Musings

Between 2020 and 2025 I recorded 499 conversations, broadcasts and films: chief executives, founders, board directors and the studies behind them. They live in the archive at musings.davidroth.com, organised into the series below.

The conversations

In Conversation WithLong-form interviews with the leaders running the world's retailers and brands.Watch the series →

World Retail Congress Hall of FameThe people the industry has chosen to honour, in their own words.Watch the series →

Feature InterviewSingle-subject conversations, taken at length.Watch the series →

Chewing the FatThe looser format: two people, one subject, no script.Watch the series →

Brands and insight

Brand SpotlightIn-depth reads on leading brands, one at a time.Watch the series →

InsightsFindings and analysis from the studies, explained.Watch the series →

WPP CommerceThe commerce practice and the thinking behind it.Watch the series →

BAV Best Countries

Best CountriesThe WPP BAV study measuring how the world perceives countries.Watch the series →

Best Countries 2021The 2021 study.Watch the series →

Best Countries 2022The 2022 study.Watch the series →

Follow the Sun 2021The rolling broadcast that follows the study around the world.Watch the series →

Follow the Sun 2022The 2022 broadcast.Watch the series →

Films and broadcasts

DocumentariesThe films, including the Changing China series.Watch the series →

Live Web BroadcastsBroadcast live, kept as a record.Watch the series →

Retail and Covid-19 DiginarThe industry thinking aloud through the pandemic, as it happened.Watch the series →

11.11 Global Shopping FestivalThe world's largest shopping event, covered from the inside.Watch the series →

Listen

The audio interviews, on SoundCloud.

The video archive opens in a new tab. Everything published from 2026 onwards lives here on davidroth.com.