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RCE Podcast episode 6: The Chick-fil-A debacle and how retail is becoming more political

August 3, 2012

Wednesday's "appreciation day" set sales records at Chick-fil-A, and polarized an awful lot of people in the process. Meanwhile, other retailers have come out on the opposite side of the issue - Target, for instance, launching same-sex gift registry. On today's call, we talk about the increasingly political nature of retail, and whether or not it is something customers want.

On the call, two of our expert retail bloggers:

• Kim Nasief, founder and president of Measure Consumer Perspectives
• Doug Stephens, the Retail Prophet

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, download the mp3 directly or listen in the player below.

Music this week is "Time to Smile" by Xavier Rudd.