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Chas Fisher, co-founder of Fisher Blade Co., joins Bob "The Knife Junkie" DeMarco on Episode 504 of The Knife Junkie Podcast (https://theknifejunkie.com/504).Chas first appeared on episode 354 of the Knife Junkie Podcast when he was General Manager of Boker, USA. After leaving Boker USA, Chas moved to Missoula, Montana, where his brother John Fisher was making knives for hunters and outdoorsmen.The Fisher Blade Co. Beckwith Covert, the company's first release, is an unabashed self-defense knife, reflecting Chas's many years of martial arts training. Fisher Blade Co.'s first knife is named after one of the greatest modern military minds, Col. Charles Beckwith, a U.S. Army Special Forces legend and creator of Delta Force.The Beckwith Covert's blade is optimized for both slashing and piercing with its aggressive tanto, while its handle brackets the grip with a guard and quillioned pommel for a positive draw.The Beckwith Covert kydex sheath clips securely inside the pocket with a DCC clip and offers an adjustable pinch point for users' preferred retention strength.Find Fisher Blade Co. online at https://fisherblades.com, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/fisherblades, as well as on YouTube and Facebook.Be sure to support The Knife Junkie and get in on the perks of being a patron, including early access to the podcast and exclusive bonus content. Visit https://www.theknifejunkie.com/patreon for details. You can also support The Knife Junkie channel with your next knife purchase. Find our affiliate links at https://theknifejunkie.com/knives.Let us know what you thought about this episode and leave a rating and/or a review. Your feedback is appreciated. You can also call the listener line at 724-466-4487 or email bob@theknifejunkie.com with any comments, feedback, or suggestions.To watch or listen to past episodes of the podcast, visit https://theknifejunkie.com/listen. And for professional podcast hosting, use The Knife Junkie's podcast platform of choice: https://theknifejunkie.com/podhost.
L'associazione Ensemble Frau Musika presenta il concerto “Sulle orme di Beckwith” un progetto musicale dedicato alla figura di Charles John Beckwith, promulgatore di cultura nelle Valli Valdesi nella prima metà dell'800.Ne abbiamo parlato con Liliana Pavesio, presidente di Frau Musika, che ci spiega: "Charles Beckwith è stata una persona fondamentale per lo sviluppo delle valli valdesi nei secoli passati. Si è ocupato anche di raccolte fondi all'estero e ha contribuito a lanciare il mondo valdese nella grande famiglia europea. Ci è sembra giusto in un momento in cui la scuola non è trattata tanto bene, ricordare chi ha fatto molto per questa istituzione, quando non era sicuramente scuola dell'obbligo".L'intento è quindi quello di leggere testi ed eseguire musiche che siano collegate con il periodo, la storia, la fede e la cultura legate a Charles Beckwith.Il concerto “Sulle orme di Beckwith” si svolgerà sabato 28 ottobre alle ore 21 a Pomaretto e domenica 29 alle 17 a Torre Pellice. Si esibiranno soli, coro e orchestra dell'Ensemble e del Coro delle Valli accompagnati dalle letture del gruppo LaAV di Torre Pellice.
As someone says goodbye to "Fashion Is Your Business", the original hosts Marc, Pavan, and Rob reflect on six-and-a-half years of FIYB, including: how it started, international travels, memorable guests, live audience experiences, behind the scenes tales, when they realized the show was really a hit, the origins of guest snacks on the show, how the podcast impacted government, entrepreneurs, and inspired a business, and much more. Plus, what's next? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Powering Fashion's Future: Technology Tools Impacting Today's Fashion Industry A panel discussion recorded as part of the Fashion Innovate program at the TexWorld USA 2020 trade show in New York City. Big thank you to Eileen Small from TexWorld for coordinating all of this leading up to the event. Big questions: What is the history here? How did this work five minutes ago? What are the now ubiquitous improvements of the last five or ten years? Who are the cool startups in this space, and what are they doing? What are the major players doing in this space? What does the “science fiction endgame” look like for an ultimate evolution in these technologies? If we are here, and innovators and startups are working on tomorrow, what’s 5, 10, 20, or 50 years out? Panelists: Natasha Franck (EON - https://www.eongroup.co/) Teodora Nicolae (Lectra - https://www.lectra.com/en ) Melissa Rusinek (textile waste expert) Andrew Wyatt (CALA - https://www.ca.la/ ) Moderator: Charles Beckwith (@FashionTechGuru - https://charlesbeckwith.com/publications ) References: GRAILED - https://www.grailed.com/ STOCKX - https://stockx.com/ Behemoth: A History of The Factory and The Making of The Modern World (Get it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/38AZ1y0 ) Clo3D - https://www.clo3d.com/ The Higg MSI (Materials Sustainability Index) - https://apparelcoalition.org/higg-msi/ Sewbots - http://softwearautomation.com/products/ Klaviyo - https://www.klaviyo.com/ Charles Beckwith's list of seven key overlapping and repeating phases of the fashion business product and sales cycles: Ideation and Design Sourcing and Costing Pricing and Financing Manufacturing and Production Marketing and Sales Distribution and Logistics Analytics and Analysis (Plus HR, accounting, and normal business processes) More on that at... https://medium.com/@fashiontechguru/end-to-end-fashion-brand-operating-system-platforms-fashiontech-371fff3df795 AMERICAN FASHION PODCAST As always, you can find us and the archive of past episodes at https://americanfashionpodcast.com/
Andrew Wyatt is CEO and Co-Founder of Cala, an "operating system" for fashion brands. https://www.ca.la/ For additional analysis, see Charles Beckwith's article about End To End fashion platforms on Medium.
