Buying and Beyond
Buying & Beyond
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...
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Episodes (130)
Retail Reflections 26th September: Power Moves, Price Wars & Green Dreams
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S6 E4: Inside Fashion retail training with Louis from the Fashion Retail Academy
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Retail Reflections 19th September: New Trends, New Stores, New Energy
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S6 E3: From Fashion to Fencing with Rebecca Thompson, Category Manager for Jewso...
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Retail reflections 12th September 2025: TV Channels, Loyalty, Marketplaces & Col...
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S6 E2: Finding a Path in Fashion Buying with Yasmin Parkin, Buying & Merchandisi...
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Retail Reflections 5th September: Second-hand Spotlight & Brand Evolutions
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Season 6 Episode 1: Sewing, Style & Slow Fashion with Christine Lindebak founder...
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Retail Reflections 29th August 2025: Thrifted trends, M&S moves, and robot dog d...
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Retail Reflections 22nd August 2025 - Comebacks, Collaborations & Controversies
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Retail Reflections 15th August 2025 - Loyalty, Legacy Brands & The Endless Runwa...
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Retail Reflections 8th August 2025 - Manchester Rising: Retail’s New Hotspot & I...
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Retail Reflections 1st August 2025 - Experiential retail, brand strategies and A...
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S5 E10: Building a career in Buying with Lucy Smith, Senior Buyer for Womenswear...
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S5 Ep9: Secrets to social media success with Hannah Robb- Han Social
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S5 Ep8: 'Sprinkling that Merchandising magic' with over 20 years of experience f...
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S5 Ep7: Retail doing the right thing - We discuss circularity, re-sale & big shi...
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S5 Ep6: Orange and Green should always be seen! We talk with the designers at Th...
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S5 Ep5: Comp Shop, not Copy Shop! It's essential for staying inspired, spotting...
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S5 Ep4: 'Always striving for what's next!' Rosie Platt, Head of E-commerce & Ran...
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S5 Ep3: 'The best ideas are organic' Ally Mitchell and Anna Campbell-Jones chat...
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S5 Ep2: So, your moving to Denim…. On Monday! Shani shares it all, from Arcadia...
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S5 Ep1: We ‘chat’ to the creator of the amazing instagram account ‘Life of a Buy...
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S4 Ep10: Collaboration is kindness with inspirational brand owner Becs founder o...
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S4 E9 Turning plastic waste into Candyfloss: The Polyfloss Factory co-founder Au...
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S4 Ep8: To fit and flatter - The Founder of Fairlie Curved, Jayne Lasley, is an...
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Season 4 Episode 7: The Better Trends co-founder Louise Healy joins us to discus...
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Season 4 Episode 6: Taking leaps of faith with Ex Schuh, Dune, M&S, Dobbies Buye...
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Season 4 Episode 5: Buyers of the Future. Ex M&S, BHS, White Company and QVC Buy...
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Season 4 Episode 4: Get retail ready as this week we talk about Buyers AND Brand...
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Season 4 Episode 3: A full circle moment. Ex NEXT Buyer and founder of Mardy Bum...
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Season 4 Episode 2: Retail resolutions & revolutions. What is the future of Reta...
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Season 4 Episode 1: Trading in Jan- Help! Sometimes it need a miracle in January...
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Season 3 Episode 10: Let's talk Christmas - what's it like buying, trading and p...
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Season 3 Episode 9: The Buyers Coach Levanah Gates shares her journey from Buyer...
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Season 3 Episode 8: Finding the balance between work and personal life; how to m...
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Season 3 Episode 7: One of our trauma friends joins us to reminisce our time as...
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Season 3 Episode 6: How to feel confident leaving a job and taking on a new role
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Season 3 Episode 5: The importance of product PR to boost your business with PR...
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Season 3 Episode 4: The reality of retail. We look back at the golden years, the...
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Season 3 Episode 3: Trends and Trade Shows. We discuss how trade shows have evol...
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Season 3 Episode 2: What exactly is Merchandising? Our fave merchie joins to tel...
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Season 3 Episode 1: All roads lead to a Buyer. A buyer is at the heart of every...
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Season 2 Episode 10: Signing off for summer. Thats a wrap on season 2, we talk a...
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Season 2 Episode 9: Sustainability. The impact of retail on the world is huge so...
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Season 2 Episode 8: Personal development is key in buying! We talk all about how...
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Season 2 Episode 7: We talk to Emma about her career in buying and share her exp...
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Season 2 Episode 6: Inspirational trips & trends - fabulous destinations and qui...
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Season 2 Episode 5: Optimise, not rationalise! How many suppliers should you hav...
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Season 2 Episode 4: Our partners in product. Our supply base is so important, w...
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