Send us Fan Mail A resume can look flawless while the real story stays hidden. We sit down with Shannon Flanagan, a retail and retail tech leader and the founder of Retail Women in Tech, to talk about what actually shapes a career: the messy pivots, the painful exits, the values you violate when you start performing for other people’s scorecards, and the small decisions that quietly change everything. Shannon shares the moment in her mid-20s when organizational change work helped her find a ...
Send us Fan Mail Retail works best when execution, perspective, and adaptability come together. In this episode of Retail Relates, Rich Honiball and Judy Sejiny sit down with Nick Harbaugh, a retail construction and execution expert turned global content creator behind The Retail Nomad. With more than 30 years of experience building stores across thousands of locations, Nick brings a rare perspective — one grounded in execution, but expanded through global observation. Nick shares pivotal mom...
Send us Fan Mail Retail leadership at scale is not about volume. It’s about alignment. Celeste Risimini-Johnson operates at the center of one of the most complex intersections in commerce — merchandising, operations, omni-channel execution, and brand strategy — all inside an environment that serves the next generation of consumers. As Chief Merchandise & Operations Officer at Barnes & Noble College, Celeste leads the General Merchandise business inclusive of omni-channel merchandising...
Send us Fan Mail Retail transformation doesn’t start with bold declarations. It starts with listening. In this episode of Retail Relates, Rich Honiball, Tony Wells, and Judy Sedjiny sit down with Vanessa LeFebvre, a global retail leader who has spent her career operating at the intersection of brand, data, and execution. Vanessa shares pivotal moments that shaped her leadership journey — from building Macy’s Backstage into a scalable off-price format, to partnering with data scientists at Sti...
Send us Fan Mail Retail doesn’t fail because of technology — it fails when leaders lose empathy for the people the technology is meant to serve. In this episode of Retail Relates, Rich Honiball and Guy Courtin sit down with Ricardo Belmar, a retail technology strategist, podcast host, and longtime advisor to retailers navigating digital transformation. Ricardo shares pivotal moments that shaped his career — from building an early “store of the future” concept before it became an industry clic...