Beyond The Register, with Keenan Kok-Carlson

Beyond The Register, with Keenan Kok-Carlson

Beyond The Register

Episodes 19
Avg. Duration 47m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Dec 2025
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
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39%
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About This Podcast

I’m Keenan Kok-Carlson, a lifelong retail operator turned Senior Product Manager at Global Payments. I’ve lived every part of running a store, from opening the doors to fixing the systems that keep it alive. Beyond the Register shares the real stories behind small retail: inventory chaos, hiring struggles, vendor issues, burnout, and the wins that keep owners going. No fluff, just the truth about what it takes to run a shop today. This is Beyond the Register.

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How to Build a Profitable Retail Store in Less than 4 Months (and Thrive for 20+ Years) | Mary Liz Curtin

Jun 09, 2026 49m

Mary Liz Curtin spent 35 years advising manufacturers, speaking at trade shows around the world, and writing a manual for independent retailers. Then she mortgaged her house, rehabbed a 1941 roller…

The Hangover Effect: How to Be the Best Part of Your Customer's Entire Day | John DiJulius III

Jun 02, 2026 50m

John DiJulius III started with three nos: no customers, no money, no employees. He and his wife Stacy opened a hair salon in Cleveland in 1993 surrounded by competitors in every direction. They…

How This Bookstore Owner Competes With Amazon Without Touching Price | Ally Kirkpatrick

May 26, 2026 46m

When Ally Kirkpatrick opened Old Town Books in 2018, every sign pointed the wrong way: the last indie bookstore in Old Town Alexandria had already been killed by Amazon, she had a newborn at home,…

Most Makers Don't Know the Difference Between a Hobby and a Business | Katrina Parris @ NiLu

May 19, 2026 42m

Katrina Parris, founder of Nilu Goods in Harlem, joined Keenan Kok-Carlson on Beyond the Register to share how she built an 11-year retail institution out of a simple belief: when you support a…

What a 20-year Retail Exec Would Tell Every Retail Owner About AI in 2026 (with Sabrina Valdez)

May 12, 2026 51m

Most retail and CPG leaders are still asking whether they should use AI. Sabrina Valdez answered that question three years ago, before Super Bowl commercials, before the hype cycle, before most…

How a Black-Owned Beauty Brand Got Into Ulta, Nordstrom & JCPenney With No VC (with Kim Roxie)

May 05, 2026 56m

Kim Roxie, Founder and CEO of LAMIK Beauty, joined Keenan Kok-Carlson on Beyond the Register this week to share how she built a national clean beauty brand from a $500 loan, zero investor money, and…

How a Retail Tech Founder Cloned Himself with AI and Got 50x More Done, with Greg Buzek

Apr 28, 2026 48m

What if you could put a million-dollar consultant on your team for $20 a month?For 30 years, Greg Buzek has been the person retail calls when it needs the unvarnished truth about technology. As…

From DTC to Multi-City Retail: The Exact Playbook HART Jewelry Used (with Curry Hagerty)

Mar 03, 2026 41m

What does it actually take to scale an experience that can't be replicated online?Curry Hagerty, Partner & CEO of HART Jewelry, joins Jeramey Watts on Beyond the Register to answer that question…

"Your Inventory Is Killing Your Business" | Dan Holman on Why Most Retailers Have It Backwards

Feb 24, 2026 55m

Why do profitable stores still go broke? Dan Holman has the answer, and it's not what you think.After 35+ years in retail and hundreds of store turnarounds, Dan Holman (CEO of Canadian Retail…

How She Built A National Biscuit Brand Without Burning Out Her Life, with Carrie Morey @ Callie’s Biscuits

Feb 17, 2026 29m

Most restaurant stories start the same way: long nights in a hot kitchen, missed family time, and a hope that “one day” it will all be worth it.Carrie Morey chose a different path.In 2005, as a new…

What Small Retailers Actually Need To Focus On, with Sucharita Kodali

Feb 10, 2026 48m

Everyone is telling small retailers the same thing right now: Get on Amazon. Add AI to everything. Copy what the “winners” did. Sucharita Kodali thinks that’s a dangerous way to run a business.She’s…

How Bobby Djavaheri Kept A 40 Year Old Housewares Brand Alive

Feb 03, 2026 42m

Most people hear “Oprah’s Favorite Things” and think overnight success. Bobby Djavaheri hears it and remembers packing thousands of bread makers himself during COVID, loading them into his truck, and…

What Most CPG Founders Get Wrong About Retail, with Dan Cox @ Wellthy

Jan 28, 2026 43m

Most reality TV contestants come home and sign brand deals. Dan Cox came home and signed leases.After The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise, Dan didn’t sell detox teas with his face on the label.…

Q&A with Jeramey: Managing Burnout, Inventory Chaos, and Building Memorable Stores

Jan 20, 2026 37m

What’s the biggest mistake Jeramey made in retail? How do you stop running your store into the ground without stepping away completely? Is drop shipping worth it? And how do you actually make your…

The Brutally Honest Retailer Who Rebuilt Menswear in Toronto

Jan 13, 2026 47m

Melissa Austria didn’t launch Gotstyle because she loved fashion. She did it because she was sick of men dressing like crap.Two decades later, she’s built one of Toronto’s most original, enduring…

How to Make Your Retail Store Experience Unforgettable in 2026, with Amanda Stierwalt-Green

Jan 06, 2026 47m

Most stores are built for transactions. The great ones are built for connection.In this episode, Jeramey sits down with Amanda Stierwalt-Green, Product Manager at Global Payments and former shop…

What Most DTC Brands Get Wrong About Physical Retail, with Sandy Hernandez

Dec 16, 2025 46m

Most stores are designed to sell. Very few are designed to connect.In this episode of Beyond the Register, Jeramey sits down with Sandy Hernandez, founder of The Retail Muse + A Store Is Born and a…

Why Drop Shipping Is Broken (and How to Fix It), with Conduit CEO Rohan Shah

Dec 09, 2025 46m

Retail doesn’t break at the register. It breaks upstream.In this episode of Beyond the Register, I sit down with Rohan Shah, Co-Founder & CEO of Conduit Commerce, and former Co-Founder of the…

Why Your Loyalty Program Isn’t Working, with Richard Schenker

Dec 03, 2025 45m

Most retailers think a loyalty program will fix their business. But here’s the truth: loyalty only works when your business already has a strong foundation.In this episode, Jeramey sits down with…

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