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Retail Leadership with Steve WorthyInside the Retail Executive Mind: A Conversation Founders Need with Ang Nayyar, CEO of StrutFitSend us a textIf you’re a founder trying to sell into retail, this episode may save you months of missteps. If you’re a retail leader evaluating new technology, it’ll reflect what you often wish vendors understood.In this conversation with Ang Nayyar from StrutFit, we get into the realities of how retailers think, decide, and evaluate solutions — far beyond what’s visible from the outside.This episode is especially for:Founders and product teams trying to land their first or fifth reta...
2025-12-181h 03
The StrutFit Show#14: Sara Girola - Former Global Director of Digital Size & Fit at Nike on Sizing Challenges, Return Reduction, and Innovation in RetailIn this episode, we sit down with Sara Girola, former Global Director of Digital Size & Fit at Nike. With extensive experience in localization, digital innovation, and sizing solutions, Sara brings valuable insights from her journey at one of the world’s leading sportswear brands.Sara shares her unexpected entry into the world of sizing and fit, the complexities of standardization in the industry, and the multifaceted challenges of creating consistent sizing across different product lines. She discusses innovative approaches to tackling returns, the importance of data in improving product development, and the potential of emerging technologies like 3D...
2025-03-241h 09
The StrutFit Show#13: Kristl Date-Dopps - Principal, Digital Innovation Program at Brooks Running on Generating Ideas, Leveraging AI & New Tech, and Reducing ReturnsIn this episode, we sit down with Kristl Date-Dopps, Principal of the Digital Innovation Program at Brooks Running. In addition to her most recent role, Kristl has leadership experience across Product & Project management, eCom & Marketing, and Business Strategy for global companies such as The Walt Disney Company, Getty Images and Microsoft. With such varied and valuable experience, there were plenty of gems for us to unearth in this conversation.
Kristl shares with us the most effective ways to generate new ideas, how Brooks prioritizes innovation ideas and execute on them, ways to leverage the la...
2024-11-0859 min
The StrutFit Show#12: Jerome Bourgois, Luxury Turnaround Executive on Brand Strategy, Manufacturing, and the Art of TurnaroundJerome Bourgois is an International C-suite business leader with almost 2 decades in fashion. Jerome spearheaded the rapid expansion of CACHE-CACHE, building a 500-location retail network in China in less than five years. He successfully turned around a €150M annual sales luxury footwear retailer. In another case, he revived a €60M luxury menswear brand. Most recently, Jerome cofounded a luxury shoe manufacturing and distribution group in France aiming at rescuing highly distressed assets. The group had 300 employees, two factories, and three brands.
Safe to say, it’s hard to beat Jerome’s expertise and experience in operational and financia...
2024-09-231h 07
The StrutFit Show#11: Benjamin Vogel, Managing Director at Nayture on Sustainability, Learnings from Sustainable Brands, and the Green Brand CodeBenjamin Vogel is Managing Director & Founder at Nayture. Nayture is a consulting firm helping companies with their sustainable business transformation.
We cover all the questions you might have about sustainability in retail to your brand. What is sustainability really? What are the most sustainable brands actually doing? What are carbon offsets? How do you overcome a green premium? And so much more!
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About The StrutFit Show:
The StrutFit Show highlights the innovations happening and shares knowledge from influential figures in the retail industry. Every episode, our CEO, Ang Nayyar will be...
2024-08-0252 min
The StrutFit Show#10: Thibault Marion de Procé - Understanding AR & Virtual Try-On from the company working with Adidas, Crocs, and On RunningThibault Marion de Procé is Co-Founder & CPO at Vyking. Vyking is the leader in 3D & virtual try-on technology for the fashion industry, working with companies like Adidas, Crocs, Under Armour, On Running, and more. It has created an end-to-end platform allowing fashion retailers to seamlessly create, scale and track 3D & AR shopping experiences both online and in-store.
Being totally cross-platform, Vyking’s technology can be integrated inside any mobile app (iOS & Android), WeChat, website or store. Their solutions are fully scalable, allowing manufacturers and retailers to roll out thousands of products for virtual try-on.
We sta...
2024-03-1456 min
The StrutFit Show#9: Bryn Rees, Director of Digital Content Strategy at IKEA on Content Strategy, Structured Content, and how to put Content FirstIn this episode, we talk with Bryn Rees, a content engineer turned Content Strategy Leader. With almost 15 years of experience in content- you need to look no further for an industry expert.
Bryn was deep in the content space at Adidas, optimizing their content creation processes to enable the brand to succeed in the future of Omnichannel.
He is now the Direct of Digital Content Strategy at IKEA, looking after a team that takes care of content engineering and innovation across the whole business.
We discuss with Bryn what is "C...
2023-08-0257 min
The StrutFit Show#8: Hans Skovsgaard Summers, Head of Go-To-Market Operations at ‘On’ on Defining Sales, Digital Innovation and the Business Model of WholesaleIn this episode, we sit down with Hans Skovsgaard Summers, a highly experienced and sought after industry expert. With over ten years of experience in wholesale, business development, sales operations, and go-to-market within some of the world’s biggest brands, Hans has shared with us his unique insights into the rapidly changing world of business.
