Future Shop Podcast with WSL
Our podcast focuses on how shoppers are transforming retail and what you need to do about it. Retail strategist and shopping futurist Wendy Liebmann shares her passionate, unvarnished shopper-centric view of where retail is headed. She interviews experts in retail, marketing, insights, design, education, and more. She and the WSL team regularly share excerpts from WSL’s latest proprietary shopper research about what’s coming next. The Future Shop Podcast is a no-holds-barred view of what shoppers want, what you need to deliver, who’s getting it right, and who’s getting it wrong. And why. In this fast and furious view, you will begin to understand how to anticipate the future that’s emerging right under your nose. WSL Strategic Retail is a leader in shopper insights and retail strategy. It helps clients around the world anticipate change in order to grow in the near and longer-term. It is recognized for its ground-breaking How America Shops® and How the World Shops research. Visit us at: www.wslstrategicretail.com
Episodes
EP102: The Agentic AI Revolution: What Companies Need to Know for 2026 with Justin Honaman
EP101: How to Build a Brand with Purpose, one Retailer at a Time with April Showers
EP100: How America Shops® in Chaos. What’s Worth It Now?
EP99: The Future of Category Management with Gina Zilleox, Glanbia Performance Nutrition
EP98: AI, Pricing, Supply Chain, Loyalty and First Thoughts on 2026 with Justin Honaman, AWS
EP97: Influencing the Future of Retail, with Kenvue, Kroger and InMarket
EP96: Beauty Everywhere: Connecting Brands, Retail and Consumers with Liza Rapay
EP95: Driving Retail Innovation -- Retail Safari®-ing with NielsenIQ
EP94: Transforming Health Care Retail into a Temple of Care with Fiona Sartoretto Verna
EP93: Generative AI, Tariffs, and Flexible Leadership with Justin Honaman, AWS
EP92: How Retail Can Bring Accessible Health Care to Communities Everyday with Kevin Host, Walmart
EP91: How To Grow a Specialty Retail Business in Chaotic Times with Anna Harman, Studs
EP90: The Next Revolution in Shopper Insights with Keith Sleight
EP89: Investing in the Future of Retail – Where, Why, How with Diana Melencio
EP88: AI Transforms Innovation…In Real Time. Right Now. With Justin Honaman, AWS
EP87: The Future of Brands, Retail, Innovation, and Work with Joanna Jensen, Child's Farm
EP86: Women’s Wellness – Opportunities, Challenges and What’s Next with Catherine Magee, Playground
EP85: A Preview of 2025. AI, Tech, Culture and More, with Justin Honaman, AWS
EP84: Transforming Retail with Norm de Greve, General Motors
EP83: Retail 2030 – A Framework for Growth with Jacqueline Windsor, PwC
EP82: Gen A – White Space Opportunity or Not…(Yet)? with Candace Corlett