Enter these 9 retail innovators who we genuinely think offer some clues into the future of retail. It’s not just about what they’re doing now, although we think that’s pretty interesting, but what this suggests about the future. Read more…
This infographic is based on Digital Consumers, Emerging Markets, and the $4 Trillion Future, a BCG report that debuted at the 2018 Summer Davos in Tianjin, China. Data comes from BCG’s Emerging Market Digital Survey 2018 and Center for Consumer…
While all eyes are on Amazon Go, China’s two biggest e-commerce retailers, Alibaba and JD.com, have been moving much faster, and at a larger scale, with their own digital and automated store concepts. While Amazon is only just beginning to…
Want to know the latest concept stores opening worldwide? Keep on reading for insight into what’s hot in the retail world and what’s opening where. Read about them in insider trends The Best New Concept Store Openings September 2018 By…
It’s been a good year for Walmart. The world’s biggest retailer recently reported its strongest quarterly growth in 10 years with same-store sales in the US up by 4.5%. Online sales also grew by 40% for the same period. Read…
Labeling a person a consumer reduces them to a single activity in their life: buying stuff. People who like corn chips do not walk around saying, “I am a buyer of corn chips.” Read more in strategy-business Forget B2C and…
The survey also confirms that click-and-collect will become ubiquitous in retail, with 99 per cent of retailer respondents saying they plan to implement click-and-collect to allow a more seamless fulfilment process by 2023. Read more in internetretailing Most logistics providers…
Amazon and Google enable shopping through their voice assistants, and major retail players, including Target, are doing the same through partnerships with these platforms. The voice space is quickly growing, and soon we’ll see many more retailers create apps that bring…
A campaign is pushing European supermarkets to ditch oil-based containers for recyclable or compostable alternatives. Will we ever see a world where plastic is eliminated from our shopping? In an Amsterdam supermarket, a new “plastic-free” aisle is a microcosm of the…
According to a study by Juniper Research, global spend on artificial intelligence or AI is expected to increase from an estimated $2 billion in 2018 to $7.3 billion per year by 2022. With that in mind, we’ve outlined 50 ways in…
