
This list is comprised of retail experts, consultants, analysts, academics, journalists, and thought leaders who are making an impact in retail in 2022.
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Daniel McCarthy
Gautham Vadakkepatt
Jennie Vry Liu
Jonah Berger
Mansur Khamitov
Maxime Cohen
Mina Fader
Read Hayes
Sandrine Crener de Schutter
Scott Galloway
Utpal Dholakia
Venkatesh Shankar
Andrea Bell
Brendan Witcher
Dana Telsey
Deborah Weinswig
Emily Pfeiffer
Greg Buzek
Hitha Herzog
Jerry Sheldon
Leslie Hand
Marie Driscoll
Maureen Hinton
Michelle Evans
Neil Saunders
Nick Bubb
Nigel Fenwick
Paula Rosenblum
Simeon Siegel
Stacey Widlitz
Stewart Samuel
Sucharita Kodali
Tiffany Lung
Toby Pickard
Tom Enright
Diane J. Brisebois
Ellen Davis
Helen Dickinson
Kyle Monk
Matthew Shay
Katherine Cullen
Lisa LaBruno
Alex Genov
Alison Embrey Medina
Andrea Leigh
Andrew Busby
Andrew Laudato
Andrew Smith
April Sabral
Ashley Dudarenok
Bill Ready
Bob Phibbs
Brandon Rael
Bryan Gildenberg
Carl Boutet
Carol Spieckerman
Cate Trotter
Catherine Erdly
Cathy Hotka
Chris Ressa
Christine Russo
Christopher Durham
Daniel Burrus
Dave Dolejsi
David Adelman
David Ian Gray
David Naumann
DeAnn Campbell
Diana Haussling
Diane Wehrle
Doug Stephens
Erwan Rambourg
Ethan Chernofsky
Gary Newbury
George Minakakis
Guy Courtin
Haixia Yu
Ian Scott
Ian Shepherd
Jason Goldberg
Jason McNary
Jeff Roster
Jeff Sward
Jeremey Sea
Jim Roddy
Jon Reily
Karl Haller
Kasey Lobaugh
Matt Marcotte
Melissa Gonzalez
Line Tousignant
Liza Amlani
Marshall Kay
Martin Newman
Kevin Graff
Lara Marrero
Melissa Minkow
Melissa Wong
Micah Solomon
Michael LeBlanc
Michael Zakkour
Michelle Grant
Miya Knights
Natalie Berg
Neely Tamminga
Nicole Leinbach Reyhle
Nikki Baird
Oliver Banks
Peter Cohan
Rebekah Kondrat
Ricardo Belmar
Richard Honiball
Rich Kizer and Georganne Bender
Richard Hammond
Richard Kestenbaum
Rick Watson
Ron Thurston
Sanford Stein
Sarah Hofstetter
Scott Emmons
Shannon Flanagan
Shannon Ryan
Shelley Bransten
Shep Hyken
ShiSh Shridhar
Shlomo Chopp
Steve Dennis
Steve Dresser
Taylor Schreiner
Tom Litchford
Tony D’Onofrio
Trevor Sumner
Veronika Sonsev
Vladimer Botsvadze
Alicia Esposito
Anne Mezzenga
Arnold Ma
Barbara Thau
Cale Guthrie Weissman
Chris Field
Chris Walton
Courtney Reagan
Craig Patterson
Dan Berthiaume
George Anderson
Ian Jindal
Ian Middleton
John Ryan
Jordyn Holman
Julia Raymond Hare
Jennifer DiPasquale
Kristen LaFrance
Krystina Gustafson
Laura Heller
Lauren Thomas
John Ryan
Phillip Russo
Phillip Jackson
Robin Lewis
Sharon Edelson
Steve Collinge
Suzanne Kapner
Shelley E. Kohan
Susan Reda

About Our List
How do we define retail influencers and categories?
We recognize influencers for their activity within the online retail community. Influencers frequently comment on retail trends or news stories, share industry insights and join thought leadership discussions. These influencers take on many roles. We selected executives from academia, media, consultancies and analyst firms.
Often times, influencers wear multiple hats spanning professions. We identified 5 categories most common in this cohort:
Academia: university educators leading retail-related courses or programs
Analysts: industry research firms tracking the latest trends
Associations: retail trade associations
Experts: retail authors, consultants, advisors, futurists, speakers
Media: editors, journalists, podcast hosts, bloggers, content creators
How did we identify the Top Retail Influencers of 2022?
Our team used a variety of sources to select our TRI, including: third-party listings, primary research within our own network of influencers, recent award winners and tools such as Buzzsumo.
We considered factors such as social presence, articles, speaking engagements, awards and authority to verify each awardee included in our non-ordered listing of the TRI.
How can you be considered for future lists?
Yes. If you’re actively sharing insights, publishing your writing, speaking at industry events, and engaging with the media, we would love to consider your nomination.
If you’d like to be considered or nominate someone, let us know in the form here.