Retail Reckoning - Retail Stories from Retail Frontlines
Hosted by Clare Bailey · Clare Bailey (Retail Champion)
- 48
- Episodes
- 30
- Transcribed
- 2025
- First episode
About Retail Reckoning - Retail Stories from Retail Frontlines
Welcome to “Retail Reckoning,” the place where you get the real truth about what’s happening on Britain’s high streets. Hosted by Clare Bailey—aka the retail champion and basically a walking encyclopedia for all things retail—this show skips the sugar-coating and gets straight to the good stuff. Clare brings you sharp insights, honest stories, and no-fluff advice from people who've lived and breathed retail for years. Whether you love your local high street or just want to know what’s really going on behind the shop windows, you’re going to get plenty of sass, soul, and stories that actually matter. If you care about your town centre or just want the straight facts on retail, you’re in the right spot. Let’s get into it!
- Publisher
- Clare Bailey (Retail Champion)
- Category
- business · business · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Aug 2025
- Latest episode
- 22 Jun 2026
Latest episodes
30 of 48 episodes have a transcript.
22 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Are You a Busy Fool? The Footfall Trap Every Retailer Falls Into
15 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mastering Product Selection and Cash Flow: Retail's 'Stock Illusion' (Pt3)
8 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
Does Your Retail Business Have Range Creep: Retail's 'Stock Illusion' (Pt2)
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Are You a Busy Fool? The Footfall Trap Every Retailer Falls Into
Published 22 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I've spoken to retailers worried about sales. And I've seen events hailed as a huge success because thousands of people attended. But businesses are still sort of questioning, was that additional trade justified in the time, effort and cost involved? And that's one of the biggest issues. And I think that's one of the most important questions we need to ask is not how many people came, but then what? Did they spend? Did they stay? Did they discover a new business that they didn't know existed before? Did they come back? That's really important, retention. I mean, did they tell other people? Did they give good reviews or were they just passing through, taking an advantage of an event or an activity, but not really exploring? […]
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