Future Shop Podcast with WSL
Our podcast focuses on how shoppers are transforming retail and what you need to do about it. Retail strategist and shopping futurist Wendy Liebmann shares her passionate, unvarnished shopper-centric view of where retail is headed. She interviews experts in retail, marketing, insights, design, education, and more. She and the WSL team regularly share excerpts from WSL’s latest proprietary shopper research about what’s coming next. The Future Shop Podcast is a no-holds-barred view of what shoppers want, what you need to deliver, who’s getting it right, and who’s getting it wrong. And why. In this fast and furious view, you will begin to understand how to anticipate the future that’s emerging right under your nose. WSL Strategic Retail is a leader in shopper insights and retail strategy. It helps clients around the world anticipate change in order to grow in the near and longer-term. It is recognized for its ground-breaking How America Shops® and How the World Shops research. Visit us at: www.wslstrategicretail.com
Future Shop Podcast with WSL
EP98: AI, Pricing, Supply Chain, Loyalty and First Thoughts on 2026 with Justin Honaman, AWS
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In this episode, Wendy Liebmann talks to regular guest Justin Honaman, Global Head, Restaurants, Retail & Consumer Goods Business Development at Amazon Web Services, about what’s now – and next – as technology transforms retail and consumer goods businesses.
They discuss:
- Retail sales and the tension between inflation, tariffs and spending
- Managing pricing as shoppers shop and buy across multiple channels, with agentic AI guiding their journey
- Build loyalty and deliver customer experience as shoppers buy across so many channels
- The normalization of chaos: who are the retail winners – and losers
- Planning for the next disruption, and 2026
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