Joining us in the Bambuser podcast studio for the first of several episodes recorded live at Shoptalk's inaugural fall event in Chicago is Zia Daniell Widger, Chief Content Officer at eMarketer. In a wide-ranging conversation on digital trends across the globe, Zia's shares both her many years of experience in her current role (along with stints at Shoptalk, Forrester, and Jupiter Research) combined with new research to shine a light on where retail is headed.
Joining us in the Bambuser podcast studio for the first of several episodes recorded live at Shoptalk's inaugural fall event in Chicago is Zia Daniell Widger, Chief Content Officer at eMarketer.
In a wide-ranging conversation on digital trends across the globe, Zia's shares both her many years of experience in her current role (along with stints at Shoptalk, Forrester, and Jupiter Research) combined with new research to shine a light on where retail is headed. Among the topics we cover is the continued importance of physical retail, the outlook for grocery retail, creator commerce, and a whole lot more.
But first we unpack the most important retail news of the week, starting with what appears to be a "wait and see" attitude on the part of consumers and businesses alike as the US election approaches. Then we dig into the growing turmoil in the luxury market before turning our attention to Bed, Bath & Beyond return to physical retain and Starbucks plans to reboot their brand.
About Zia
Zia is the Chief Content Officer at EMARKETER where she oversees our team of 100+ analysts, forecasters, researchers and editors. The team covers a wide range of topics, from emerging digital trends and technologies like genAI, retail media and the creator economy to issues like cookie deprecation, brand safety and the digitization of grocery, beauty, fashion and more. Zia's own expertise lies in worldwide retail and ecommerce. She's lived and worked in 10+ countries and regularly keynotes major events around the globe. Prior to joining EMARKETER, Zia was the Chief Global Content Officer at Shoptalk and co-founder of Groceryshop. She also spent 7 years at Forrester Research where she led the global omnichannel retail team.