It may be a little premature to warn Amazon that there are some loudly accelerating footsteps just behind them. But, in today’s digital, wide-open world of warp-speed innovation, disruption and fierce competitive races to preemptively establish dominant positions, even front-runner […]
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In my last article we gave you three shops that were bellwethers of an emerging trend: a bottom-up trickle effect that has innovative brands skewing small. Here are three more bellwether retail stores that are becoming the go-to brands for
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Where will retailers find their next big growth opportunity? Supply chain advantages are maturing and lifestyle marketing is no longer novel. For national retailers, beautifully merchandised stores are located in about every mall and on every street corner in the
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The Shift To E-Commerce May Be Too Much, Too Soon On a recent afternoon I spent 20 minutes doing errands that a year or two ago would have taken me about eight hours to do. Instead of jumping into my
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We are living in an era of enormous disruption. And, it’s happening in almost every aspect of our lives: politically, economically, socially, culturally—and across all industries. Just as the industrial revolution disrupted the world, so too is what some experts
We women saw it coming, we have experienced it. And our purse from which we purchase is speaking loud and clear. We are overwhelmed with too much stuff, too many choices, too much time spent shopping for more of the
Unprecedented Change Agents Read More »
There’s a certain irony in the fact that the world’s very first category killer was also the first of its big-box ilk to be severely challenged and nearly decimated by the even bigger-box mass merchants…and now may also be leading
In its most recent fiscal year it scored $36.1 in sales volume, driven by a widely diverse portfolio of assets. Those assets include a large-scale wholesale business plus many retail stores ranging from small chains of to large-scale retail chains
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Those of us with memories of 1950’s kitchens may remember pressure cookers: a heavy metal pot with a rubber gasket that we were always told was a bomb and a really good way of killing vegetables. I have not seen
Consumers may be wary this holiday season, but there are bright spots ahead. According to the National Retail Federation, overall holiday spending is projected to increase 4.1% this year, from $563 billion in 2011 to $586 billion in 2012. Technological
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