Scott Benedict explains why cross border commerce has shifted from a growth story to a margin engineered discipline, showing how landed cost by market, tariffs, and fulfillment trade-offs decide whether international orders turn a profit.
Treating warehouse clubs like standard retail drains marketing budgets. Discover the reality of winning at Sam’s Club and scaling creative production. Learn how to leverage first party member data, maximize physical sampling, and use AI strategically without losing human judgment.
Discover what it really takes to grow emerging and challenger CPG brands in the Walmart and Sam’s Club ecosystem. Paradox Retail CEO Allisha Watkins joins us to break down retail media, shopper personas, and the foundational strategy required to scale velocity without wasting spend.
Forget the dying mall myth. Latest foot traffic data shows a retail split into short, convenient trips and long, experience-driven visits. Discover how modern consumers are reshaping physical retail formats, why Gen Z is reviving indoor malls, and what this means for the future of shopping.
Corporate strategy looks clean on a slide deck, but execution relies on human behavior. Acosta Group’s John Owen shares international retail lessons from Walmart’s hyper-growth era, from category management in Mexico to the operational friction of navigating major corporate expansions.
Learn how to drive corporate growth through uncertainty with former Walmart leader Karen Stuckey. Discover the exact point where a delayed decision becomes reckless stagnation, how to balance calculated risks, and how to build the operational discipline needed to move fast in volatile markets.
Walmart merchandising VP Tasha Tandy explains how to run massive grocery categories like an agile small business, covering commodity sourcing, supply shocks, and how to pitch products for the digital shelf versus stores.
Retail's AI bottleneck isn't the technology, it is a failure in leadership alignment. Scott Benedict and Jennifer Selby Long break down the human frameworks, change leadership, and cross functional collaboration needed to turn expensive tech stacks into actual business impact.
The retail conversion funnel is collapsing as AI-driven answers replace standard search results. In this episode, Scott Benedict breaks down critical insights from the eMarketer AI Expert Guide for 2026, explaining the shift to Generative Engine Optimization and how to keep your brand visible.
Discover the reality of the retail media landscape and agentic commerce. Learn how automated tech, data cleanliness, and consumer psychology impact business outcomes, and get a tactical blueprint to optimize your digital shelf, protect brand loyalty, and build internal team agility.
Build a world-class supplier team to win with Walmart and Sam’s Club. Industry leaders Denise Natishan and Todd Matherly share how to master retail media, use data-driven storytelling, and combine technical fluency with emotional intelligence for ultimate retail success.
Stop chasing vanity metrics that leak cash. Scott Benedict breaks down the 2026 Marketplace Pulse Seller Index to reveal why rapid e-commerce growth is broken. Discover how to protect your margins, master supply chain discipline, and choose execution over expansion in a brutal market.
Mel Redman shares how corporate culture drives operational growth during hyper-scale. Learn the mechanics of managing global retail expansion, from the massive 1994 Woolco Canada acquisition to Sam Walton's frontline leadership philosophies that keep field associates motivated.
Rachel Heisten of Life Work Talent joins Andy Wilson to explain how leaders can escape the functional expert trap, shift from headcount to skill count, and build adaptable organizations that balance tactical goals with human behavior.
Traditional go-to-market channels are underperforming, forcing a massive shift toward direct-to-consumer models. Retail transformation expert Jim Okamura breaks down a new DTC framework, the rise of agentic commerce, and how brands must build an analytics culture to survive retail convergence.
Traditional digital advertising is shifting as creator-driven commerce disrupts traditional media budgets, generating over $10 billion in annual US revenue. Host Scott Benedict breaks down why tech giants are losing their grip and how brands must operationalize user-generated content to survive.