Retail State of the Union: Why Shop At A Mall?
July 11, 2018
Hosted by Bonnie D. Graham
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The buzz: “Struggling malls should transform into mixed-use centers to keep people coming in” (Amanda Nicholson, Syracuse U.). Why did 5000+ retail brick-and-mortar stores close in 2017? Easy answer: eCommerce is stealing wallet share from legacy retailers. Deeper answer: The new consumer mindset of millennials and gen-z’s. Showrooming 10 minutes on a mobile gets them more info than a day at the mall. Either way, experts advise retailers to transform buildings full of stuff into buildings as social destinations. The experts speak. Robin Lewis, The Robin Report: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” (C. Dickens). Paul R. Charron, Escada SE: “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in ever difficulty” (B. Carr). Rick Barber, SAP: “Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it” (L. Holtz). Join us for Retail State of the Union: Why Shop At A Mall?
Game-Changing Retail Leaders, presented by SAP
Wednesday at 11 AM Pacific Time/2 PM Eastern Time on VoiceAmerica Business Channel
Who are the Retail Radicals?
Seismic shifts are occurring across all consumer-facing industries as a result of a new consumer culture empowered by technology. And a new breed of leaders is emerging from traditional retailers and brands who understand the “new normal”, and who are making meaningful changes in their organizations to disrupt the status quo.
These ‘Retail Radicals’ have the courage, conscience and creativity to champion innovation. They are the change agents who anticipate the future, recognize macro trends, and snap their companies out of being stuck in the past, to rethink business models. They innovate game-changing partnerships, cultural shifts, sustainability strategies and technologies to create new consumer-engagement value propositions.
Join host Bonnie D. Graham as she invites you to take an additional Coffee Break with Game-Changers for our series on how radical change agents are redefining the “new normal” on Game-Changing Retail Leaders, Presented by SAP.
Bonnie D. Graham
Bonnie D. Graham produced and hosted her first live talk radio show in 1998 on AM1240–WGBB, Long Island, NY’s oldest terrestrial radio station. A few years later, she moved from terrestrial to Internet radio with her author interview show, “Up Close and Personal.” In 2011, working at the enterprise software leader SAP, she developed the concept for a weekly live global business thought leadership roundtable series on the VoiceAmerica Business Channel – and launched “Coffee Break with Game-Changers” on October 5, 2011. Over the next nine years, Bonnie D. created, produced and hosted 46 additional SAP series on the Business Channel, attracting millions of listeners around the world. Since becoming an independent broadcaster in 2019, she has developed and hosted live radio and podcast series on the Business Channel for eight additional organizations, as well as her own weekly series, “Read My Lips: Cool Conversations with Creatives with akaRadioRed,” on the Empowerment Channel. In 2023, her live-streaming “Technology Revolution: The Future of Now” series was ranked No. 6 on FeedSpot’s Top 70 Technology Podcasts to Listen to in 2023. What powers Bonnie D.’s passion for radio? She “loves speaking with smart people!”
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