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Buying & Beyond

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Welcome to the Buying & Beyond podcast, the podcast for all things Retail Buying...and more!Join us, Kate & Lyns, buyers and best friends, each week for industry insights, stories and expertise from real people in retail.  Enjoy honest stories and conversations, retail therapy and learn bite-sized tips from us and our guests from across the industry.Season 1 starts with Becoming a Buyer - the background to how we started in the industry, what exactly is a Buyer, working your way up the ladder an...

Episodes (130)

S10 E9: The Merchandiser We Couldn't Do It Without- with Sarah Johnson

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S10 E8 Putting People First Creates Bestselling Products with Alex Dimitriu

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S10 E7: Why Everyone Thinks Their Product Needs More Space With Retail Analyst N...

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Aug 11, 202648:46pending

S10 E6 Why ADHD Can Be a Superpower in Buying with Talia Winetroube

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Aug 4, 202647:43pending

S10 E5 The Stories Shaping Retail with Gabriele Dirvanauskas, Drapers Deputy Edi...

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Jul 28, 202646:56pending

S10 E4 Why Consistency Is The Silver Bullet with Fran Pittaway, CEO at Biscuitee...

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Jul 22, 202654:03pending

S10 E3 How Weather Quietly Reshapes Buying Strategy, Sales and Shopper Behaviour

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Jul 14, 202642:40pending

S10 E2 Why The Best Buyers Can Buy Anything with Natasha Caller, Head of Categor...

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S10 E1 The Secret Tool: Inside the World of Trend Forecasting with Jane Kellock

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Jun 30, 20261:05:40pending

S9 E10 Jo Ingham & Jo Ward: How Fashion can be more sustainable and still be pro...

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S9 E9 From Manchester to Japan: The Buyer's Guide to Trend Spotting

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Jun 16, 202638:09pending

S9 E8: From Lockdown Idea to Luxury Brand with Elena London

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Jun 9, 202652:15pending

S9 E7: From Buyer to Bangladesh with Nadya at NEXT

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Jun 2, 202635:59pending

S9 E6:What Really Went Wrong With Debenhams with Retail Strategist Lucy Horden

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May 26, 20261:02:25pending

S9 E5: Katie Williams: Burnout, Boundaries, and Life After Retail

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May 20, 202655:16pending

S9 E4: Why the Best Buyers Watch More Than Just Their Category

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May 13, 202646:40pending

S9 E3: The Career Tool Most Buyers Never Think to Use with Levanah Gates, The Bu...

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S9 E2: Navigating a Non-Linear Career in Fashion with Lynsey Scoins

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S9 E1: From the Supplier Side: Holly Stafford Smith on Buying, Business & Buildi...

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S8 E10: Building Brands That Stand the Test of Time with Jodie Blake CMO at Mano...

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Apr 15, 20261:10:14failed

S8 E9: From Buyer to Supplier: A Journey Through the World of Food with Claire M...

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S8 E8: Ginny & Me- Pre-Order Power & The Rise of Social-First Brands

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S8 E7: Introducing... The Buyers Club

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Mar 26, 202643:04completed

S8 E6: What It Really Takes to Scale a Rental Fashion Business with Lyndsay Maso...

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S8 E5 Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honour with Janine McManus

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Mar 11, 202659:51failed

S8 E4: From Fashion Buying to Building Club Mera with Amy Rollings

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Mar 4, 202657:42pending

S8 E3: Podcast LIVE at Top Drawer - Getting started in AI with Hannah Adams

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Feb 25, 202656:49pending

S8 E2: From shop floor lessons to commercial confidence in FMCG with Dahlia Stro...

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Feb 18, 202646:55pending

S8 E1: Behind every great product, is a product tech with Claire Ward, Senior Pr...

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Feb 11, 202644:37pending

S7 E10: Progress Over Perfection: Making Circular Fashion Work at Scale with Nic...

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Feb 4, 20261:08:16pending

S7 E9: Why we fell in love with retail buying - and why so many are leaving

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Jan 28, 202638:38pending

S7 E8: Building beauty brands with Harry Zalk CEO of Arkive Headcare

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Jan 21, 202659:04pending

S7 E7: Burnout & building confidence in Buying & Design with The W-Collective

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Jan 14, 20261:03:15pending

S7 E6 - Expertise That Grows: Buying Plants with Claire Bishop, Senior Buyer at...

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Jan 7, 202649:44pending

S7 E5: What Buyers Need to Know About Creativity, Collaboration, and Commercial...

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Dec 17, 20251:02:16pending

S7 E4: How a former M&S and Amazon Buyer turned her fashion career into a person...

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Dec 10, 202542:20pending

S7 E3: What’s Next for Retail? AI, Innovation & Big Career Support with Julia Da...

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Dec 3, 202547:15pending

S7 E2 Inside Julia Darlington’s Retail Career: Buying, Reinvention & Confidence...

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Nov 26, 202545:20pending

Retail Reflections 21st November 2025; Fast Paint, Knitted Scarves & Marketplace...

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Nov 21, 202522:41pending

S7 E1: What it really takes to thrive in fashion buying today with Stevie, Head...

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Nov 19, 202541:34pending

Retail Reflection 14th November 2025

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Nov 14, 202514:05pending

Retail Reflections 7th Nov: Ethics, Experience, and Christmas Cheer

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Nov 7, 202520:44pending

S6 E10: The Countdown to Christmas: we unwrap the chaos and charm of the Christm...

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Nov 5, 202558:56pending

Retail Reflections 31st October: Beauty, Brands, and Black Friday

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Oct 31, 202515:37pending

S6 E9: From High Street to Wholesale: How Rebecca Hawkes Reinvented Her Buying C...

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Oct 29, 202558:16pending

Retail Reflections 24th October 2025: Brands, Bans, and Bingham’s

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Oct 24, 202518:39pending

S6 E8: 'Just Buy Nice Things!' with Glenn Gallagher Scott Ex Arcadia, Next & Pri...

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Oct 21, 20251:00:16pending

S6 E7: Podcast LIVE: with Rosie Head of Range and E-commerce at Not On The High...

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Oct 14, 202550:14pending

S6 E6: Why wine buying is the dream job with Emma Robinson

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Oct 7, 202554:16pending

S6 E5: Retail runways and trade shows

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Sep 30, 202542:05pending