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Hosted by Ken Pilot · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 113 episodes
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The Retail Pilot is a series of interviews conducted by Ken Pilot with “Leaders and Legends” of the Retail industry. Ken will focus the conversation on his guests’ career journeys and their greatest career accomplishments and disappointments; gather insight into their leadership styles; learn who inspired them as they progressed through their careers; identify brands they admire; discover challenges they have faced; and talk about where they think Retail is headed and how they are leveraging technology to get there.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
Ken Pilot hosts The Retail Pilot, a business show with 113 episodes published.
There's a common assumption in retail right now that the top of the market is the only thing growing. Neil Saunders, Managing Director of GlobalData Retail and one of the industry's most-followed analysts, doesn't buy it
When Joe Kudla launched Vuori out of a Southern California garage in 2013, he was betting against his own track record. He'd already tried the apparel business twice and failed both times. He had a comfortable life, a th
When James Reinhart walked into a Cambridge consignment store with a bag of business school clothes in 2008 – a J.Crew cashmere sweater, a Brooks Brothers coat – and was told they had no resale value, he didn't accept th
Walmart just named Denise Incandela a Sam Walton Entrepreneur of the Year — one of the highest honors inside the company, and one rarely given to merchants. It's a fitting recognition for the EVP of Fashion leading one o
When Tanya Golesic took the helm of Mackage in July 2021, she inherited a Canadian brand with extraordinary product and almost no story. "The minute you put the product on, you wouldn't want to take the product off," Gol
In this episode of The Retail Pilot, Ken sits down with Pete Nordstrom – Co-CEO of the 125-year-old fashion retailer – to unpack the eight-year journey to go private, the strategic partnership with Liverpool that made it
Retail icon Mickey Drexler doesn't do retirement. At 80, the man who built Gap into a $14 billion empire, founded Old Navy, and revitalized J.Crew is running Alex Mill like a scrappy startup, and loving it. "I love what
Most performance apparel brands tell you they're building a lifestyle. Nate Checketts actually means it. As CEO and co-founder of Rhone, he's built a company where mental fitness isn't marketing—it's the foundation. "We
Retail earnings season just wrapped, and the headlines are telling one story while the data tells another. Consumer sentiment is dismal. Tariffs are squeezing margins. Geopolitical uncertainty looms. Yet average retail r
The department store industry just witnessed one of its most dramatic collapses. When Saks Global filed for bankruptcy in early 2026, it marked the end of an ambitious—but fatally flawed—attempt to merge two luxury retai
What does it take to lead eight iconic fashion brands generating over $6 billion in revenue? Lizanne Kindler's journey began at age 11 in a Washington D.C. department store, where her aunt—then president of the Garfinckl
Amy Errett didn’t just enter the hair‑color category — she rewired it. In a space dominated by legacy brands, fragmented salons, and decades of “the way it’s always been done,” she built Madison Reed into a high‑growth,
NRF President and CEO Matt Shay joins The Retail Pilot to break down what is really happening inside retail as the holiday season reaches its peak. From consumer resilience and record setting holiday sales forecasts to t
In this episode of The Retail Pilot , we sit down with Gene Pressman, a third-generation leader behind the iconic Barneys New York, to unpack how a single store became a cultural force. From redefining American fashion t
In this episode, Ken Pilot speaks with Lew Frankfort, CEO of Coach, who helped guide the company from a $6 million leather goods business to a global brand generating more than $5 billion in annual sales. Over 35 years,
In this episode of The Retail Pilot , I sit down with David Lafitte, CEO of Tecovas, the Austin-based Western footwear and apparel brand reshaping what it means to build a premium lifestyle business. From radical hospita
In this episode of The Retail Pilot , Ken Pilot sits down with visionary entrepreneur Gregg Renfrew , founder of BeautyCounter and now Counter , to explore what it truly means to disrupt an industry—twice. After building
In this episode of The Retail Pilot Podcast , host Ken Pilot welcomes David Lauren, Chief Branding and Innovation Officer at Ralph Lauren. Together, they dive deep into the brand’s 25-year evolution under David’s leaders
In this episode of The Retail Pilot , Sarah Davis and Ben Hemminger, co-founders of Fashionphile, share the remarkable journey of building the largest online platform for buying and selling ultra-luxury handbags and acce
What does it take to lead an iconic luxury brand into the future while navigating industry disruption, shifting consumer expectations, and bold strategic moves? For Marc Metrick, CEO of Saks Global, it is about scale, in
Pete Nordstrom
Co-CEO · Nordstrom
1 appearance on this show
Nate Checketts
Co-Founder And CEO · Rhone
2 appearances on this show
Gregg Renfrew
Founder and CEO · Beautycounter
1 appearance on this show
Anna Harman
Co-Founder and CEO · Studs.com
1 appearance on this show
John Legend
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Adler
professor of psychology at Olin College of Engineering, senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School, theater director and playwright
1 appearance on this show
Sarah LaFleur
Founder and CEO · M.M. LaFleur
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Nick Green
Cofounder and CEO · Savills Energy, Infrastructure and Renewables
1 appearance on this show
Amy Williams
author of Worth Seeing: Viewing Others Through God’s Eyes · National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships
1 appearance on this show
Nyakio Grieco
Founder · Relevant: Your Skin Seen
1 appearance on this show
Nick Graham
former Insights & Analytics Lead for Mondelēz International and PepsiCo · Dentons Law Firm
1 appearance on this show
Sharon Price John
President and CEO · Build-A-Bear Workshop
2 appearances on this show
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