Stephen Rector's guest appearances

Stephen Rector

The Suuchi Podcast

David Meltzer

Suuchi Ramesh

Taryn Hipwell

Stephanie Benedetto

Kristen Anderson

Cate Luzio

Andrew McKenna

Ali Levine

Katya Libin

Beck Besecker

Derrick Emsley

Michelle Muller

Peter Sacco

Joanna Lovering

Jay Menez

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On this special edition of the Suuchi Podcast, Irina sits down with Stephen Rector, Global Retail Consultant and CEO of Bakertown Consulting. Stephen focuses his comments on what brands can do during this time of crisis. The key point that he emphasizes throughout the discussion is that this is not the time to pause. Brands need to use this time to strengthen their online presence, customer experience and digitize by implementing necessary technology. Once this pandemic is behind us, having a strong tech stack to help manage the supply chain and an effective customer experience strategy will be differentiators among competitors. The world around us will change at record speeds in terms of how consumers purchase goods. Brands and retailers need to be prepared to service their customer base accordingly and working on that strategy now is what will set them up for success.   Looking to launch a fashion brand? Email us at hello@suuchi.com and our team of experts with guide you through the process! Explore Suuchi Inc. to learn more about our solutions, technology, and capabilities.

On this special edition of the Suuchi Podcast, Irina sits down with Stephen Rector, Global Retail Consultant and CEO of Bakertown Consulting. Stephen focuses his comments on what brands can do during this time of crisis. The key point that he emphasizes throughout the discussion is that this is not the time to pause. Brands need to use this time to strengthen their online presence, customer experience and digitize by implementing necessary technology. Once this pandemic is behind us, having a strong tech stack to help manage the supply chain and an effective customer experience strategy will be differentiators among competitors. The world around us will change at record speeds in terms of how consumers purchase goods. Brands and retailers need to be prepared to service their customer base accordingly and working on that strategy now is what will set them up for success. Looking to launch a fashion brand? <ul><li>Email us at hello@suuchi.com and our team of experts with guide you through the process!</li> <li>Explore Suuchi Inc. to learn more about our solutions, technology, and capabilities.</li></ul>

Now is Not the Time to Stop - Stephen Rector | Suuchi COVID-19 Coverage

On today's episode, Emanuel and Irina sit down with Stephen Rector, President of Bakertown Consulting, former VP at Macy's and Head of Merchandising at rue21, to discuss different challenges that brands and retailers face in today's competitive landscape. Stephen has 20+ years of experience in retail, which includes brick-n-mortar, e-commerce, merchandising, and much more. Bakertown helps startups, legacy brands, retailers, and brand management firms strategize in order to reach the right customer. This includes services such as a full brand analysis, strategic business planning, and a go-to-market strategy. This talk is only a portion of the full Suuchi+Bakertown discussion that will come out in early January 2020, so stay tuned for that! Throughout our chat with Stephen, we discuss the following topics: What do you see as some of the biggest challenges for brands/retailers that are traditionally brick-n-mortar that they face going forward? BoF consumer shifts of flagship stores to pop-ups... is that something that can help a major retailer? What other avenues do you see for digitally-native brands that have plateaued online and need to get to that next level? How would a DTC brand actually connect with a company like Nordstrom? How do you know if your brand should work with a major retailer? What do brands normally come to Bakertown for help with? What's the whitespace for DTC brands? How major players, such as Ralph Lauren, have stayed true to their brand to build multi-billion-dollar brands? With 10,000+ digitally-native brands in the market, how can brands differentiate themselves from their competitors? What do you see as one of the biggest challenges that needs to get solved within the fashion industry, such as technology implementation? Is the landscape of brand-owners changing? How big of a focus should collaborations with social media influencers be for brands?  We hope you enjoyed today's episode and if you want to learn more about Bakertown Consulting and how they can positively impact your brand please visit https://www.bakertownconsulting.com Looking to launch a fashion brand?  Email us at info@suuchi.com and our team of experts with guide you through the process! Explore Suuchi Inc. to learn more about our solutions, technology, and capabilities. https://www.suuchi.com

