Kantar Retail Sound Bites

Episode #6 of Kantar’s Retail Sound Bites, hosted Barry Thomas, Senior Retail Thought Leader, and Rachel Dalton, Head of Retail Insights, explore discount and value retailers. In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including Five-Below projections, B2E, Aldi's growth, and much more. Also, guest speaker Simon Johnstone, Senior Director of Retail Insights, joins the conversation to discuss lower income shopper behavior and retailers.  Have a topic you’d like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing Switchon@kantar.com Barry's contact information:  barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's Linkedin Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's Linkedin Simon's contact information: simon.johnstone@kantar.com Simon's LinkedIn

Episode #5 of Kantar’s Retail Sound Bites, hosted Barry Thomas, Senior Retail Thought Leader, and Rachel Dalton, Head of Retail Insights, explores category leadership among global retailers. In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including Starbucks CEO retiring, Aldi and Lidl growing faster than any other UK retailer, the co-created scalp care brand by Unilever and Walmart, and more. Also, guest speaker Lauren Winkler, Vice President, Head of Category Insights, joins the conversation to discuss category leadership and the future of category management. Have a topic you’d like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing Switchon@kantar.com Have a topic you’d like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing Switchon@kantar.com Barry's contact information:  barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's Linkedin Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's Linkedin Lauren's contact information: lauren.winkler@kantar.com Lauren's LinkedIn

Episode #4 of Kantar’s Retail Sound Bites, hosted Barry Thomas, Senior Retail Thought Leader, and Rachel Dalton, Head of Retail Insights, explores macro influences to world-wide retail. In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including inflation's affect on grain, Kroger's partnership with Ocado, and CVS's dive into the metaverse. Also, guest speakers Doug Hermanson, Principal Economist at Kantar, and Julie Craig, Vice President of Shopper Insights at Kantar, join the conversation to discuss current inflation impacts on the global economy and North American shoppers. Have a topic you’d like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing Switchon@kantar.com Barry's contact information:  barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's Linkedin Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's Linkedin Doug's contact information: doug.hermanson@kantar.com Julie's contact information julie.craig@kantar.com Julie's LinkedIn

Episode #3 of Kantar’s Retail Sound Bites, hosted Barry Thomas, Senior Retail Thought Leader, and Rachel Dalton, Head of Retail Insights, explores macro influences to world-wide retail. In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including YUM restaurants expansion, Recycle at Boots, and Baskin Robbins unmanned "flow" store in South Korea. Also, guest speakers Dave Marcotte, Senior Vice President of Global Retail at Kantar, and Walid Benchama, Global Director, Shopper & Channel Insights at The Coca-Cola Company, join the conversation to discuss current trends and innovations influencing global shoppers. Have a topic you’d like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing Switchon@kantar.com Barry's contact information:  barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's Linkedin Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's Linkedin Dave's contact information: david.marcotte@kantar.com Dave's Linkedin

Episode #2 of Kantar’s Retail Sound Bites, hosted Barry Thomas, senior retail thought leader, and Rachel Dalton, head of retail insights, explores major advancements and projections for last-mile delivery. In this session, Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, including Walmart store 4108 redesign, quick-commerce delivery in NYC, incoming HFSS legislation in UK supermarkets, and much more. Also, guest speaker Celia Van Wickel, senior director of digital commerce, joins the conversation to discuss opportunities for micro-fulfillment and automation, Amazon Q4 sales results, and the profitability of last mile. Have a topic you’d like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing Switchon@kantar.com Barry's contact information:  barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's Linkedin Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's Linkedin Celia's contact information: celia.vanwickel@kantar.com Celia's Linkedin  

In the inaugural episode of Kantar's Retail Sound Bites re-launch, we welcome two new hosts to the stage. Barry Thomas, Senior Thought Leader, and Rachel Dalton, Head of Retail Insights. In this episode Barry and Rachel cover timely news and notes in retail, spanning REEF meals on demand, boundless commerce, the Metaverse and more. Additionally, guest speaker Amar Singh, Senior Director of Retail Insights, joins the conversation to discuss the Big 5, Kantar's macro themes for 2022.  Have a topic you'd like to see us cover? Share your request by emailing Switchon@kantar.com Barry's contact information  barry.thomas@kantar.com Barry's Linkedin Rachel's contact information: rachel.dalton@kantar.com Rachel's Linkedin Amar's contact information: amar.singh1@kantar.com Amar's Linkedin

In this episode, Kantar's Rachel Dalton joins the National Retail Federation for an inside look at the extensive ranking and forecasting complied in NRF's Top 100 list, representing the top 100 retailers in the United States, as well as the Hot 25 list, which represents the fastest-growing retailers.

In this session, Kantar's SVP Dave Marcotte discusses Raley's unexpected acquisition of Bashas' family of stores to tackle the ever-increasing supply chain woes, hinting at the drivers behind a rapidly changing marketing.

Rather than getting back to a normal holiday this year, shoppers and retailers will likely experience a “new abnormal” holiday season. The abnormalities will come from mixed US policy, supply chain disruptions, and shifting virus concerns.

During this session, our SVP Dave Marcotte is joined by Paul Walsh, Head of Business Development at BreezoMeter, to discuss climate's impact on what consumers are wanting, needing, and feeling at any given time during their retail journey. A detailed discussion about consumer demands in the face of a rapidly changing climate. Find out how climate volatility, response to natural disasters, and trend watching impact your business in the state of retail we know today and can expect in the future.