# EP.69 Keeping Retail Relevant with Emotional Connections and Engaging Tech with Angela Gearhart, Founding Partner - Media Maxx Executive Practice Director - AAG Consulting Group Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nxtlvl-experience-design-1288577/ep-69-keeping-retail-relevant-with-emotional-connections-and-engaging-tech-with-angela-gearhart-founding-partner-media-maxx-executive-practice-director-aag-consulting-group Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/nxtlvl-experience-design-1288577/ep-69-keeping-retail-relevant-with-emotional-connections-and-engaging-tech-with-angela-gearhart-founding-partner-media-maxx-executive-practice-director-aag-consulting-group.md Podcast: [NXTLVL Experience Design](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nxtlvl-experience-design-1288577) Published: 2024-06-06T04:02:01+00:00 Episode link: https://nxtlvl-ep-0-0-trailer.simplecast.com/episodes/ep69-keeping-retail-relevant-with-emotional-connections-and-engaging-tech-with-angela-gearhart-founding-partner-media-maxx-executive-practice-director-aag-consulting-group-LjgUjjS9 Audio file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/43f40bef-dc16-40d9-bfd8-2f92fc2fda52/episodes/6f40b7a1-0a2f-42f7-8211-e47416f92b16/audio/3a503719-97b4-4719-b0de-4517a6ebcfc3/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=t7xR8i18 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nxtlvl-experience-design-1288577/episodes/ep-69-keeping-retail-relevant-with-emotional-connections-and-engaging-tech-with-angela-gearhart-founding-partner-media-maxx-executive-practice-director-aag-consulting-group Duration seconds: 5248 ## Resource Angela Gearhart spent 20 years with Sleep Number Corporation where she was the VP Connected Brand Experience changing the way customers buy beds by integrating relevant technology to enhance emotional connections to the brand and its products. She is deeply connected to the retail industry through multiple industry associations and is now the Executive Practice Director, Connected Customer Experience at AAG Consulting Group. In the upcoming episode of the NXTLVL Experience Design podcast "Ep. 69: Keeping Retail Relevant with Emotional Connections and Engaging Tech" host David Kepron and Angela talk about how well-integrated technologies foster long-term connections to brands and their products. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nxtlvl-experience-design-1288577/episodes/ep-69-keeping-retail-relevant-with-emotional-connections-and-engaging-tech-with-angela-gearhart-founding-partner-media-maxx-executive-practice-director-aag-consulting-group/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/nxtlvl-experience-design-1288577/ep-69-keeping-retail-relevant-with-emotional-connections-and-engaging-tech-with-angela-gearhart-founding-partner-media-maxx-executive-practice-director-aag-consulting-group.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.