On today's episode, Emanuel and Irina sit down with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-rector-3397987/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen Rector</a>, President of <a href="https://www.bakertownconsulting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bakertown Consulting</a>, former VP at Macy's and Head of Merchandising at rue21, to discuss different challenges that brands and retailers face in today's competitive landscape. Stephen has 20+ years of experience in retail, which includes brick-n-mortar, e-commerce, merchandising, and much more. Bakertown helps startups, legacy brands, retailers, and brand management firms strategize in order to reach the right customer. This includes services such as a full brand analysis, strategic business planning, and a go-to-market strategy. This talk is only a portion of the full Suuchi+Bakertown discussion that will come out in early January 2020, so stay tuned for that! Throughout our chat with Stephen, we discuss the following topics: <ul><li>What do you see as some of the biggest challenges for brands/retailers that are traditionally brick-n-mortar that they face going forward?</li> <li>BoF consumer shifts of flagship stores to pop-ups... is that something that can help a major retailer?</li> <li>What other avenues do you see for digitally-native brands that have plateaued online and need to get to that next level?</li> <li>How would a DTC brand actually connect with a company like Nordstrom?</li> <li>How do you know if your brand should work with a major retailer?</li> <li>What do brands normally come to Bakertown for help with?</li> <li>What's the whitespace for DTC brands?</li> <li>How major players, such as Ralph Lauren, have stayed true to their brand to build multi-billion-dollar brands?</li> <li>With 10,000+ digitally-native brands in the market, how can brands differentiate themselves from their competitors?</li> <li>What do you see as one of the biggest challenges that needs to get solved within the fashion industry, such as technology implementation?</li> <li>Is the landscape of brand-owners changing?</li> <li>How big of a focus should collaborations with social media influencers be for brands?</li> </ul> We hope you enjoyed today's episode and if you want to learn more about <a href="https://www.bakertownconsulting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bakertown Consulting</a> and how they can positively impact your brand please visit <a href="https://www.bakertownconsulting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bakertownconsulting.com</a> Looking to launch a fashion brand? <ul><li>Email us at info@suuchi.com and our team of experts with guide you through the process!</li> <li>Explore Suuchi Inc. to learn more about our solutions, technology, and capabilities.</li> <li><a href="https://www.suuchi.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.suuchi.com</a></li></ul>

Challenges & Solutions for 2020 - Stephen Rector | Suuchi Podcast #063

Enjoy today's episode fellow brand owners! Stephen is an expert in the retail space. A former VP at Macys (10+ years with the company). After Macy's, he then moved on to rue21 as their Head of Women's Merchandising, where he specialized in fast fashion and managed over 100 stores as well as the e-commerce platform. He's the founder &amp; President of Bakertown Consulting, a retail consulting firm, based out of NYC that focuses on helping Emerging Brands with business strategy and taking them to the next level with an e-commerce point of view. They also help already existing brands with rebranding, finding their white space, and much more. Piece of advice from Stephen: Be true to your heart when it comes to your design and really have a passion for it. Have a sooner versus later mentality! Work with someone (mentor or consultant) with expertise to help you put the together the business side because the sooner you get that up and running then the faster you're going to be able to scale your business. You can contact Stephen at srector@bakertownconsulting.com or find him at https://www.bakertownconsulting.com to help take your brand to the next level.

Enjoy today's episode fellow brand owners! Stephen is an expert in the retail space. A former VP at Macys (10+ years with the company). After Macy's, he then moved on to rue21 as their Head of Women's Merchandising, where he specialized in fast fashion and managed over 100 stores as well as the e-commerce platform. He's the founder &amp; President of Bakertown Consulting, a retail consulting firm, based out of NYC that focuses on helping Emerging Brands with business strategy and taking them to the next level with an e-commerce point of view. They also help already existing brands with rebranding, finding their white space, and much more. Piece of advice from Stephen: Be true to your heart when it comes to your design and really have a passion for it. Have a sooner versus later mentality! Work with someone (mentor or consultant) with expertise to help you put the together the business side because the sooner you get that up and running then the faster you're going to be able to scale your business. You can contact Stephen at <a href="mailto:srector@bakertownconsulting.com">srector@bakertownconsulting.com</a> or find him at <a href="https://www.bakertownconsulting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bakertownconsulting.com</a> to help take your brand to the next level.