By Robin Lewis The industry continues in its shakeout and shake-up phase, as technology has empowered a nextgen consumer culture which is forcing radical transformation across all consumer-facing industries. The shakeout has already shuttered thousands of stores, with more to

I have spoken for years about the need for fashion brands and retailers to dramatically shorten the time it takes to go from product ideation and design onto the customer’s back. As Mike Todaro, executive director of the Americas Apparel

To meet growing consumer expectations and remain competitive in retail’s evolving industry, it is essential to establish a strong digital core and leverage the benefits this provides: understanding motives behind consumer purchases, creating personalized shopping experiences, offering innovative delivery services,

By Robin Lewis There’s that word “store” again. And it’s been used for centuries to describe physical buildings that store and sell groceries, including packaged goods. The store, as burned into our minds over all those years, was static. Consumers

By Robin Lewis Bring it to me, just for me, new, now and more often. That just about says everything the consumer expects, indeed, demands today. Oh, yes, and it’s got to be wrapped in an experience. But the most

By Robin Lewis It can be said that the US consumer marketplace has gone through three major disruptions over the past century. Beginning circa 1900, it was the Industrial Revolution. Then around 1950, a Marketing Revolution began. And in the