Hans is currently Head of Go To Market Operations at ‘On’, a sporting goods manufacturer with a focus on delivering industry-disrupting innovation in premium footwear, apparel, and accessories for high-performance running, outdoor, and all-day activities. His previous experience includes working with renowned brands such as...
2022-10-2657 min
The StrutFit Show#7: NJ Falk, Managing Partner at APL on Leadership, Mentorship, and Career PathsNJ Falk is a multiple Webby, Davey, and Communicator award-winning creative and serial entrepreneur focused on emerging luxury, fashion, lifestyle and direct-to-consumer brands.
Falk’s current roles are as the Managing Partner of Athletic Propulsion Labs (APL), the women’s and men’s luxury performance athletic footwear brand and as a Co-Founder & Chief Mentorpreneur™ (a term she trademarked) at The Forward Female which is a consulting and creative agency for female entrepreneurs. As an e-commerce pioneer and expert, Falk also juggles her roles as an angel investor, mentor and strategic advisor for female-focused luxury and consumer brands includin...
2022-05-161h 07
The StrutFit Show#6: Guy Horrocks, Co-founder at Solve on Collecting Your Own Data vs Third-Party Data Collecting ServicesOur guest in this episode is Kiwi entrepreneur Guy Horrocks. He shares with us his many insights from working with brands like Sephora, HBO, Dreamworks, CNN and Expedia. If that seems impressive, Guy started the first iPhone app company in the world.
Guy is also the co-founder of a data company called Solve which came into the picture to help ecommerce companies unify their data so that they can get better insights to make smarter decisions. We discuss the different approaches to data collection, and how using third-party data collecting services may not be as convenient as...
2021-10-0558 min
The StrutFit Show#5: Alex Genov, Head of Customer Experience Research of Zappos on Research Methods, Qualitative and Quantitative Data, and Customer InsightsWe discuss Customer Experience Research with the Head of Customer Experience Research at Zappos - Alex Genov - in this episode of The StrutFit Show. Having been acquired by Amazon for US$1.2 billion in 2009, Zappos have built their empire by putting their customers first and focusing on creating great experiences for them.
Alex comes from an Academic Psychology background with a degree in Experimental Social Psychology. He helps the organization understand their customers as people on a deeper level through a multitude of methods including interviews, surveys and usability research. Alex believes that to successfully conduct customer...
2021-08-1153 min
The StrutFit Show#4: Filippo Lovotti, Head of UX Customer Service Tech of Zappos on UX Design, Culture Fit, and the Importance of ServiceIn this episode of The StrutFit Show, we chat with Filippo Lovotti, the Head of User Experience from Zappos and delve into the world of User Experience and Customer Service. Zappos was the first online shoe retailer in America. In 2009, they were acquired by Amazon for US$1.2 billion, and since then they’ve gone from strength to strength. They attribute their success to their belief that they are a service company that happens to sell footwear.
Filippo has spent 16 years in the industry and shares with us some of his advice and insights about the field. As th...
2021-06-0456 min
The StrutFit Show#3: Martin Pitman, Technical Manager of Munro Footwear Group on Footwear Design, Manufacturing, and SourcingMartin Pitman is a Technical Manager that has been in the footwear industry for 20+ years across Clarks, Ziera, and Munro Footwear Group! He works on the development of shoe styles, lasts, material selection, analysing lab results, and responding to them. Martin's been responsible for the development of 300 product lines per year including the optimisation of the associated US $100 million manufacturing costs. He's also procured 40 million square feet of materials per year through 35 Suppliers and 270 specifications!
Having delivered many multi-million dollar innovations in the footwear industry, it's safe to say Martin knows his way around developing footwear innovations a...
2021-04-2255 min
The StrutFit Show#2: Suzanne Oude Hengel, Footwear Knit Innovator on Textile Innovation, Conceptual Design, and SustainabilitySuzanne Oude Hengel is a footwear knit innovator. Her research is pushing the boundaries of what we can do with knitting and footwear. Among her growing list of achievements: she has received multiple offers from Nike, worked with Takashi Murakami, collaborated with Timberland, and with ConceptKicks. If you've ever looked at knitted shoes and wondered how they're made- you don't want to miss this conversation!
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About The StrutFit Show:
The StrutFit Show shares the same vision as our company: to bring retail into the future! Every episode, our C...
2021-03-2258 min
The StrutFit Show#1: Andrew Sharp, CEO of Bobux on Branding, Competition, Building a World Class Team, and CopycatsAndrew Sharp is the CEO of Bobux. Bobux is a world leading children’s footwear brand and represents the 8th industry that Andrew has worked in. Andrew has set up a world class team at Bobux that enables it to compete with industry giants year on year, and WIN.
StrutFit has done many firsts with Bobux- so we had to have them on the first ever episode of The StrutFit Show! Please enjoy our conversation, and if you're a fan, share it with friends.
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2021-03-081h 07