More than ever, retailers are challenged to effectively compete and differentiate. Aisle Ahead is the first to provide grocery retailers with an e-commerce and shopping trip planning platform that’s customized in its entirety, allowing each retailer to do exactly that. The platform cultivates consumer connections and empowers the grocery shopping experiences by understanding each shopper and their intent, from simply planning a shopping trip to online ordering—along with extending capabilities that enable grocers, brands, and smart kitchen manufacturers to uniquely connect with consumers and influence decisions through content. At Grocery Shop in Las Vegas, Rob Sanchez and Charles Beckwith sat down with Aisle Ahead CEO Steve Siopsis and Director of Marketing Jordan Kooijman. In this episode Steve and Jordan talk about why Aisle Ahead’s e-commerce solutions let retailers maintain their own identity and to facilitate delivery and other services The issues with most white label services and why Aisle Ahead stands out What Big Oven is, and how it helps customers find new recipes to try and develop profiles to help target content for what those clients want How the acquisition of Big Oven changed the nature of the company and helped complete the circle from assisting customers in finding recipes and bringing them to the point of purchase How technology has changed the way groceries sell and why content and personalization matters more now than ever The ways the meal kit movement has made grocers need to focus on the whole cooking and shopping experience, and create a need to engage on a whole new level The challenging logistics of in-store fulfillment in grocery stores and how Aisle Ahead aims to solve these issues and make this a reality They way media influences customer’s cooking habits and how Big Oven is tapping into this The gameification of social media and how Big Oven plans to use that to drive engagement How selling through experiences and offering unique services through Aisle Ahead can help grocery stores differentiate and gain new customers
Electronic Data Interchange (or EDI) allows business information to exist in a standardized format, allowing one company to send information to another company electronically and to become trading partners. Haitham Ghadiry, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for TrueCommerce joins Rob Sanchez and Charles Beckwith on location at Groceryshop in Las Vegas about the most complete way to connect your business across the supply chain - in a way that is more connected, more supported, and more prepared for what’s next. Haitham’s work with TrueCommerce, and how they help suppliers connect to the channels they need in order to do business How TrueCommerce helps retailers and suppliers with managing essential stock items, inventory, SKU numbers, shipping labels, etc, and organizes this information in ways that save time and money Why the current consumer client necessitates a company like TrueCommerce who helps retailers streamline the process of doing business in every direction Amazon’s entry into the grocery business, what this means for the industry, and why Haitham welcomes this potential shakeup The Endless Aisle Initiative and other trends in the industry that will help manufacturers and retailers work more efficiently The high demands of the Endless Aisle Initiative, and why a solid infrastructure is necessary before considering it Why retailers should have their supply chain teams and their marketing teams work closely together to maintain an efficient and accurate customer experience Advice for sales professionals engaging in B2B and B2C sales Some tips on how to reassess yourself as a leader in a busy and fast paced industry
The transformation of how influencers enable brands to build and engage consumer relationships... Joseph Segarra, Lifestyle Marketing and Promotions at Def Jam Recordings, joins Pavan Bahl and guest hosts Josh Wexler (Co-Founder/CEO at RevCascade) and Bianca Caampued (Co-Founder/Creative Director at Small Girls PR) for MouthMedia Network live audience “Souler Salon” on location at Spring Place in New York. Presented by Souler, the ultimate influencer commerce platform where influencers share and sell the products they love directly to their followers. (Next Souler Salon event is June 26th, 2018, with guest Bobbi Brown.) In this episode: Wexler shares how Souler enables influencers to share and sell products they love from the brands they represent Segarra discusses collaborations/partnerships at Def Jam, streaming and content, how collaboration is contingent on the right product, artist to artist collaborations, and effectively engaging smaller retail shops focused on B-to-C Understanding influencer personality, and a personable approach at Small Girls How brands are developing a new kind of relationship with consumers, and how Souler decided to give tools normally provided to brands to influencers, as a channel to get to consumers Twitch as a platform can create moments between unlikely influencers, known mostly for gamers but have other channels Why Spotify lists are everything in the music business for companies like Def Jam The convergence of offline and online The importance of experiences people want to share, such as a the Def Jam ice cream truck Identifying what influence is now Why social media platforms are still are highly relevant Which matter more---content or numbers? The effectiveness of “Stunts” for influencers How it can take several years for emerging artists to get full status as influencer Pieces of content: is there a formula for creating a “megapost”? Analytics and customer profiling Launching an influencer campaign and managing budget, especially when based on trade Social consciousness, taking risk, cause-based marketing as a consideration “Urban Gen-Z mentality”, the need to change the world, and how tools have been weaponized, and their potential to do good Photo credits: Charles Beckwith
