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The Retail Razor ShowWe Are RetailROI Champions: Celebrating Retail’s Impact on Children in NeedS5E9 Retail's Best Kept Secret: Discover How RetailROI Transforms Children's FuturesIn this special replay episode of The Retail Razor Show, we shine a spotlight on the incredible work of the Retail Orphan Initiative (RetailROI)—a nonprofit transforming lives of orphans and foster children through the power of the retail industry. With a fresh introduction for 2025, hosts Ricardo Belmar and Casey Golden revisit a heartfelt conversation with Greg Buzek, President of RetailROI, Vicki Cantrell, board member and retail legend, and Jeff Roster, former Gartner & IHL analyst and top retail expert, as they share the or...
2025-09-301h 18
Never Light Up A Room PodcastEpisode 042: The Deaths of Sammy Weaver, Vicki Weaver, and Deputy US Marshal William (Bill) Degan at Ruby Ridge
In August of 1992, the US Marshals Services were called to a property in the remote Boundary County of Idaho, called Ruby Ridge, to arrest Randy Weaver who had failed to make his court appearance for gun charges. The exchange between the Weavers and the US Marshals soon turned violent and the FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) was called in to help. Over 11 days, 3 people would end up losing their lives and the events that took place during the standoff would be hotly debated for many years to come.
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2025-01-0859 min
Troubled Men PodcastTMP288 SEAN KELLY TELLS THE CONTINENTAL DRIFTERS STORYThe musician, producer, and author of the new Continental Drifters bio, “White Noise and Lightning” started corresponding with band members Susan Cowsill, Russ Broussard, Peter Holsapple, and Vicki Peterson when he was 13 years old. Leading his own art rock band A Fragile Tomorrow with his fellow triplets, he forged a familial bond with the Drifters, including extended visits with band members, even opening shows for Vicki with the Bangles. With the recent publication of the book and tribute CD, “We Are All Drifters,” Sean joins the Troubled Men to fill in a few more pieces of the Continental Drifters puzzle.
2024-10-101h 20
Cocktails & Commerce PodcastC&C Pod Episode 2 - Margaritas with Vicki Cantrell from Vendors in PartnershipWe are back with another great episode of the C&C Pod, this time with the delightful Vicki Cantrell, founder of Vendors in Partnership. Many of you know Vicki, not only did she found Vendors in Partnership, she has held many key leadership roles in the commerce and retail community, including Shop.org and NRF, as well as COO and CIO roles across retail and fashion.Vicki joined Bill and I to mix up some Margaritas and discuss the client and technology vendor relationship, what it really means for businesses and their vendors to truly partner. It...
2024-06-2945 min
The Retail Razor ShowS3E16 – I Am A RetailROI Champion, Taylor’s VersionIn this episode of the Retail Razor Show, hosts Ricardo Belmar and Casey Golden discuss their partnership with Retail ROI. The episode is dedicated to how the retail industry can make a difference in the lives of children in need around the world. Highlights of the episode include discussions with Greg Buzek, president of IHL Group and Vicki Cantrell, CEO of Vendors in Partnership, detailing the history of RetailROI, a unique charity supported by the retail industry. Together they discuss different initiatives that have been undertaken by Retail ROI, including providing technology resources to children in Liberia during the Ebola...
2023-12-051h 11
This Week in InnovationVicki Cantrell on the VIP Awards#VIPAwards #VendorsinPartnership #vendorawards #partnership
On today’s pod I catch up with Vicki Cantrell, Chief Executive Officer
Vendors in Partnership LLC.
The Vendors in Partnership (VIP) Awards are an industry celebration for the solution providers that power the retail ecosystem, and the new ways that partnerships were formed and challenges were overcome. They want to acknowledge service to this industry, and will recognize and celebrate a willingness to transform from within, create deep and perceptive partnerships, and great solutions.
Give it a listen and let us know what you think?
2023-09-1542 min
The Retail Razor ShowS2E12d #ShoptalkLive – SPECIAL – TRI Friends Fireside ChatHave you heard plenty of Shoptalk event and trend recaps by now? Did any of those dig into why those trends matter and what they really mean for the retail industry? Sometimes you just need to put four Top Retail Influencers into one recording session and let them talk about what those trends make them feel about the industry to get to the heart of the matter. And maybe ‘heart’ is what it’s truly all about – because retail is a people business.It’s Part 4 of our #ShoptalkLive podcast cross-over series with This Week in Innovatio...
