Random Stores Podcasts

I’m Miranda Black, the DeGrowth Diva. In this podcast I talk about my real life Degrowth journey with retailers, businesses and fashion influencers. How do we reduce our carbon footprint in retail? What alternatives are there…what are some easy solutions we can realistically apply to our lives without sacrificing style?Turns out, there are tons of lower carbon choices right here in Canada. Shopping is hard. Acquiring and ethically disposing all our STUFF has never been so complex and fraught with issues from sustainable fashion to garment worker justice to shopping local to zero waste! Who best to get advice about shopping than a former retailer. What’s This Place? goes behind the Clicks and Mortar of small businesses at the forefront of the DeGrowth movement to discuss shopping, retailing, caring for and rehoming all your inventory. What’s This Place? Let’s go inside and find out.

Categories: Arts, Business, Education

Tags: boutiques, business plan, economy, entrepreneurs, merchandise, retail, retailers, shipping, shop independent, shop local, shopping, stores

Want a business that fills your soul AND your bank account? Retail Strategist Salena Knight, shares information, inspiration and interviews with business leaders, to help you create a more profitable, sustainable and dynamic retail or eCommerce business.

Categories: Business, Education

Tags: bricksandmortar, business, eCommerce, Management, marketing, retail, stores

Retail impacts everyone, everywhere, every day. Join the National Retail Federation for authentic, insightful conversations with the industry’s most interesting people. Hear retail executives, industry experts, entrepreneurs and influencers discuss trends, their career stories and the future of retail. Learn more at retailgetsreal.com.

Categories: Business

Tags: commerce, consumers, eCommerce, entrepreneurs, leadership, Management, retail, shopping, smallbusiness, startups, stores, Technology

For nearly a decade, host Anthony Desiato explored the culture, business, and fandom of the comics retail industry on this podcast series. In 2015, New York’s Alternate Realities closed after 23 years in operation, a community united to say farewell, and a podcast was born. The series continued with deep dives into collecting, national comics retail, conventions, Westchester County’s lost shops, and more. The show signed off for good in 2023 with a quarterly farewell event entitled “For All Seasons” — but the AR community lasts forever.

Categories: Arts, Leisure, Society & Culture

Tags: art, Biography, collecting, Collectors, Comedy, comics, conventions, desiato, oto, Podcast, shops, statues, stores, toys

How does a large supermarket chain expand into new markets? How does it adapt to new cultural values and consumer preferences? This album tells the story of leading UK retailer Tesco, which has increasingly become an international player in markets such as South-East Asia and Eastern Europe. The company gains global reach by forming strategic partnerships and adapting to distinct cultural traditions and preferences. Examples from Korea, Hungary and Thailand illustrate how the management and impact of supply chains presents fundamental organisational challenges. This material forms part of The Open University course T882 Supply chain innovation, strategy and management.

Categories: Education

Tags: channels, choice, consumer, distribution, expansion, format, global, Globalisation, growth, Innovation, local, market-forces, multinational, Operations, service, stores, tradition, transnational, Value, western