Retail & Shiz | Actionable Advice to Grow and Scale Your DTC Retail Business
Hosted by Kristin and I · Kristin Engen
5.0from 11 ratings
- 25
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 11
- Ratings
- 2025
- First episode
About Retail & Shiz | Actionable Advice to Grow and Scale Your DTC Retail Business
Most "retail experts" got lucky once and turned it into a course. I spent 15 years as a Fortune 50 buyer managing a $4 billion portfolio—saying yes or no to Disney, Microsoft, P&G, and hundreds of scrappy startups. Now I'm actively helping brands close 7-figure retail deals using the exact frameworks I used as the gatekeeper. I don't guess what buyers want. I WAS the buyer for 15 years. Now I'm the strategist getting brands the yes.
- Publisher
- Kristin Engen
- Category
- business · business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Sept 2025
- Latest episode
- 12 Mar 2026
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12 of 25 episodes have a transcript.
12 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
24. The Launch Mirage: The Seduction, The Carnage, and What Nobody Posts About
5 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
23. Retail Isn’t Romance: The Costco vs Walmart Decision
17 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
22. The Silent Mistake Costing You Your Next Retail Launch
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24. The Launch Mirage: The Seduction, The Carnage, and What Nobody Posts About
Published 12 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Because and wait, it gets better. Jim Senegal, the founder of Costco, wants described retail as war without the blood. And I promise you, he is not wrong. So let's talk about what actually happens after that launch moment, after the party, the founder content, the big email blast, SMS messages. After everyone in your community loses their mind with excitement, this is what I call the carnage. Because the second your product hits that shell, the clock starts. And I mean literally, because now that product has to sell. And not just sit there, look beautiful, sell, which means you are now joining every single one of their promotional cycles in some way, shape or form. […]
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