2023-04-2850 min
The Retail Razor ShowS2E10a #NRFLive SPECIAL - #TRI Friends Fireside Chat on #NRF2023In honor of the NRF Big Show we’re kicking off a special podcast cross-over series, #NRFLive, with Jeff Roster’s show This Week In Innovation. This episode is a very special, intimately authentic conversation between four top retail influencers, recorded live, and in-person during the NRF show.Jeff and host, Ricardo Belmar, join retail legends, Vicki Cantrell, CEO of Vendors in Partnership, LLC, and Ron Thurston, author of Retail Pride and host of the Retail in America podcast and tour. Together our four retail friends chat about the VIP Awards ceremony, RetailROI’s Super...
2023-02-031h 01
The Rebekah Panepinto ProjectA Platform To Recognize The Brave, The Innovators, and The AgitatorsShe is a "customer experience junkie", but I also consider her a Retail Luminary!
Vicki Cantrell is a retail strategist and community builder, and is recognized for relationship building and accelerated growth. Her recent career includes Retail Transformation Officer for Aptos, NRF’s SVP, Communities and Executive Director, Shop.org, COO of Tory Burch, CIO of Giorgio Armani Corporation and Gucci Group. Most important is the impact she is making today through her organization, Vendors in Partnership!
The Vendors in Partnership (VIP) Awards are a retail industry celebration for the solution providers that power the retail ecosystem, and the new wa...
2022-10-0619 min
Performers & Creators LabThe Circle of Comedy with Melissa McGillicuddyComedian Melissa McGillicuddy (Voted best comedian, Sacramento News & Review 2019) will be headlining at the Comedy Edge Saturday, June 18th and I was happy to have the chance to grab her for a conversation about how she got her start in comedy even though she's shy, hear her worst stories of bombing and her tips for writing great material.Get tickets to see Melissa at the Comedy Edge in Oakland, June 18th, 2022 >>About MelissaMelissa McGillicuddy is a stand-up comedian based in Sacramento, California. As a newcomer to the scene in 2015, she won t...
2022-06-0358 min
The Prison Officer Podcast27: How Escapes Happen and What It Takes to Stop ThemVicki White, a jail supervisor, helps a convicted murderer escape from an Alabama jail. Mexican Mafia member and convicted murderer, Gonzalo Lopez managed to free himself from restraints, break out of a transport cage, and attack the driver of the prison bus he was in. If you have looked at the news lately, there seems to be an epidemic of escapes. So what are the circumstances that allow inmates to escape? More importantly, how do we stop escapes from happening?In this episode, we will talk about inmate manipulation, security procedures, and staff complacency, and disc...
2022-05-2333 minThe Prison Officer Podcast26: How does Manipulation turn to Love and Escape? - Interview w/Toby DorrMuch like the current story of Vicki White and convicted murderer Casey White, Dorr helped John Manard escape from custody on February 12, 2006, in a dog crate and the two lived together in a cabin for 12 days until their capture and arrest in Tennessee. Married mother of two, Toby Dorr (Young at the time) was running a dog program at a Kansas prison when she met inmate John Manard through the dog program and love blossomed between the two, She would eventually spend 27 months in prison for her crime, but she decided to put her time into helping o...
2022-05-1053 min
The Retail Razor ShowS1E3 - The Retail Avengers & The Celebration of RetailROIS1E3 – The Retail Avengers & The Celebration of RetailROIWelcome to Season 1, Episode 3, the third ever episode of The Retail Razor Show!I’m your host, Ricardo Belmar, a RETHINK Retail Top 100 Retail Influencer, RIS News Top Movers and Shakers in Retail for 2021, advisory council member at George Mason University’s Center for Retail Transformation, and lead partner marketing advisor for retail & consumer goods at Microsoft.And I’m your co-host, Casey Golden, CEO of Luxlock and slayer of retail frankenstacks!Together, we’re your guides on the r...
2021-12-131h 04
The Artificial Podcast63: Vicki Cantrell | Using Technology to Transform the Customer ExperienceVicki Cantrell is a retail strategist, community builder, former COO and CIO in the retail industry, and is recognized for relationship building and accelerated growth. Along with co-founding the Vendors in Partnership (VIP Awards), her most recent venture is Vendors in Partnership LLC, with the mission of celebrating strong partnerships between retailers and the support ecosystem. She is also a managing board member of the Open Voice Network, an industry group dedicated to bringing the value of open, standards-based voice assistance enterprise and the world as Voice reshapes consumer behavior. Vicki has previously held senior leadership roles in IT...
2020-09-2856 min