2021’s best of Retail Gets Real

Retail Gets Real episode 251: Lessons in ingenuity, flexibility and people from some of our favorite episodes
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From legacy retailers to scrappy startups, this year we’ve learned important lessons in ingenuity, flexibility and always putting people first: It’s that focus on people that makes the retail industry so rewarding.

In this latest episode of Retail Gets Real, we’re highlighting our favorite podcast moments of 2021. Featured in this episode are Jill Renslow, SVP of business development at Mall of America, and Stuart Landesberg, co-founder and CEO of Grove Collaborative. They discuss some of the various ways COVID-19 has affected the industry.

We also hear from PwC’s Sushil Ahuja and Elizabeth Yates on the topic of the return (or not) of staff members to the office.

Tune in to hear who else makes an appearance in this roundtable-style episode as we wrap up 2021.

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