Karen Herman, Author

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About Karen Herman

Karen Herman is CEO of Gustie Creative, an award-winning, full-service design consultancy that specializes in Disruptive Retail solutions across physical locations and online platforms. Karen helps owners, operators and stakeholders grow brands, businesses and nonprofits with flexible and functional design, retail and marketing solutions. Karen is the author of “Solutions for Disrupting Disruption” and “The Definitive Guide to Disruptive Retail Experiences.” Her latest book, "The Disruptive Retail Field Guide" will be available in January 2027. She supports design innovation as a member of the Authors Guild, The Clayton Christensen Institute and the RetailWire BrainTrust. Karen blogs about design, disruption, innovation, strategy, retail and technology.

Disruptive Retail is IRL and in the Metaverse
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Disruptive Retail is IRL and in the Metaverse

Disruptive Retail, Technology

Disruptive Retail is IRL and in the Metaverse

Disruptive Retail is IRL and in the Metaverse These days, [...]

By Karen Herman|2026-08-28T16:09:35-04:00May 6, 2025|Disruptive Retail, Technology|1 Comment

Pop Ups Are Here to Stay: How a Temporary Store Concept Has Become Permanent
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Pop Ups Are Here to Stay: How a Temporary Store Concept Has Become Permanent

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Pop Ups Are Here to Stay: How a Temporary Store Concept Has Become Permanent

Pop Up retail began as a traveling and temporary [...]

By Karen Herman|2026-11-05T06:59:51-05:00March 6, 2023|Design|0 Comments

Disruptive Retail: Smart Delivery Robots
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Disruptive Retail: Smart Delivery Robots

Disruptive Retail

Disruptive Retail: Smart Delivery Robots

Smart Delivery Robots A new type of food delivery [...]

By Karen Herman|2026-08-28T16:16:33-04:00October 3, 2022|Disruptive Retail|1 Comment

Collaboration, Co-Creation and the New Consumer
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Collaboration, Co-Creation and the New Consumer

Strategy

Collaboration, Co-Creation and the New Consumer

Collaboration, Co-Creation and the New Consumer; Insights with Deanna [...]

By Karen Herman|2026-08-28T16:17:41-04:00August 1, 2022|Strategy|1 Comment

Trending in 2022, Disruptive Retail is Thriving
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Trending in 2022, Disruptive Retail is Thriving

Marketing

Trending in 2022, Disruptive Retail is Thriving

Disruptive Retail Trends in 2022 If you are like me, [...]

By Karen Herman|2026-08-28T16:19:00-04:00December 22, 2021|Marketing|0 Comments

Today’s Consumer and Technology
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Today’s Consumer and Technology

Technology

Today’s Consumer and Technology

Today's Consumer and Technology, The Impact of COVID-19 [...]

By Karen Herman|2026-08-28T16:20:31-04:00March 3, 2021|Technology|2 Comments

Gustie Introduces Disruptive Retail Handbook for Brands and Businesses
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Gustie Introduces Disruptive Retail Handbook for Brands and Businesses

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Gustie Introduces Disruptive Retail Handbook for Brands and Businesses

I am pleased to officially introduce Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, [...]

By Karen Herman|2026-08-28T16:24:21-04:00February 17, 2021|Product|0 Comments

Embracing Disruption with Strategic Solutions at Gustie
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Embracing Disruption with Strategic Solutions at Gustie

Strategy

Embracing Disruption with Strategic Solutions at Gustie

Embracing Disruption with Strategic Solutions I’ve been a contributing writer [...]

By Karen Herman|2026-08-28T16:26:03-04:00May 20, 2020|Strategy|0 Comments

Our “Experiences” Disruptive Retail Workbook is Here
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Our “Experiences” Disruptive Retail Workbook is Here

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Our “Experiences” Disruptive Retail Workbook is Here

Our first workbook, The Definitive Guide to Disruptive Retail [...]

By Karen Herman|2026-08-28T16:28:10-04:00May 15, 2019|Product|2 Comments

Pop Up Retail and Pop Up Hybrids, the Evolution of Disruptive Retail
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Pop Up Retail and Pop Up Hybrids, the Evolution of Disruptive Retail

Gustie Creative

Pop Up Retail and Pop Up Hybrids, the Evolution of Disruptive Retail

Today at Gustie Creative, we are celebrating the second anniversary [...]

By Karen Herman|2026-08-28T16:30:17-04:00April 26, 2019|Gustie Creative|1 Comment

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