The Retail Podcast

The Retail Podcast is the weekly retail industry podcast hosted by Alex Rezvan, NRF Retail Voices 2026 honoree, founder of RetailNews.ai, and visiting lecturer in retail at Nottingham Trent University. Each episode delivers candid interviews with retail CEOs, founders, operators, and technology leaders on AI in retail, ecommerce, store operations, customer experience, and the future of commerce. From DTC disruptors to enterprise retail chiefs, guests share battle-tested tactics, hard numbers, and honest lessons you can apply before next Monday. No jargon. No filler. Just the operating reality of how the world’s leading retailers turn AI, data, and culture into margin, loyalty, and durable growth. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN Retail technology strategy, artificial intelligence and machine learning in retail, generative AI use cases, agentic commerce, computer vision and store analytics, retail media networks, ecommerce platform decisions, headless commerce, composable architecture, omnichannel operations, unified commerce, customer data platforms, personalisation, loyalty program design, pricing and promotion strategy, supply chain and inventory, last mile delivery, sustainability and circular retail, store of the future formats, brand building, marketing measurement, retention economics, and the leadership behaviours behind every successful transformation. WHO YOU WILL HEAR FROM Chief Executive Officers, Chief Digital Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Customer Officers, founders of high growth retail brands, venture investors, retail analysts, and the operators inside the world’s largest retailers, grocers, fashion houses, luxury groups, beauty brands, quick service restaurants, and consumer technology companies. WEEKLY FRANCHISES Five Things Friday UK with Simona Ohman, Five Things Friday USA with Jill Dvorak of the National Retail Federation, and Five Things Friday APAC with Ryf Quail, Managing Director of NRF APAC. Each edition unpacks the five most important stories shaping retail in that region, with a European Retail Lens that surfaces signals other shows miss. NOTABLE PARTNERSHIPS Official content partner of NRF Europe for the Next Now Road Show across Madrid, London, Milan, Amsterdam, and Paris. Editorial partner of the World Retail Congress with Ian McGarrigle. Live coverage from Shoptalk Europe, Shoptalk Las Vegas, NRF Big Show New York, NRF Big Show APAC and the European Retail Innovation summits. ARCHIVE DEPTH Over 210 episodes featuring named leaders from major global retail brands, retail technology vendors, ecommerce platforms, payments providers, supply chain innovators, and category defining DTC challengers. New episodes every week, with bonus drops around major retail events and earnings cycles. WHO THIS PODCAST IS FOR Retail executives, ecommerce leaders, retail technology buyers and sellers, investors in commerce, brand founders, store operators, supply chain professionals, marketing leaders, retail analysts, consultants, agency strategists, and anyone serious about understanding where retail is heading in 2026 and the decade beyond. Subscribe and follow The Retail Podcast on Spotify to get new episodes the moment they drop. Press play and lead the future of retail.