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Exploring the resilient consumer and retail
Retail Gets Real Episode 296: NRF’s Katherine Cullen on how consumers are adapting to change and uncertainty.

Future-proofing retail with trend forecaster Andrea Bell
Retail Gets Real Episode 295: WGSN’s Andrea Bell talks about global drivers, consumer trends and the future of retail.
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What’s shaping the future of retail with NRF’s Susan Reda
Retail Gets Real episode 294: Exploring Gen Alpha, nearshoring, small concept stores, the metaverse and Web3.
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The state of the retail industry in 2023
Retail Gets Real Episode 293: NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay on the resilient retail landscape heading into 2023.
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How weather affects shopping and retail
Retail Gets Real Episode 292: Planalytics’ Evan Gold on how retailers can prepare for extreme weather events.
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Holiday grocery shopping trends for 2022
Retail Gets Real Episode 291: Barbara Connors of 84.51⁰ on what’s impacting this year’s celebrations.
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