
Retail Retold Podcast
1) Are We Ready for the Next Phase of Consumer Trends?
What Do Cold Plunges, K-Pop, and Loyalty Clubs Tell Us About Consumer Behavior?Shifting the focus from real estate to consumer behavior, Chris Ressa and Natalie Chambers, Executive Creative Director a...Show More
2) Why Human Connection is Retail’s Greatest Advantage - Retail Retold Replay
What does it take to turn a passion for running into a thriving retail business?With fall marathon training season in full swing, we thought we would throw it back to a conversation that Chris Ressa h...Show More
3) What are the 3 things you didn't know about foot traffic? - Retail Retold Replay
Are You Measuring Foot Traffic Accurately—or Guessing?In this episode of Retail Retold, Chris Ressa sits down with Carla Hinson, Vice President of Solutions at MRI Software, to uncover the top three t...Show More
4) Main Street Isn’t Everything
Can a Dead-End Street Become the Hottest Retail Destination in Town?In this episode of Retail Retold, Chris Ressa sits down with Howard Aspinwall, the dynamic owner of Mellow Monkey, a destination hom...Show More
5) How to Train Your Brain Like a Superpower - Retail Retold Replay
Can you really train your brain to remember everything?In this fascinating episode of Retail Retold, Chris Ressa is joined by Chester Santos, 2008 U.S. Memory Champion and world-renowned memory expert...Show More
6) Behind the scenes at Image Studios
How did Jason Olsen take a lightbulb idea of improving salon suite experiences to a nationwide franchise with 120 locations? In this episode of Retail Retold, Chris Ressa sits down with Jason, the fou...Show More
7) What's in Store - Why are specialty retailers expanding?
Is the expansion of specialty retailers surprising? Ultimately, physical stores remain vital for consumer interaction and brand loyalty.In this episode of 'What's in Store', Chris Ressa and Karly Iaco...Show More
8) Real Estate’s Best-Kept Secret? The Power of the 1031 Exchange - Retail Retold Replay
What's a 1031 exchange and how can you use it to make money in real estate? In this episode of Retail Retold, Chris Ressa sits down with 1031 exchange expert David Foster to demystify one of real esta...Show More
9) Why Tahini’s Can be the Next Big Thing in US Restaurant Franchising
It's Shawarma with Swagger, and it's coming to America. From humble beginnings in London, Ontario, to a thriving restaurant chain with over 64 locations, Tahini’s is now poised for U.S. expansion—fuel...Show More
10) Retail Retold Replay - From Contingency to Closing: How Five Below Landed in Cheektowaga
In this Retail Retold Replay, Chris Ressa dives into the winding path of a complex lease deal at a DLC shopping center in Cheektowaga, NY — where Five Below ultimately took the space, but not before a...Show More