Between The Aisles
Retail, leadership, current events, career development and lots of miles and pounds. This and much more are explored as Seasoned Buyer (Jeb Buffington) and Young Leader (Adnan Basrai) share their thoughts and experiences on retail, consumer culture and personal growth.
Episodes
38 episodes
My First Marathon
On this episode, Adnan gives a detailed mile-by-mile recap of the marathon, expresses gratitude towards the community & people that accomplished milestones with him - and shares his guidelines and recipe to how anyone can complete their fir...
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17:09
How To Build an In Store Environment
On this episode, Adnan covers the full end-to-end process of designing, blueprinting, planning and creating an in store enivornment to serve customers. The framework applies to most stores regardless of company or industry.
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19:48
Retail Theft - Who's Stealing Our Stuff?
In this solo episode (while Adnan is on vacation), Jeb recaps his running goal of 2021, shares his plans for 2022 - and provides a deep dive into the world of retail theft: why it occurs and what retailers can do about it.
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20:11
Keys to Optimize for Success
Adnan talks about the 5 psychological tricks and tips that have helped him optimize the conditions for growth and success in any endeavor. He outlines each tip and provides examples as a backbone for others to reference as they pursue their own...
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8:32
Inflation Impacts and Running Recaps
Adnan & Jeb regroup after over a month off the podcast. They catch up on work, life and running. Jeb is focused on his upcoming Sky To Summit 50K and Adnan starts planning for his first marathon in 2022. They deep dive into what inflation i...
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46:46
Lululemon & the Atlanta Running Community (feat. Jared Bell)
Jared Bell, an elite runner and marketing leader with Lululemon Atlanta, joins us to talk about his journey and how he is leveraging his role within Lululemon to grow the running community in the city - and in tandem the lifestyle & product...
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43:26
Belly to Belly 14 Miler, Building Teams
Adnan & Jeb recap and discuss their 14 miler together at Kennesaw Mountain and unpack the strategies that build high performance teams in each of their respective worlds.
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37:37
Mentorship & Reflections
Jeb & Adnan talk about their own unique experiences of 9/11 and remember those that were lost and those affected by the attack. They look forward towards the civilian space flight frontier next week with the Inspiration4 mission. They discu...
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51:57
What Makes Good Talent? Thoughts on Hiring
Adnan & Jeb signed up for some new runs! They delve deep into each of their own personal and professional visions, and talk about what they look for in individuals when building their respective teams.
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33:15
Making Vision Stick
In this episode, Jeb & Adnan add a boost to their running plans and deep dive into what it means to build and sustain strong and clear vision within teams.
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39:01
COVID Days 2.0 (Vacation & Variants)
On this week’s episode Adnan & Jeb both do a quick recap of our vacation justifying why they took a little hiatus to recharge and come back stronger. Got some runs in, made some changes to the annual plan to accommodate injury and shared fu...
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44:00
Why The Shortages?
Adnan recaps his first Spartan race, and Jeb racks up his best mileage month of the year & a long-and-fast Sunday run. Both then deep dive into the primary sources of the supply chain shortages (toilet paper, semiconductors, lumber, h...
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38:04
The Unspoken Rules of Retail
Adnan preps for his first Spartan and both hosts reflect on nearing their halfway points on running mileage for the year. They deep dive into the rules of retail as they see it, outlining how customers can become experts as well.
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41:04
Kathryn Emery: The Ultimate Pitchwoman
Jeb sits down with Kathryn Emery, a branding, home improvement and lifestyle expert leading her industry. They discuss how to tell compelling stories with brands and reminisce on memorable experiences during the World of Concrete trade show. Ke...
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41:31
Trade Shows Are Back!
Adnan & Jeb talk about Spartan training and 5K Friday speed days. Jeb recaps his week in Vegas at the World of Concrete trade show and they both discuss what trades shows are all about. Finally, they share thoughts on how unnatural post-cov...
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28:54
What About the Field?
In this episode, Jeb and Adnan dive deep into the relationship between the 'corporate' and field leadership for large retail stores. They explain why it is important to cultivate a symbiotic relationship between the two teams and end off with a...
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37:03
Maintaining Composure
Adnan talks about his plans for the upcoming Spartan and seeks advice from Jeb. Jeb shares his experience as a guest on the National Hardware Show podcast. They then deep dive into what composure means for both of them and how they work to trai...
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58:45
Competitiveness and the Marketplace
Jeb & Adnan recap a monumental 50K in the books and an upcoming half marathon PR attempt. They dig into the relevant quarterly earnings reports of the week and share their thoughts on having a worthy home improvement competitor to keep both...
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39:07
The Business Case for Curiosity
Jeb & Adnan dream about who their sponsors would be if they became running celebrities. They deep dive into a Harvard Business Review article explaining how and why to encourage curiosity & exploration in the workplace. Adnan is preppin...
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1:03:27
That Day in Oakland (Merchant Escapades)
On this week’s podcast, Jeb Buffington goes solo with a quick story that captures what it’s like to be a Merchant. His story from Oakland articulates that with so many points of data to gather, how do you make the right decision. But first, he’...
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14:36
The Future of Retail Technology
Adnan & Jeb invite their first guest onto today's episode of Between The Aisles. Tamer Avci is a Senior Engineer at Amazon and has worked on some of their most experimental & innovative projects. In this episode, he shed's light on what...
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1:15:17
Running an Effective Meeting
Jeb & Adnan talk about upcoming races, hip soreness, podcast and music diet and share their principles on running effective meetings.
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37:58
Whats New in Retail?
Adnan and Jeb discuss running updates from the past few week, reflect on their different perspectives on vacation & time-off and deep dive into some news in retail stock winners and losers.
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45:00