retail operations

Retailers face a constant battle to maintain strong margins. Yet, in an era where environmental consciousness and societal issues are gaining immense traction among consumers, retailers must embark on a new challenge to create more sustainable and ethical supply chains. But how can retailers harmonise their moral and environmental responsibilities with their relentless pursuit of profitability? 

This podcast will take you on a journey through time as our hosts investigate how the rise of globalisation, the shifting economic environment and evolving consumer trends has forced businesses to prioritise efficiency in their pursuit of improved sustainability. 

Join Slimstock’s supply chain experts, Will Severn and Mike Donnelley as they explore how the push towards sustainability is revolutionising retail supply chains.

In today's competitive landscape, retailers must adopt a holistic approach to align commercial and operations teams with the wider business. As a platform for collaboration, S&OP is gaining ground in many industries. But how can businesses in the retail environment unlock the potential of S&OP to mitigate risk and deliver stronger profits?

Join Slimstock’s supply chain experts, Will Severn and Mike Donnelley as they explore how retailers can take advantage of S&OP unlock new levels of efficiency, responsiveness, and customer experience.

Retail is a complex and changing environment. And to thrive in this industry, retailers must constantly adapt. However, faced with tough economic conditions, widespread disruption and growing consumer pressure to deliver goods faster and cheaper, supply chain agility has become a competitive differentiator. 

Join Slimstock’s supply chain experts, Peter Bocken and Will Severn as they explore the emerging trends and challenges retailers face today. Exploring the rise of omni-channel, the impact of economic stress on consumer shopping behaviour and the nuances of fashion, food and con food environments, this podcast will demonstrate how you can mitigate risk to create more response and efficient supply chains. 

Analytics has a major role in enabling innovation-induced growth among small and medium sized businesses, allowing them to scale-up rapidly. In this third episode of our five-part series on data analytics, Maxime Cohen talks with host Takara Small about the necessary steps for managers and owners to jump into the data analytics space, as well why small and medium sized organizations cannot afford to ignore data analytics. 

About our guest: 

Maxime Cohen is the Scale AI Chair Professor of Retail and Operations Management and co-director of the Retail Innovation Lab at McGill University. He is the Chief AI Officer of ELNA Medical and a Scientific Advisor in AI and Data Science at IVADO Labs. He is actively advising corporations, retailers, and startups on topics related to pricing, retail, and data science. He has collaborated with many companies including Google, Waze, Oracle, IBM Research, Via, Spotify, Aldo Group, CoucheTard and he is on the advisory board of several startups.

This is the third episode of Making Sense of Data, a mini-series from Tableau and The Conference Board of Canada. Access all of our research at conferenceboard.ca

Visit us online or speak to us by calling 1-800-444-2947. 
Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook. 
Check our YouTube channel. 

Welcome to Tulsa Talks presented by Tulsa Regional Chamber. I’m your host Tim Landes.

We are now in the giving season. It’s the time of year when we give local businesses money in exchange for gifts that we then give to someone else… or we enjoy ourselves.

Sasha Malchi, my guest on this episode, has been in the retail business for nearly a decade. She like every other small business owner in Tulsa needs you to shop local this month more than ever before. Not only does your purchases support them, but it supports their employees, and it supports our city’s efforts to do everything because we rely heavily on sales tax in this city and state.

If you’re a regular listener of this podcast, you’ve heard Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, Mayor G.T. Bynum, Visit Tulsa’s Ray Hoyt, Magic City Book’s Jeff Martin, Buck Atom’s Mary Beth Babcock and more talk about the importance of spending money in our community. You can add Sasha to the list. 

In this conversation Sasha discusses how challenging this year has been to run a small business retail operation during a pandemic. Her business Shoppe Sasha is located in Brookside to the north of Pei Wei and just to the east of Ribbons at 35th and South Peoria. 

As you’ll hear, running a small business wasn’t easy when the world is normal and it’s only become way more challenging in 2020, but Sasha still loves what she does.  

She takes us behind the scenes and shares insights into how they manage inventory and plan for the holiday months as soon as the holidays end. She talks about her philosophy on how small businesses should work as a community, but still be independent by being unique in what they carry. 

Sasha has been in Brookside long enough she’s witnessed lots of changes, including her own business location. Her store used to be located in the area where Trader Joe’s now exists. She talks about how the district has evolved and what she hopes to see in the future.  

In our December issue and at TulsaPeople.com we feature Sasha and some of the home interiors, as well as items for the kitchen, entertaining, jewelry, baby and giftables she has for sale in her shop. 

This is an important conversation that many Tulsans can relate to. If you know a small business owner, reach out and check on them and more importantly spend money at their store or restaurant. 

If you haven’t subscribed to this podcast, please do. We are already making plans for our 2021 winter and spring lineup. Let us know on our social media channels if there’s someone you’d like to hear from next year. 

Visit us online or speak to us by calling 1-800-444-2947. 
Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook. 
Check our YouTube channel. 

Visit us online or speak to us by calling 1-800-444-2947. 
Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook. 
Check our YouTube channel.