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Agentic AI Shopping: The Framework Every Retailer Needs Now
*Inside agentic commerce, agentic AI, AI shopping, and how PayPal is building trust, identity, and merchant‑of‑record control, with PayPal's Mike Edmonds.* Agentic commerce is transforming retail faster than any technology shift in decades — and today we’re breaking it all down with PayPal’s Mike Ed...
Data Silos Are Destroying Your AI Strategy | Here's Why
*The Truth About Customer Data Silos and What It Takes to Fix Them* Retailers and CPG brands are racing to adopt AI — but most are hitting the same wall: retail data readiness. In this episode of *Data Blades, Adobe’s Bruce Richards* joins *Ricardo Belmar* and *Casey Golden* to break down why *custo...
What Every Retail Leader Gets Wrong About Growth #businessmindset #retail
*Dr. Rebecca Homkes* delivers a blunt truth about leadership in a volatile retail environment. No matter what the economic outlook for 2026 says, leaders cannot wait for perfect conditions. A strong retail growth strategy is the only real advantage. Rebecca explains why the economic outlook for 2026...
The Accountability Ritual That Cuts Through Confusion
*April Sabral breaks down the nine‑step accountability framework leaders need now.* Positive accountability is the leadership skill that transforms teams—and in retail, it’s the difference between chaos and consistent execution. In this episode, leadership expert and bestselling author *April Sabral...
95% of Retail Marketers Are Being Forced to Do This #retailmarketing #data
We couldn’t believe how fast the role of retail marketing leaders is changing until *Dave Weinand* from retail analyst firm *Incisiv* broke it down. In this moment from the latest episode of the Data Blades podcast, he explains why 95% of *retail marketing leaders* are being pushed to prove real rev...
2026 Retail Outlook: Thriving When Everything's Uncertain
*Inflation, Tariffs, Consumer Shifts & Retail Growth Strategy - How Retailers Can Survive and Thrive in a Volatile Economy.* In this episode, *Dr. Rebecca Homkes,* London Business School lecturer, Duke faculty member, and author of *Survive, Reset, Thrive: Leading Breakthrough Growth Strategy in Vol...
88% of brands are losing the personalization battle #retail #customerexperience #data
Shoppers aren’t waiting for brands to catch up. They’re already living in the future, and the personalization gap is widening fast. In this moment from the latest *Data Blades* podcast episode, *Dave Weinand* breaks down why consumer expectations are rising faster than most teams can respond. Only 1...
The Customer Experience Gap Nobody's Talking About
*Retail Marketing Wake‑Up Call: Consumer Expectations Are Outpacing Execution* In this episode of *The Retail Razor: Data Blades* podcast, *Ricardo Belmar* and *Casey Golden* sit down with *Dave Weinand* of *Incisiv* to break down the newest *Adobe + Incisiv State of Customer Experience in Retail an...
The Most Dangerous Situation Leaders Place Their Teams
What if the phrase everyone repeats is actually putting your team in danger? In this moment from our Retail Transformers conversation with Kevin Ertell, we break down why the “build the plane while flying it” mindset isn’t bold leadership at all. It’s a warning sign that execution is about to go off...
The Strategy Mistake Leaders Never Notice
Ever wonder how a team can build a strategy that looks perfect on paper but falls apart the moment it hits the real world? In this clip, *Kevin Ertell* breaks down his *Tree Stump Theory,* a concept that dives deep into human behavioral psychology and shows how organizational blind spots quietly sab...