8 years ago Don’t Fear AI: Why Retail Managers Need Artificial Intelligence These are tough times for the retail industry, with stores closing at an unprecedented rate. As brick-and-mortar retailers struggle to survive, questions…
8 years ago When Implementing An Analytics Plan, Know What’s Realistic Analytics — predictive, historical, diagnostic and other kinds — are hot topics in the retail industry, and for good reason. We’re able…
8 years ago Community, Connections, Commerce: How Being Social Can Help Grow Your Business Being the owner of an up-and-coming brand does not come without its difficulties. The challenges of growing a business may not have…
8 years ago Amazon Go’s Frictionless Approach Could Be Its Greatest Obstacle Amazon projected its first Amazon Go store would open to the public some time in early 2017. But more than six months…
8 years ago Digital Attraction: Engaging Customers In The Brick-And-Mortar Store The impact of online shopping on brick-and-mortar retailing is not just lost sales — after all, 90% of all retail sales transactions…
8 years ago Retail And Consumer Goods Industries Turn To M&A For Market Growth And Consumer Excitement Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are increasingly being seen as an antidote to low or no organic growth,in a commercial world where established…
8 years ago Why Global Brands Need To Think Locally To Survive The ‘Retail Crisis’ There’s a huge difference between evolving and dissolving. Sometimes that’s hard to see. If you’re tuned into the business news at all…
8 years ago Loyalty As A Behavior, Not A Tactic Successful loyalty programs are rooted in mutual understanding and fair value exchange — not just of goods and services, but of information….
8 years ago Back From The Future The retail landscape has seen more change in the past 20 years than in the hundred years before. This new dynamism demands…
8 years ago Amazon And Whole Foods: Amazon Joins The Ranks Of Unified Commerce Retailers Retail stories don’t always make the national news, especially outside of the holiday season. Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods however is a…
8 years ago How Data Silos Can Add Value To Retail Organizations The now widely-accepted idea that having siloed customer data is a terrible mistake is, itself, a terrible mistake. Don’t get me wrong…
8 years ago How To Improve Retail Efficiency With Incentives I was walking past a high-end British shoe shop when a pair of boots caught my eye. But disappointment struck when I…