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The Retail Reality Show is the business podcast for movers and shakers in retail who look beyond the store counter. The retail experts Nino Bergfeld (Salesforce), Nicolas Kröger (Manor) and Yael Kochman (Re:Tech and Syte by Nayax) sit down with guests shaping the industry right now, from AI in stores to the future of shopping itself.
They discuss personal experiences, successes, but also setbacks and do a reality check: Where is brick-and-mortar retail headed? How can online and offline retail be connected seamlessly? What does AI change for retailers? Where and how should it be implemented? And which innovations will really shape the future of the industry?
We do the reality check.
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Who is The Retail Reality Show?
Meet the hosts and the team behind the podcast and learn more about the history ofThe Retail Reality Show.
What moves us:
Vacancies? How can an interesting offer be created for the customer?
Is the customer still king? Or what is the current situation regarding customer loyalty?
What will the store of the future look like?
How will tariffs influence global trade?
What are the best practices in stationary retail?
Which impact will GenAI have on the path to purchase?
And many more questions.
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It wants to renovate your whole house. 🏠
And that's a genuine strategic shift with implications for every player in European retail.
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They went deep on what it actually takes to own the whole project, not just the transaction:
– Why innovation placed inside the CEO office changes everything about how ideas survive
– The build vs. buy mental model OBI uses to decide what's worth owning
– How agentic AI fits into project delivery