in-shops to ensure Mall of America visitors have something new and delightful to capture their imaginations each and every time they visit.

Jill also shares what’s still left on her career bucket list and, of course, her A+ lineup for her own concert as well.

Women’s Retail Collective | Sephora SVP Merchandising, Color Alison Hahn

September 18, 2020

In her latest Women’s Retail Collective Podcast, Anne Mezzenga interviews Alison Hahn about her career and the lessons she has learned from working at some of the biggest specialty retailers in the world, like Sephora and Gap.

Alison shares her career story that began in the training program at Bamberger’s (which would become Macy’s New Jersey)and that eventually led to her current role at Sephora leading merchandising decisions for one of the largest beauty brands in the world. Anne and Alison also cover the impact the pandemic has had on the beauty industry and how Sephora has pivoted its strategies in response.

Alison also shares some great advice for those early in their merchandising and retail careers. “This job is a lot of balancing art and science, but a huge part of it is instinct,” she tell us.

There are so many lessons to be learned in this one, including Alison’s recipe for a perfect summer concert.

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