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Anthropologie Sells Taste at Retail Scale
A former Pennsylvania garage became a 254-store laboratory for turning curation, theatrical displays and private labels into a mass retail business. The trick is making scale feel like discovery.
Vicki O'Donnell
Vicki O'Donnell is the Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Construction Officer of Shoe Show, Inc., the family-owned footwear chain based in Concord, North Carolina. In more than three decades with the company she has helped grow the private, low-key retailer into one of the largest shoe store chains in the United States, and led its long-overdue debut on social media and modern digital marketing.
Brian Tervo
Brian Tervo is the Boston-based Chief Executive Officer of ThirdChannel, a retail execution and merchandising technology company that pairs on-the-ground field teams with real-time software so brands can see and improve how their products show up in physical stores. A longtime operator in the B2B software and retail space, he spent roughly 14 years at supply-chain integration firm TIE Kinetix in senior North American and global roles before leading ThirdChannel. He writes regularly about closing the gap between retail strategy and what actually happens on the store floor.
Stylitics
Stylitics is a New York-based retail AI company that helps brands and retailers turn their product catalogs into inspiring, shoppable styling experiences. Its platform combines algorithms, trend data, and human stylist expertise to generate personalized outfit recommendations, bundles, and generative on-model imagery across e-commerce, email, advertising, and stores. Founded in 2011 by Rohan Deuskar and Zach Davis, Stylitics powers styling for more than 100 retailers - including Macy's, Walmart, Kohl's, Puma, and Revolve - reaching over 100 million shoppers.
ThirdChannel
ThirdChannel is a Boston-based retail execution company that pairs cloud software with a nationwide network of vetted, on-demand brand representatives. Founded in 2012, it gives consumer brands and retailers real-time visibility into what is actually happening on store shelves - from merchandising compliance and inventory to assisted selling and audits - so decisions at the point of sale are driven by data rather than guesswork.
YOOBIC
YOOBIC is a frontline employee experience platform that unifies task management, communications, and mobile learning in a single app for retail, hospitality, grocery, and other deskless workforces. Founded in London in 2014 by brothers Fabrice, Avi, and Gilles Haiat, the company helps head offices push consistent store execution while giving frontline teams the tools, training, and information they need to serve customers. YOOBIC has layered generative AI across its platform - including its NEO assistants and Store Manager Copilot - and is used by 350+ enterprise brands and around 2 million users across roughly 80 countries.
Rohan Deuskar
Rohan Deuskar is the co-founder and CEO of Stylitics, a New York-based visual merchandising and outfitting platform that dresses catalogs for retailers like Macy's, Walmart, Kohl's, Puma and Revolve. Launched in 2011 out of Wharton, Stylitics started as a consumer closet app, pivoted to B2B AI-powered outfit bundling, and raised roughly $105 million in total funding, with an $80 million Series C from PSG in 2022.