Retail today continues to change at lightning speed, and technology is helping leaders to rewrite all the rules. Taking into account shifting consumer expectations and an unrelenting flood of data, a single digital core is essential to executing a winning […]
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Wait a second! Just last week I wrote on the race for global dominance between Amazon and Alibaba. And shame on me for not even mentioning Walmart, especially since I’ve been on a rant about how Walmart is rapidly becoming
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It’s good to be the king of the castle. It’s even better to be the king of the castle improvement business these days. Home Depot – let’s not forget they are the second largest retailing company in the country –
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What happens when an abundance of ambition meets empty execution? The result might be called “Lidl.” The truth is that Lidl, the discount grocer from Germany, has been opening stores in the U.S. for nearly a year now, but has
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Together, Alibaba and Amazon have about a $1.2 trillion market cap, ($483 billion for Alibaba and $720 billion for Amazon). Maybe they should unite. Not a chance for that to happen. The brilliant minds and egos of both Jack Ma
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In retail’s new normal, the convergence of digital and physical is prevalent throughout the industry. From trends of smaller-format stores incorporating more digital components and carrying less inventory, to hyper-personalization, the retail landscape is continuing to evolve. Now is the
Pay Attention Retailers: Your Online and Offline Conversion Rates are Converging Read More »
It doesn’t take an enormous feat of memory to recall that quaint term “trade channels.” Yes, there was a time when apparel retailers sold apparel, food retailers sold food and department and mass merchandisers were broad-line retailers selling a little
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The model of committed consumption, on which subscription services are based, is a rapidly growing portion of our spending. Retail is headed in a frictionless direction, and auto replenishment contributes greatly to that, making the concept of committed consumption and
Apparel Subscription Services: How Can Subscription Retailers Be Successful? Read More »
Much has been written in The Robin Report about the epic struggle between Amazon and Walmart for supremacy in U.S retailing. The advantages enjoyed by each of these behemoth retailers is obvious: Amazon is unburdened by physical store locations and
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For those who have not yet had the pleasure of visiting Minneapolis in winter, I can testify from firsthand experience, it is a bone-chilling experience. This year’s Super Bowl is sure to give many more people a taste of the
It’s Cold in Minnesota: Menswear Brand Askov Finlayson Wants to Keep it that Way! Read More »
