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BONUS - The Retail Razor: Data Blades Season 2 Trailer

Data Blades Returns: AI, CX, and Retail Media for Executive Leaders

Welcome to a special cross-release of the Season 2 trailer for The Retail Razor: Data Blades—the podcast that slices through complex retail research to deliver sharp, actionable insights and retail strategies for executive leaders in the AI era. 

In Season 1, we cut through the clutter with data-backed insights to identify strategies for:

• Inflation’s uneven impact across age groups—where seniors felt the pinch more than younger shoppers.
• Shifting shopping habits—like 74% of consumers using lists to control spending.
• The power of values in loyalty—with 77% of consumers saying brand values matter more than discounts.
• Self-checkout and employee experience—where well-informed store teams drove a 27% increase in average spend.

Now in Season 2, we’re going deeper. Hosts Ricardo Belmar, RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert & NRF 2025 Retail Voice, and Casey Golden, RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert, preview what’s ahead:

• Exclusive insights from TruRating and top retail analysts to hone your data-driven retail strategies.
• A focus on three pillars: Customer Experience, Retail Media, and Employee Experience.
• How AI is reshaping retail strategy—from predictive personalization to AI-powered workforce tools.
• Revisiting themes of trust, transparency, and loyalty with fresh data and new perspectives.

If you're a VP, CMO, COO, or CEO in retail looking to make smarter, data-driven decisions for AI-first retail strategies, this is your podcast. Subscribe now in your favorite podcast player and stay ahead of the curve with insights that drive conversion, loyalty, and operational excellence.

New episodes drop starting tomorrow!

👉 Stay Sharp. Be Data-Driven. Harness AI.

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About your hosts::

Ricardo Belmar is an NRF Top Retail Voices for 2025 & a RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert from 2021 – 2025. Thinkers 360 has named him a Top 10 Retail & AGI, a Top 50 Management, Transformation, & Careers, and a Top 100 Digital Transformation & Agentic AI Thought Leader. Plus a Top Digital Voice for 2024 and 2025. He was most recently the director partner marketing for retail & consumer goods in the Americas at Microsoft.

Casey Golden, is CEO of Luxlock, a RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert from 2023 - 2025, and a Retail Cloud Allianceadvisory council member. Currently, Casey is the North America Leader for Retail & Consumer Goods at CI&T.

Includes music provided by imunobeats.com, featuring Tech Lore from the album Beat Hype, written by Heston Mimms, published by Imuno.