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Hosted by Arthur Zaczkiewicz, former Executive Editor at WWD with over two decades covering the fashion, beauty and retail industries — the show where C-Suite leaders speak candidly about what's actually moving the needle.
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Ep. #032: 'The Line That Pays' — Keith Carpentier, QBuster (opens the original)
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Keith Carpentier is the CEO and founder of QBuster, the queue management platform now operating in over 10,000 retail locations — including TJ Maxx, Disney, TSA, Cinemark, and a fast-growing roster of healthcare facilities. QBuster manages more than one billion customer transactions annually. In this episode, Keith joins Arthur Zaczkiewicz to unpack why checkout remains physical retail's most persistent friction point, how single-line queue architecture consistently outperforms multi-lane setups
Ep. #031 'Access Over Ownership: A Fashion Rental Marketplace' — Julia O'Mara, Pickle (opens the original)
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Julia O'Mara, co-founder and COO of Pickle, joins Street Talk to explain how a peer-to-peer fashion rental marketplace turned everyday closets into a real income stream — one top lender made $50,000 in a single month. O'Mara walks through Pickle's pivot from a failed social polling app to a rental platform now live in all 50 states, how logistics and AI-assisted listings work, and why circularity only sticks when it's paired with financial upside. The conversation closes on where rental, resale,
Ep. #030: 'The Post-Purchase Layer Fashion Forgot' — Nancy Rhodes, Alternew (opens the original)
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Nancy Rhodes, founder and CEO of Alternew, joins Street Talk to unpack the business case for post-purchase infrastructure in fashion — the tailoring, repair, and care services brands leave on the table after checkout. Rhodes explains why fashion's approach to circularity has been backwards, how Primark, Piper & Sky, Coach, and Levi's are already building repair into their post-purchase strategy, and why EPR regulation in the EU and SB707 in the U.S. are about to make this non-negotiable. They al
Ep. #029: 'Is the American Dream Still Alive?' — Shikha Jain, Simon-Kucher (opens the original)
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Shikha Jain, Lead Partner Consumer and Retail at Simon-Kucher, joins Street Talk to discuss the New American Dream Study — a 5,000-person survey conducted in 2026, the year America turns 250. The results challenge the prevailing narrative of consumer fatigue. The American Dream is still alive across every generation — but the barriers to reaching it are steeper than they have been in decades. High cost of living, debt, job insecurity, and a live-now mentality among younger consumers are reshapin
Ep. #028:'Why Big Stores Got Boring' — Karen Giberson, Accessories Council (opens the original)
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Karen Giberson, President and CEO of the Accessories Council, joins Arthur Zaczkiewicz to explain why independent and specialty retailers are gaining ground on department stores —and why accessories, fashion's original impulse category, are at the center of it. Karen breaks down how tariffs have hit handbags and other categories in waves, what California's new sustainability regulations mean for brands selling into the state, and why finejewelry is picking up share as shoppers treat luxury purch
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