Shoptalk and South by Southwest ran consecutively this year. In spending time at both, certain correlations stood out. The implementation of artificial intelligence in retail was examined in detail at Shoptalk, whereas its role in our overall economic activity and […]
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Do you remember the term \”information superhighway?\” In the early to late 1990s it was the go-to expression used by every journalist, techno-geek and politician to explain the speed at which data was transmitted over the web. However, the high-speed
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The Store of the Future Should Never Be About Buzzwords Take, for example, this introduction to a piece I came across regarding the future of store design in one of my favorite daily retail roundups, Retail Dive: What does experiential
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I\’d like to think of my role in the retail industry as an advocate and messenger, supporting the transformation and advancement of the industry by sharing strategic insights. My ability to do this is staying on top of emerging trends
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It\’s an incredibly exciting time to be working in the retail industry. Ten years from now, consumers will look back and say: \”Did shopping really look like that in 2019?\” It\’s no different than looking back about a decade to
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Marriage as a social institution is on the rocks. For the first time in history, there are more single adults than married Americans: some 124.6 million single adults. By comparison, in 1960 over 70 percent of Americans were married. Young
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Netflix has made the personal journey into storytelling more addictive than ever. Binge watching is a real thing, serving as the perfect antidote to our stressed out, trigger-ready anxiety, fueled by today\’s global surface noise. Netflix has become a proxy
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NPD\’s \”Future of\” report series explores how brands are innovating to make way for a smoother customer experience. The advancement of IoT into the kitchen, the creation of device-agnostic content in gaming, and the retooling of apparel offerings to match
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We have all been there. The minute you decide to abandon the items you were thinking of buying because of a long line. Or the turn-off moment when the customer service person simply does not live up to that promise.
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The refrain in William Shakespeare’s Song of the Witches from Macbeth was originally written: “Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.” It was a scary scene, and the title of this article portends an even scarier moment
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