Charles Beckwith is the host of American Fashion and Fashion Is Your Business podcast He once ran an online fashion magazine, studied, then dropped out of filmmaking, interned on Dawson’s Creek, and has a network called Mouth Media Network. Phew! We cover all this and more on this fascinating chat. Enjoy! 00:09 - How Charles and I met 02:56 - When he recorded his first podcast 04:16 - How long he had been a filmmaker when he started his podcast 05:16 - The microphone he’s using for this podcast episode 06:01 - How he developed his relationship with Sennheiser 06:55 - Why he feels Sennheiser saw the value of partnering with him and his show 07:48 - Charles explains what fashion technology is 08:37 - Stella McCartney and vegan and environmentally friendly materials 10:58 - The excitement behind wearable tech 11:31 - A company that’s making custom shoes for $250 12:29 - The article he wrote on how the fashion industry could use blockchain tech 13:15 - Syndicated Media’s idea to replace iTunes as the hub of podcast RSS feeds with a blockchain 13:38 - What blockchain technology means 15:13 - Where his love of fashion comes from 15:43 - His most noticeable episodes 17:37 - Why he likes having a panel on his podcast 18:33 - How he’s grown as a host since the start of his show 19:47 - Why he has a love/hate relationship with the show Project Runway 20:15 - Charles explains how he starts every episode of American Fashion 21:30 - What he does with episodes where the conversations weren’t great 22:10 - His network, Mouth Media Network and his first show of the network 24:42 - The podcast player he and his team is developing 28:53 - Whether or not he’s worked on a mobile app before 29:22 - His love of technology, Kevin Kelly from Wired, and the 2600 magazine 30:29 - His piece of fiction in 2600 magazine and his involvement with their conference 31:57 - Mouth Media Network’s different podcasts 32:54 - If he’s ever put a network together before and what he’s learned from creating his network 34:52 - Where he thought he would be at this point in his life 37:01 - His approach to networking and making connections 37:53 - The Stone Soup story 40:55 - When he started to put his skills as a connector to use 42:44 - Something he’s changed his mind about recently 43:05 - The one most misunderstood thing about him 45:14 - What’s got him excited for the upcoming year 47:40 - The podcast conferences he plans on attending this year Full Show Notes: http://podcastjunkies.com/charles-beckwith-interview★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
The world's leading brand of luxury travel, business and lifestyle accessories... Charlie Cole, Global Chief eCommerce Officer at Samsonite, Chief Digital Officer at Tumi and active advisor, joins Pavan Bahl, Marc Raco, Charles Beckwith and Cathy Schepis (hosts of American Fashion Podcast) in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser. Avoiding a drug for brands, Agile-1, and communication platforms Cole discusses how it is so easy to mark down products in physical retail stores and see results, but it is a sizable task, how in ecommerce it is easy and a drug for brands, combining methodologies, using third party CRM, Agile-1, the advantage of using an earlier stage company that could be nimble and grow with Tumi, the value for a global point of view, utilizing different communication platforms, taking business away from promotional a business, employing an exclusive product strategy, the value of collaborations, and the when chat windows can provide ROI. Avoiding the loss of tactical information, keeping in touch, and individual algorithms The difference of thought leadership with how amazing brand is, or a blue-sky approach, or high level -- tactical information gets lost at conferences. Cole prefers to offer actionable content, talk about failures, and is secret sauce tactics? It matters to get great things done, clarifying the roles of everybody involved. Samsonite brands achieved $4billion in revenue in full portfolio, but even with the greatest website you’re not going to break a 10% conversation so the job is not transactional. The goal is keeping in touch to provide product we need, when we need it. Every person has their own algorithm at Tumi. Need to cipher small variations in each person’s algorithm for CRM. Good data set, good CRM, and people will tell you what the most important thing to talk to them about. Sharing insights across the full portfolio, how make the most effective use of portfolio scale Near term vs. long term, finding Wanderlust, and Seattle style Technological possibilities with luggage, how tech is interfacing with travel, the “near term” material story, and “long term” with recycling and sustainability. Hartman vs. Tumi, and balancing depiction of brands by region. Off the grid questions cover the first international travel that made an impact on Cole, getting Wanderlust, building of character with international travel, the perfect song when you come home to feel home, stylish things to do in Seattle, Seward Park, and making an excuse to think about your journey.