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Retailers, Reach For The Minimum By 2020
While a whopping 84% of e-Commerce and pure-play retailers consider themselves to be thriving, only 40% of specialty retailers, 35% of big boxes, 25% of discount stores, and 17% of department stores claim to be. What 5 things can retailers do in 2019 to meet the rising expectations of the Jan 1st, 2020 shopper? Click here…
Read MoreBold Leaders Wanted: Navigating the Waters of Today’s Retail Renaissance
Like many things today, our industry’s fate rests squarely on its leaders’ shoulders Walking the streets of New York and the show floor at NRF this year was an exercise in cultural anthropology. On one hand, headlines of retail stores closing and suffering through myriad disruptions are rampant. On the other hand, headlines of transformative…
Read MoreThe Vision Of Retail 2020: On-Track Or Off-The-Tracks?
It’s nearly here folks! We’re spiraling towards 2020, where the rubber meets the road on whether our many prolific pontifications of the retail future reside. Walking both the floor at NRF and the city stores of New York, it was hard not to look at our industry through this lens. After all, 2020 was to…
Read MoreForbes: Retailers Told To Forget Social Media. Experts Take Issue.
“There are SO many factors that make this blanket statement irrelevant to many,” wrote Laura Davis-Taylor, co-founder of HighStreet Collective. “Certain categories — like beauty and fashion — are killing it via social media channels.” See the entire Forbes article here.
Read MoreExtracting Interaction From Digital Signage
According to research firm Markets and Markets, the digital out-of-home market will be worth $26.21 billion by 2023. Retail and hospitality are the main players in this commercial vertical, and the firm predicts that North America will dominate this market due to its early adoption of the latest display technology. Laura and Ed discuss how…
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