Johanna Elsner, co-owner of tiny home manufacturing firm Perch & Nest, joins the Independent Thinking Podcast to talk about what it took to bring Nationwide Marketing Group’s Tiny Smart Home to life.

From TP delivery bots to Westworld-style artificial intelligence, CES 2020 brought out all kinds of crazy consumer tech. Nationwide Marketing Group brought a team out to Las Vegas, led by Director of CE Lee McDonald. Lee jumped on the Independent Thinking Podcast to help recap this year’s show.

Nationwide Marketing Group Content Director Doug Marsh dug up some unique facts and key dates throughout the history of the buying group, which is preparing for its 50th anniversary in 2021.

Holly Wade, director of research and policy for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), discusses recent trends in the group’s monthly jobs report, and how retailers can combat the growing challenge of a dried up labor pool.

Johnnie Kennel, one of three co-owners of Urbandale, Iowa-based retailer Royal Flooring, dishes on their new location and one-stop-shop business strategy.

Debbie Schaeffer, the third-generation owner of Lawrence, New Jersey-based Mrs. G Appliances, shares the secret to her store’s decades-long success, and the importance of fully embracing her local ties.

Grant Webb, owner of Webb’s Home Store in Emmett, Idaho, discusses the decision to dive into the e-commerce arena and his ability to balance his business with a budding music career.

In the debut episode of the new Nationwide Marketing Group Podcast, we sit down with President and Chief Member Advocate Tom Hickman to talk about his young tenure, Nationwide’s renewed focus on communications, and more.