Endless Aisle

David Blakeney is the founder of Phygital Retail, helping brands and retailers open new stores, launch physical locations for digital brands, and drive innovation and growth across their store portfolios.

Holly Worst is the VP Retail - Unified Commerce at Adyen, a financial technology platform of choice for leading companies. By providing end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights, and financial products in a single global solution, Adyen helps businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Corinne is the Head of Retail, VP at Marine Layer. She's previously held executive and leadership roles at Drybar, AEO, Gap, and Old Navy. 

Toby is the Head of Design at Cash App (Commerce), and an Amazon and Nike alum. 

Jack is the director of Insider Trends, a retail trendspotting agency. He is also a 2025 RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert. 

Kit is a writer, and author of The Retail Leader's Field Guide: How to Run a Kick-Ass Store Where Everyone Wants to Work. She is also the founder of the newsletter, The Voice of the Frontline.

Richard Fischer is the design manager for Holland & Barrett. 

The Remarkable Retail podcast is hosted by two of the NRF's 2025 Top Retail Voices, Steve Dennis and Michael LeBlanc.In its tenth season, it will continue its award-winning formula by giving hot takes on the week's most important retail news and by featuring guests who are on the leading edge of what's new and next in commerce today.

Jason Lerman, a strategic leader and recent MBA graduate from Syracuse University, currently serves as the VP of IT and Systems at UNTUCKit, a leading apparel brand.

Neil Saunders is the managing director for GlobalData Retail. 

Kaleigh is a freelance writer covering ecommerce and SaaS companies, she is also a Forbes retail contributor. 

This podcast came from a recording at Endless Aisle Live London earlier this year. Part 1: Survival Guide: Meeting Customer ExpectationsModerators: Ian Scott, Marcus LaRobardiereChris Rigg, Ellis BrighamFrance Theanne, Frasers GroupLee Broomhead, HUGO BOSS Part 2: Personalization & Loyalty: K.I.S.S. Moderators: Ian Scott, Marcus LaRobardiereAlexandra Dinsdale, formerly of Sweaty BettyGianfranco Cuzziol

This podcast came from a recording at Endless Aisle Live London earlier this year. Part 1: The Greatness of GANNIModerator: Phil Granof, CMO, NewStoreAnders Madsen, GANNISophia Wood, GANNIPart 2: Footwear Panel Moderators: Ian Scott, Marcus LaRobardiereMeriel Neighbour, ClarksMitchell Vergeer, Axel Arigato

Rushi Lala is the founder and managing partner of AbsoluteLabs, a firm that specializes in helping consumer brands innovate, adapt, optimize, and achieve breakthrough results. 

Kiley Hutcheson is the Director of Retail Operations for the College of the Ozarks. 

David Tannous is the VP of Analytics and Technology at Shoe Palace. Joe Shasteen is the Global Manager, Advanced Analytics at RetailNext. 

Volker Dick is the head of retail experience at C&A. A strategic thinking empathic retail leader with more than 20 years of extensive global experience in retail innovation, retail concept development, and multi-country rollouts. He's focused on transforming the customer experience from brick-and-mortar environments to a digitally enhanced multi-touchpoint customer journey. 

Kasey is the Head of UK&I Retail at LUSH leading the UK and Ireland market with 106 shops and more than 2000 employees. With over 13 years of experience in the cosmetic retail industry, she's developed a deep expertise in retail strategy, retail marketing, product launches, and product forecasting.

Nicole Olbe is the Managing Director - Adyen UK. 

Lee is the Retail Director, Northern Europe for Hugo Boss. He is an accomplished retail professional with over 15 years of domestic and international experience, managing growth in luxury and premium fashion. 

Morten is the EVP of Technology at Bluestone (http://bluestonepim.com), working alongside global brands to achieve their digital ambitions. With over two decades of expertise in e-commerce and IT, he's a frequent speaker at industry events and a podcast guest. He also serves in various capacities within the MACH Alliance, including as the Head of the Technology Council. And presently is the senior member of the Admissions Panel.

AbsoluteLabs (http://absolutelabs.co) provides technology consulting and digital transformation services to leading brands across customer-centric industries. They have deep expertise and understanding of complex business challenges and deliver tailored solutions to empower companies to stay relevant, agile, and innovate in a digital consumer era. 

Casey Drake is the VP, Sales at Endear, a company focused on helping retail brands drive sales in-store and online through clienteling.

Steve Worthy is the founder and CEO of Worthy Retail, a firm that specializes in equipping retail leaders to elevate themselves and the industry they love. 

John Boline is the VP of Store Design for Starbucks. In his role, he leads Starbucks and its partners at a store-by-store level to deliver an elevated platform for connection over coffee.

Michael Scholz is the VP Product & Customer Marketing at commercetools,  the leading composable commerce platform, allowing companies to dynamically tailor and scale shopping experiences across markets. 

Austin Lowry, co-founder and chief strategy officer of ChangeCX, an Icreon company. ChangeCX is a full-service Omnichannel firm specializing in innovation and transformation for retailers and brand manufacturers, and a sponsor for the 2024 Omnichannel Leadership Report. 

Ron Thurston is the Co-Founder of OSSY, a full-service retail recruiting platform connecting retailers, candidates, and solution providers. Brian Librach is the author of The Retail Leaders Roadmap and founder of the wellwisher company. 

