# Spencer Spirit Holdings CEO, Steven Silverstein Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wharton-marketing-matters-4542211/spencer-spirit-holdings-ceo-steven-silverstein Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wharton-marketing-matters-4542211/spencer-spirit-holdings-ceo-steven-silverstein.md Podcast: [Wharton Marketing Matters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wharton-marketing-matters-4542211) Published: 2025-10-30T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast/marketing-matters/spencer-spirit-holdings-ceo-steven-silverstein/ Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/63ea72a402ceee00119a07fe/e/6900bd4791e8d679a0553dd3/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wharton-marketing-matters-4542211/episodes/spencer-spirit-holdings-ceo-steven-silverstein Duration seconds: 1890 ## Resource Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spencer Spirit Holdings and head of Spirit Halloween, joins hosts Barbara Kahn and Dr. Americus Reed, II to discuss the business of seasonal retail—from scaling over 1,500 pop-up stores across North America to using AI, social media, and immersive experiences to sustain year-round engagement—and how the brand is now extending its magic into the Christmas market. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wharton-marketing-matters-4542211/episodes/spencer-spirit-holdings-ceo-steven-silverstein/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wharton-marketing-matters-4542211/spencer-spirit-holdings-ceo-steven-silverstein.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.