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Buying and Beyond
Welcome to the Buying & Beyond podcast, the podcast for all things Retail Buying...and more!
Join us, Kate & Lyns, buyers and best friends, each week for industry insights, stories and expertise from real people in retail.
Enjoy honest stories and conversations, retail therapy and learn bite-sized tips from us and our guests from across the industry.
- Season 1 starts with Becoming a Buyer - the background to how we started in the industry, what exactly is a Buyer, working your way up the ladder and the main meetings and tasks working in Buying
- Season 2 is all about Being a Buyer - leading a team, coordinating trips, working with suppliers, product & personal development and sustainability
- Season 3 takes us beyond just the direct Buying team - we introduce merchandisers, talk about designers and new trends, burnout & life coaching.
- Season 4 is where we are inviting more Buyers and also Brands and Businesses to tell us their stories...
We are your modern day mentors; prepping Buyers of the future, empowering current Buyers and giving insights to retail businesses and entrepreneurs
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Season 3 Episode 4: The reality of retail. We look back at the golden years, the pandemic & the golden quarter!
This episode is all about the reality check when talking about retail! We talk about how much retail has changed over the past decade or so and the impact of the pandemic - it was HUGE! It's not something we really want to remind us all about, but it's important not to forget about it and to recognise the importance it had, it was a massive moment in our careers, completely unpressedented times!
Retail is tough right now, it can feel like a rollercoaster, and the advancements of tech can be a help and a hindrance, but there has also never been a better time to get involved, either with an established retailer or to start and grow your own retail business. It’s a fascinating, if often challenging, and ever changing landscape. It's the perfect time to embrace change, keep evolving to keep ahead of the market and future-proof businesses.
Here’s our top 3 takeaways from this episode -
- Challenges only make us stronger. It might feel awful at the time, but it really does enhance your skill set to work your way through difficult times. It’s how you embrace these and find solutions - although let's hope there’s not going to be another pandemic anytime soon!
- It’s crucial for brands to turn their stores into destinations consumers want to spend time in; a whole store experiences with extra services that make it a place you want to go.
- There’s still a huge amount of change to come for retail, change is happening at a faster rate than ever with the ever developing technologies - it’s exciting and terrifying, but we need to embrace the positives and focus on how it can improve productivity and profitability!
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