Michael Saldãna and Sandra Scibelli head up the retail team at UNTUCKit. Michael is the Sr. Retail Operations Manager, and Sandra is the Head of US Retail. 

Brian Himstedt is the VP of Technology & Business Analytics for the Kansas City Royals, an American professional baseball team and member of Major League Baseball. Chris Sell is the cofounder, and co-CEO of GrowthLoop, a composable customer data platform (CDP) that empowers marketers to build audience segments, orchestrate cross-channel journeys, and measure results through the data cloud.

Peter Clark is the CTO of Lorna Jane, an Australia-based retail brand founded in 1989 by fitness instructor Lorna Jane Clarkson, one of the first pioneers of the activewear category. 

Brian is the Director of Operations, Consumer Direct at Burton Snowboards. 

Kit is a freelance writer and author of The Retail Leader's Field Guide. She's a voice for the frontline worker, sharing tips and commentary on retail and store operations, leadership, coaching, and more. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kit-campoy-you-got-this/

James is the CIO of AllSaints. Previously, he held similar roles at Deckers Brands and Alfred Dunhill. 

Gianfranco works for Natura &Co and is the International CRM and Personalization Lead for Avon. In his career, he's successfully traversed the agency and client-side divide, specializing in CRM, data, and business transformation with a track record for both setting and delivering customer strategy with a focus on the customer, and business objectives. 

Gavin is the director of digital and ecommerce at Creed, a luxury fragrance brand. He has extensive product development and sales & marketing experience across a wide variety of business categories, mostly within the luxury and premium sector. During his career, he's worked with brands like Farfetch, Liberty, Creed, The Wine Society, Laithwaites, Harvey Nichols, and Auto Trader.

Chris is the retail director for Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports. In his role, he leads strategy and drives performance in large multi-site operations. The retail landscape is evolving, and he's passionate about delivering real change in the modern retail landscape ensuring customers keep shopping. 

Sonal is the Chief Content Officer for The Lead, and the former VP, Content Strategy for Shoptalk. She's also worked on the brand side with eBay and Macy's, and prior to that wass an analyst at Forrester covering the media industry, specializing in paid content, music, radio, and audio devices.

Kris is the Sr. Director, Market Development - RFID at Avery Dennison. Kris is focused on driving RFID market development and strategy through managing relationships with retailers and brands to define, prove out, and implement RFID solutions in their business. 

Corin is the director of global profit protection. risk for adidas. He was also the global corporate investigations manager at Burberry. Prior to his life in retail, Corin's background was in law enforcement.  

Kaitlin is currently the Sr. Director of Sales and Clienteling at UNTUCKit. She's held similar roles at REISS, and Bloomingdale's, and is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. 

Greg is the owner and founder of Easymoc, a shoe company based in Lewiston, Maine specializing in small-batch, handsewn moccasins. He's also the co-founder of Flatwing, a fly fishing company slinging flies and supplies. Previously, Greg worked for brands like Clark's, Huckberry, Timberland, Puma, and more.  

Mark is the global operations lead at Faherty Brand. Previously, Mark has held a variety of retail operations roles at Vince, Ralph Lauren, Victoria's Secret, and more. 

Niall is the VP, Technology at the LEGO Group. He also sits on the Advisory Board for the MACH Alliance. Prior to LEGO, he worked at ACCO Brands, Toys-R-Us UK, and Uniqlo. 

Jeena Sharma covers retail and consumer trends at Retail Brew. She was previously the beauty editor at Paper Magazine and a fashion and beauty writer at Nylon.This Endless Aisle episode was co-hosted with Ian Scott, Retail Rethink Top 100 Influencer, and Consultant. 

Ian Scott is a Retail Rethink Top 100 influencer and an independent retail consultant, with over 20 years of experience within the retail display sector. His work has included the design and implementation of retail stores and displays, store research and behavioral psychology, and global innovation and trends.

Thomas Mulreid is the head of sales for Orium (formerly MyPlanet), North America's leading composable commerce consultancy & systems integrator. He is an expert and leading voice on Composable Commerce, Headless Commerce and Data Strategies on LinkedIn. 

Polly Wong is the president of Belardi Wong, a leading direct marketing firm, working with more than 300 retailers and best-in-class brands. Previously, she held leadership roles at Williams-Sonoma, RedEnvelope, Eddie Bauer, and more. 

Liza Amlani is the principal and founder of Retail Strategy Group. She is the go-to expert in merchandising, product creation, and accelerating speed to market and is one of RETHINK Retail's Top Retail Influencers of 2022. With over 20 years of retail insider experience, we help companies in the retail space dramatically improve profitability and increase organizational effectiveness. (https://www.themerchantlife.com/)

Jennifer is the senior manager, retail platform strategy & commercialization at Orium. Formerly known as MyPlanet, Orium is North America's leading composable commerce consultancy & systems integrator. She is also a strategic advisor for Tomorrow Retail Consulting. Additionally, in her career, she spent time working in various capacities for retail brands like Hudson's Bay Company, Target, Walmart, Mango, and more. 

Amanda McLaughlin is the Sr. Manager, Content Marketing at NewStore. She led the launch of the 2023 Omnichannel Leadership Report, now in its eighth edition. The report analyzed over 300 brands and their omnichannel shopping experiences across mobile, online, and in-store. https://www.newstore.com/resource/2023-omnichannel-leadership-report/