277. How a shared supply chain platform could revolutionize retail with American Eagle Outfitters’ Shekar Natarajan

Retail Gets Real

Shekar Natarajan, Chief Supply Chain Officer of American Eagle Outfitters, joins this episode to discuss the company's supply chain strategy, including its vision for a shared “internet of packages,” how current challenges are impacting the business and what the future of the retail supply chain looks like.

Natarajan expands on opportunities in the industry to unify, optimize and improve the outcome for everyone involved by sharing supply chain resources. He explains that, with an open platform model, as demonstrated by the internet, supply chain efforts in every corner of the world could work together for a real, tangible benefit all the way down the producer-to-consumer chain.

Learn more at retailgetsreal.com.