The Safari is a guided tour around the retail, brand and consumer landscape. We interview the brightest and most innovative industry leaders who share how they are shaping and evolving the industry in the years to come. Guests come from all corners of the industry from retail, beauty, fashion, CPG, academia, agencies, real estate, investing and more. At Traub we have the privilege of working broadly across these numerous fields and collaborating with these talented leaders.
Episodes
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
In the spirit of continuing a TRAUB tradition, this year we revisited our previous US New Davids report for our fourth and final annual study. In this year's study we curated a selection of 350+ digital native brands across five key categories: fashion, accessories, beauty, wellness and home. We talk about: ways in which New Davids are expanding into multiple distribution channels including retail and wholesale, how brands are built today, changes in what consumers look for, favorite digital native brands, and more.
Interviewed by Mortimer Singer.
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Anthony Buono is the Global President of Retail at CBRE, leading the implementation of global retail strategy in the Americas, Asia Pacific, and EMEA. His perspective of seeing retail through the lens of data and design has continued to help CBRE push the envelope on the retail and real estate landscape. We talk about: how retailers turn to more agile use of spaces, adaptive reuse of big-boxes, the relationship between CBRE and Streetsense, the influence of retail science in confirming instincts, digitally stimulated experiences, and more.
Interviewed by Mortimer Singer.
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Christine Hunsicker is the Founder and CEO of CaaStle, a B2B technology platform empowering retailers and fashion brands to participate in the rental economy. She has channeled her 18 years of experience in B2B, data and technology startups in order to strengthen the rental industry and help fashion brands evolve their business models. We talk about: the concept of "clothing as a service", rental's role in increasing customer retention, the relationship between rental and sustainable fashion, the importance of data in understanding consumers, and more.
Interviewed by Mortimer Singer.
Friday Dec 06, 2019
Friday Dec 06, 2019
Ken Himmel is the President and CEO of Related Urban, the nation’s leader of large-scale mixed-use developments. With over 30 years of experience, he has spearheaded multiple successful projects, all of which unite urban planning, residences and offices with exciting shopping, restaurants, and art venues. His ability to draw inspiration from local culture and lifestyle while also introducing innovative new concepts makes his projects vibrant and memorable destinations. We talk about: the convergence between retail, hospitality, real estate developments, the changes currently occurring in the industry, the unique programming strategies behind the composition of experiences, his upcoming project in Santa Clara, and more.
Interviewed by Mortimer Singer.
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tony Spring is the Chairman and CEO of Bloomingdale’s. With experience in marketing, direct-to-consumer, and restaurants, he is one of the most well-rounded CEOs in retail. We talk about: the power of cross-functional thinking, the strategy of quantifying the media value of department stores, his vision to evolve the shopping experience into something distinctive, the reimagination of Bloomingdales' stores, and more.
Interviewed by Mortimer Singer.
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Tuesday Nov 19, 2019
Mazdack Rassi is the Co-Founder of Milk Studios, Milk Makeup, and Camp David. Over the last decade, Milk has gone from being a production and events space to a full-service creative beehive doing work in print, physical, and digital domains. Above all, however, the power of Milk has been its ability to cultivate a proactive and engaged community. We talk about: the codes and inclusive DNA of Milk, the duality between content and commerce, the evolution of fashion shows, the importance for brands to have point-of-views, and more.
Interviewed by Mortimer Singer.
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
David Rabinowitz is the Co-Chair of Goulston & Storr's retail, restaurant, and consumer group. With his 30 years of experience, there are few people who know as much as he does in counseling non-U.S retailers with their expansions into North America and advising developers in connection with acquisitions. Geoff Lurie is the President and COO of Traub. We talk about: how companies should launch themselves into their direct-to-consumer initiatives, the strategies of optimizing a business, how to protect intellectual property globally, the concern with brand dilution, and more.
Interviewed by Mortimer Singer.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
Streetsense is a leading design collective focused on activating, transforming, and creating brands and places. Streetsense’s CEO, Brian Taff, and Senior Design Director of Interior Architecture, Brian Miller, join us today to discuss: the role placemaking plays in driving value for real estate; the importance of community building in design; the valuable partnership between CBRE and Streetsense; the blurred lines between hospitality and real estate, and more!
Interviewed by Mortimer Singer.
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Tuesday Oct 29, 2019
Scott Malkin is the Founder and Chairman of Value Retail, the company behind the must-visit international destination, The Bicester Village Shopping Collection, that specializes exclusively in the development and operation of luxury shopping Villages across Europe and Asia. Each Village offers brands exceptional growth, the development of new markets and an introduction to new, young, affluent, traveling customers. We talk about: service as a software; the creation of environments that produce memory and meaning; the confluence of experience and digital; and how it takes discipline, humility, and passion to build one of the most important luxury goods platforms on earth, and more!
1:00: Introduction to Value Retail business
3:25: Flagship services (part I)
Four Pillars and the traveling luxury consumer
- Real estate
- Retail
- Hospitality
- Curation of experiences – Theatre
6:46: The future of physical retail is flagship retail
7:25: The software vs the hardware
9:12: Retail hospitality
12:30: How BSVC compares to other shopping centers and department stores
16:06: Service as a software – customer acquisition and conversion
29:47: Flagship services (part II)
30:35 – 38:00: Principle of the services
50:46: New affluent, global, young consumer is the lifeblood of the industry
51:40: What are the things you are thinking about in interested in for the next decade?
Interviewed by Mortimer Singer.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Rob Keve is the CEO and co-founder of Flow, the turnkey platform for brands to go global by converting brands' international demand into sales. Flow seamlessly addresses the challenges of entering new markets by acting upon the complexities of selling products online. We talk about: the new strategies for brands to go global, the pain points of selling internationally, how to drive traffic to sites, software as services platforms, tools for localization, and more!