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Welcome to the Buying & Beyond podcast, the podcast for all things Retail Buying...and more!
Join us, Kate & Lyns, buyers and best friends, each week for industry insights, stories and expertise from real people in retail.
Enjoy honest stories and conversations, retail therapy and learn bite-sized tips from us and our guests from across the industry.
• Season 1 starts with Becoming a Buyer - the background to how we started in the industry, what exactly is a Buyer, working your way up the ladder and the main meetings and tasks working in Buying
• Season 2 is all about Being a Buyer - leading a team, coordinating trips, working with suppliers, product & personal development and sustainability
• Season 3 takes us beyond just the direct Buying team - we introduce merchandisers, talk about designers and new trends, burnout & life coaching.
• Season 4 is where we are joined by more Retail Buyers and have also invited Retail Businesses to tell us their stories
• Season 5 - 10 continues with a fantastic assortment of Retail Buyers and Retail Businesses. We find out how they got started and what inspires & excites them about retail!
If you like listening to this podcast, please rate, follow and share - you can also find us on instagram @buyingandbeyond
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- S10 Ep10: Wow it's our 100th episode! · 56 Min. · Staffel 10 Folge 10In this milestone 100th episode, we reflect on the journey so far - from recording under a duvet during COVID to interviewing over 60 guests across every corner of the retail…
- S10 E9: The Merchandiser We Couldn't Do It Without- with Sarah Johnson · 1 Std. 12 Min.We've made it to episode 99! And to mark the occasion, we're joined by someone very special - our merchandising mate, Sarah Johnson. Think Mickey to our Minnie, Ashley to our…
- S10 E8 Putting People First Creates Bestselling Products with Alex Dimitriu · 46 Min. · Staffel 10 Folge 8Our guest this episode is Alex Dimitriu, Product Director at White Stuff, whose 30-year buying career has taken her through some of the UK's best-known retailers, including M&S…
- S10 E7: Why Everyone Thinks Their Product Needs More Space With Retail Analyst Nayaa Owusu · 49 Min. · Staffel 10 Folge 7In this episode, we sit down with Nayaa Owusu, a retail analyst and solutions developer at OSP Retail, to dig into one of the most contested topics in retail: shelf space. Anyone…
- S10 E6 Why ADHD Can Be a Superpower in Buying with Talia Winetroube · 48 Min. · Staffel 10 Folge 6In this episode, we sit down with Talia Winetroube, who spent over 12 years building a career in fashion and accessories buying at retailers including Next, House of Fraser, and…
- S10 E5 The Stories Shaping Retail with Gabriele Dirvanauskas, Drapers Deputy Editor · 47 Min. · Staffel 10 Folge 5Drapers has been the trusted voice of the fashion retail industry for nearly 140 years, connecting leaders, breaking news, and shaping conversations across print, digital, and…
- S10 E4 Why Consistency Is The Silver Bullet with Fran Pittaway, CEO at Biscuiteers · 54 Min. · Staffel 10 Folge 4In this episode, we chat to Fran Pittaway, CEO of Biscuiteers, the UK's original hand-iced biscuit gifting brand. Fran's career path is anything but conventional - from working…
- S10 E3 How Weather Quietly Reshapes Buying Strategy, Sales and Shopper Behaviour · 43 Min. · Staffel 10 Folge 3In this episode of Buying Beyond we dive into one of retail's biggest unspoken variables - the weather, and how it quietly reshapes shopper behavior, sales patterns, and buying…
- S10 E2 Why The Best Buyers Can Buy Anything with Natasha Caller, Head of Category at Halfords · 48 Min. · Staffel 10 Folge 2This week, we're joined by Natasha Caller, Head of Category at Halfords, whose buying career proves that the best buyers aren't defined by what they buy - they're defined by how…
- S10 E1 The Secret Tool: Inside the World of Trend Forecasting with Jane Kellock · 1 Std. 5 Min.This week, we're joined by Jane Kellock, Founder and Creative Director of Unique Style Platform (USP), one of the UK's leading trend forecasting consultancies. Jane's career has…
- S9 E10 Jo Ingham & Jo Ward: How Fashion can be more sustainable and still be profitable? · 1 Std. 8 Min. · Staffel 9 Folge 10This week, we're joined by Jo Ingham and Jo Ward - two buyers who have pretty much seen it all. The pair first met at New Look (where they were so often mistaken for each other…
- S9 E9 From Manchester to Japan: The Buyer's Guide to Trend Spotting · 38 Min.This week it's just the two of us - no guests, no agenda, just a good old buyers' debrief. A few weeks ago we headed to Manchester for the Buying and Beyond meetup, and naturally…
- S9 E8: From Lockdown Idea to Luxury Brand with Elena London · 52 Min. · Staffel 9 Folge 8In this Buying & Beyond, we sit down with Elena, founder of Elena London, a luxury home fragrance brand she built from scratch during lockdown after becoming frustrated with reed…
- S9 E7: From Buyer to Bangladesh with Nadya at NEXT · 36 Min. · Staffel 9 Folge 7What does it actually look like to leave the familiarity of UK retail buying and move to Dhaka, Bangladesh, to work on the supplier side? In this episode, we sit down with Nadya…
- S9 E6:What Really Went Wrong With Debenhams with Retail Strategist Lucy Horden · 1 Std. 2 Min. · Staffel 9 Folge 6This week we're joined by Lucy Horden, a commercial retail strategist who spent over 15 years at Debenhams working across franchise operations, brand partnerships, and business…
- S9 E5: Katie Williams: Burnout, Boundaries, and Life After Retail · 55 Min. · Staffel 9 Folge 5In this episode we sit down with Katie Williams - former senior merchandiser at Topman and Quiz Clothing, psychotherapist, and founder of her own coaching business - to talk…
- S9 E4: Why the Best Buyers Watch More Than Just Their Category · 47 Min. · Staffel 9 Folge 4In this week's episode, Kate and Lyns dive deep into one of their favourite subjects - retail - and why staying commercially aware is one of the most powerful tools a buyer can…
- S9 E3: The Career Tool Most Buyers Never Think to Use with Levanah Gates, The Buyer's Coach · 53 Min. · Staffel 9 Folge 3This week we're joined by Levanah Gates, The Buyer's Coach -a former buying manager at M&S, Tesco, BHS, Fat Face, and George (Asda)- who now coaches buyers and retail…
- S9 E2: Navigating a Non-Linear Career in Fashion with Lynsey Scoins · 1 Std. 0 Min. · Staffel 9 Folge 2In this episode, we're joined by Lynsey Scoins — a fashion industry veteran with over 15 years of experience across design, buying, merchandising and recruitment, and founder of…
- S9 E1: From the Supplier Side: Holly Stafford Smith on Buying, Business & Building for the Future · 52 Min. · Staffel 9 Folge 1This week, we’re joined by Holly Stafford Smith from GH Stafford & Son limited a fourth-generation family business that’s been supplying leather goods and accessories to…
