<strong>Season 2 Trailer - Data Blades Returns: AI, CX, and Retail Media for Executive Leaders</strong><br /><strong> </strong><br />Welcome to Season 2 of <em>The Retail Razor: Data Blades</em>—the podcast that slices through complex retail research to deliver sharp, actionable insights and retail strategies for executive leaders in the AI era. <br /> <br />In Season 1, we cut through the clutter with data-backed insights to identify strategies for:<br /><ul><li><strong>Inflation’s uneven impact across age groups</strong>—where seniors felt the pinch more than younger shoppers.</li><li><strong>Shifting shopping habits</strong>—like 74% of consumers using lists to control spending.</li><li><strong>The power of values in loyalty</strong>—with 77% of consumers saying brand values matter more than discounts.</li><li><strong>Self-checkout and employee experience</strong>—where well-informed store teams drove a 27% increase in average spend.</li></ul> <br />Now in Season 2, we’re going deeper. Hosts <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rbelmar/" target="_blank">Ricardo Belmar</a>, RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert & NRF 2025 Retail Voice, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cgoldenone/" target="_blank">Casey Golden</a>, RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert, preview what’s ahead:<br /><ul><li>Exclusive insights from TruRating and top retail analysts to hone your data-driven retail strategies.</li><li>A focus on three pillars: <strong>Customer Experience, Retail Media, and Employee Experience.</strong></li><li>How <strong>AI is reshaping retail strategy</strong>—from predictive personalization to AI-powered workforce tools.</li><li>Revisiting themes of trust, transparency, and loyalty with fresh data and new perspectives.</li></ul> <br />If you're a VP, CMO, COO, or CEO in retail looking to make smarter, data-driven decisions for AI-first retail strategies, this is your podcast. Subscribe now and stay ahead of the curve with insights that drive conversion, loyalty, and operational excellence.<br /><br /><p><strong>Subscribe to the Retail Razor Podcast Network:</strong> <a href="https://retailrazor.com" target="_blank">https://retailrazor.com</a><br /><br /><strong>Subscribe to our Newsletter</strong>: <a href="https://retailrazor.substack.com" target="_blank">https://retailrazor.substack.com</a><br /><strong>Subscribe to our YouTube channel:</strong> <a href="https://go.retailrazor.com/utube" target="_blank">https://go.retailrazor.com/utube</a></p><br /><strong>Meet your hosts,</strong> helping you cut through the clutter in retail data insights:<br /><br /><p><a href="https://bit.ly/LIRBelmar" target="_blank"><em>Ricardo Belmar</em></a> is an <a href="https://nrfbigshow.nrf.com/retail-voices" target="_blank">NRF Top Retail Voices for 2025</a> & a <a href="https://rethink.industries/top-retail-experts-2024/#%23top" target="_blank">RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert</a> from 2021 – 2025. <a href="https://www.thinkers360.com/tl/profiles/view/3427" target="_blank">Thinkers 360</a> has named him a Top 10 Retail & AGI Thought Leader, a Top 50 Management, Transformation, & Careers Thought Leader, a Top 100 Digital Transformation & Agentic AI Thought Leader, and named him one of the Top Voices for 2024 and 2025. He is an advisory council member at <a href="https://business.gmu.edu/retail/" target="_blank">George Mason University’s Center for Retail Transformation</a>, and the <a href="https://www.retailcloudalliance.com/our-community" target="_blank">Retail Cloud Alliance</a>. He was most recently the director partner marketing for retail & consumer goods in the Americas at Microsoft.</p><br /><p><a href="https://bit.ly/twCasey" target="_blank"><em>Casey Golden</em></a>, is CEO of <a href="https://www.luxlock.com/" target="_blank">Luxlock</a>, a <a href="https://rethink.industries/top-retail-experts-2024/#%23top" target="_blank">RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert</a> from 2023 - 2025, and a <a href="https://www.retailcloudalliance.com/our-community" target="_blank">Retail Cloud Alliance</a> advisory council member. Obsessed with the customer relationship between the brand and the consumer. After a career on the fashion and supply chain technology side of the business, now slaying franken-stacks and building retail tech! Currently, Casey is the North America Leader for Retail & Consumer Goods at CI&T.</p><br /><p>Includes music provided by imunobeats.com, featuring <em>Tech Lore </em>from the album <em>Beat Hype</em>, written by Heston Mimms, published by Imuno.</p>
