Wendy Liebmann has devoted her career to charting the changing wants and needs of consumers and analyzing what that evolution means for the retail and CPG sectors. In this week’s Video Forum, Liebmann, chief executive officer and chief shopper at WSL Strategic Retail, talks about mass market retailers’ performance during the COVID pandemic, ongoing industrywide innovation, and growing demand among consumers for an “easier, meaningful, well life.”
Video Forum: Wendy Liebmann, WSL Strategic Retail
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