This list is comprised of retail experts, consultants, analysts, academics, journalists, and thought leaders who are making an impact in retail in 2023.
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Charles Haseman
Daniel McCarthy
Frank Sánchez
Gautham Vadakkepatt
Helder Barbosa Ferreira
Jason Pallant
Jonah Berger
Mansur Khamitov
Maxime Cohen
Mina Fader
Mitch Olsen
Paula Payton
Peter Cohan
Read Hayes
Saibal Ray
Sandrine Crener de Schutter
Scott Galloway
Sylvain Charlebois
Thomas McMillan Jr.
Tom Davenport
Utpal Dholakia
Venkatesh Shankar
Alison Embrey Medina
Ananda Chakravarty
Andrea Bell
Brendan Witcher
Dana Telsey
Deborah Weinswig
Don Unser
Emily Pfeiffer
Gene Alvarez
Greg Buzek
Hitha Herzog
Jerry Sheldon
Leslie Hand
Marie Driscoll
Maureen Hinton
Michelle Evans
Neil Saunders
Paula Rosenblum
Sebastian Rennack
Simeon Siegel
Stacey Widlitz
Sucharita Kodali
Thomas Harms
Tiffany Lung
Tom Enright
Tony Ward
Andy Moose
Diane J. Brisebois
Helen Dickinson
Katherine Cullen
Lisa LaBruno
Matthew Shay
Stewart Samuel
Terry Sullivan
Toby Pickard
Paul Greenberg
Alan Smithson
Alberto Serrentino
Alex Baker
Alex Genov
Alexander Graf
Andrea Leigh
Andrew Busby
Andrew Laudato
Andrew Neelon
Andrew Smith
April Sabral
Ashley Dudarenok
Barry Thomas
Bill Ready
Bob Phibbs
Brandon Rael
Brian Sathianathan
Brittain Ladd
Bryan Gildenberg
Carl Boutet
Carol Spieckerman
Casey Golden
Cathy Hotka
Cathy McCabe
Chris Chung
Chris Igwe
Chris Ressa
Chris Silver
Christine Russo
Christopher Durham
Courtney Radke
Daniel Burrus
Daniel Hodges
David Leibowitz
David Marcotte
David Naumann
DeAnn Campbell
Diane Wehrle
Dimas Gimeno Álvarez
Doug Stephens
Erwan Rambourg
Ethan Chernofsky
Fiona Sartoretto Verna
Gary Newbury
George Minakakis
Guy Courtin
Gwen Morrison
Haixia Yu
Hana Ben Shabat
Ian Scott
Isaac Krakovsky
James Tenser
Jason Goldberg
Jason McNary
Jeff Roster
Jeff Sward
Jeffrey Roberts
Jeremey Sea
Jill Puleri Standish
Jim Roddy
Joanne Heyob
Jon Reily
Josh Gardner
Karl Haller
Kasey Lobaugh
Kate Sheldon
Ken Pilot
Kevin Graff
Kiri Masters
Lara Marrero
Liza Amlani
Marshall Kay
Martin Newman
Massimo Volpe
Meghan Houle
Melissa Gonzalez
Melissa Minkow
Melissa Wong
Micah Solomon
Michael LeBlanc
Michael Zakkour
Michelle Grant
Miya Knights
Natalie Berg
Neely Tamminga
Nicholas Gray
Nick Harbaugh
Nicole Leinbach Reyhle
Nikki Baird
Oliver Banks
Paul Bessant
Peter Bond
Rebekah Kondrat
Ricardo Belmar
Rich Kizer and Georganne Bender
Richard Hammond
Richard Honiball
Richard Kestenbaum
Richard Lim
Rick Watson
Rob Garf
Ron Thurston
Rupert Parker Brady
Ryan Taylor
Sanford Stein
Scott Benedict
Scott Emmons
Shannon Flanagan
Sharon Yourell Lawlor
Shep Hyken
ShiSh Shridhar
Shlomo Chopp
Steve Dennis
Steve Dresser
Steve Lister
Tim Nash
Tony D'Onofrio
Trevor Sumner
Veronika Sonsev
Vicki Cantrell
Wizz Selvey
Alicia Esposito
Arnold Ma
Barbara Thau
Branden Moskwa
Chris Field
Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga
Claire McCormack
Courtney Reagan
Craig Patterson
Dan Berthiaume
George Nott
Ian Jindal
Ian Middleton
Jack Stratten
Jennifer DiPasquale
John Ryan
Jordyn Holman
Julia Raymond Hare
Krystina Gustafson
Mark Faithfull
Melissa Campanelli
Phillip Jackson
Phillip Russo
Robin Lewis
Sharon Edelson
Shelley E. Kohan
Steve Collinge
Suzanne Kapner
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 2023?
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 below: