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What’s Eating Retail?  (And The Content Guy?)

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I recently had the privilege of being a guest on the Retail Sound Bites podcast hosted by Kantar Retail IQ’s Barry Thomas and Rachel Dalton on an episode entitled, “What’s Eating Retail?”  They gave me the opportunity to get some stuff off my chest – which I did.

If you’re interested, you can listen to the podcast here, or wherever you get your podcasts.  (There’s a lot of good information on it, having nothing to do with me.)

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