
S8 E5 Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honour with Janine McManus
This week we’re joined by Janine McManus - former fashion buyer, therapeutic coach and founder of We Beam - for a powerful and honest conversation about burnout, identity and redefining success. Janin...
11 Mars 58min

S8 E4: From Fashion Buying to Building Club Mera with Amy Rollings
In this episode, we sit down with Amy Rollings, a commercial leader with over 20 years of experience at some of the world’s most influential fashion and lifestyle brands, including Burberry, Michael K...
4 Mars 56min

S8 E3: Podcast LIVE at Top Drawer - Getting started in AI with Hannah Adams
This week’s episode is split into two parts. The first was recorded live at Top Drawer back in January, where we sat down with Hannah Adams to talk about AI and what it really means for buyers and bra...
25 Feb 55min

S8 E2: From shop floor lessons to commercial confidence in FMCG with Dahlia Stroud
S8 EP2 From shop floor lessons to commercial confidence with Dahlia Stroud This week we’re joined by Dahlia Stroud, a retail and FMCG leader whose career spans Nestlé, Asda and Co-op, where she’s led ...
18 Feb 45min

S8 E1: Behind every great product, is a product tech with Claire Ward, Senior Product Technologist at Mint Velvet
This week we are joined by Claire Ward- a senior product technologist. This episode is a particularly special one for us. Claire, Kate and Lyns all met right at the very beginning of our careers at Ac...
11 Feb 43min

S7 E10: Progress Over Perfection: Making Circular Fashion Work at Scale with Nick Lambert, Head of Circularity at Primark
This week’s episode is a big one and a conversation we’ve been really excited to share. We’re joined by Nick Lambert, Head of Circularity at Primark, whose career journey is a powerful example of how...
4 Feb 1h 7min

S7 E9: Why we fell in love with retail buying - and why so many are leaving
In this episode, Kate and Lyns reflect on seven seasons of Buying and Beyond and take on one of the most pressing - and personal - topics in retail today: why so many buyers are leaving the industry t...
28 Jan 37min

S7 E8: Building beauty brands with Harry Zalk CEO of Arkive Headcare
In today’s episode, we’re delighted to be joined by Harry Zalk, CEO of ARKIVE Headcare at Matrix Brands an innovative, B Corp–certified brand incubator creating and scaling some of the most exciting n...
21 Jan 57min



















