Serious and Sometimes Comic Musings on the Future of Retail
Amazon technology may soon become the drug of choice for physical retailers at all levels, even the most local of mom-and-pop shops across Main Street America. Source: Amazon Set To … Continue Reading Amazon Set To Become The Favorite Drug Dealer Of Mom-And-Pops Everywhere | Forbes
A smaller second Amazon Go store could indicate that all may not be right with the Go concept and also be the breathing room that the industry needs to come … Continue Reading New Amazon Go Store Shrinks In Size, A Sign Of Hope For Competitors | Forbes
Pop-up retail will be vitally important to retail’s evolution, but it has to be done right. There are three critical success factors that separate good pop-up retail from bad pop-up … Continue Reading Macy’s Los Angeles Plans Remind Us That Not All Pop-Up Retail Is Created Equal | Forbes
The recent earnings statements of Kohl’s and Macy’s are an important study in contrast. One retailer provides glimpses of optimism about the future, while the other highlights the traps of … Continue Reading Kohl’s & Macy’s: Two Retailers Headed In Opposite Directions? | Forbes
Retailers’ earning reports are not always as they appear. Here are seven qualitative tells or lookouts that signal trouble could be ahead. Source: The Guide To Earnings Statements That Retailers … Continue Reading The Guide To Earnings Statements That Retailers Don’t Want You To Read | Forbes
First product searches could soon become the most important leading indicator of retail financial performance. Source: Forget Comp Store Sales; This Is The Most Important Statistic In Retail | Forbes
Why every U.S. retailer should take a page from Kroger’s recent announcement and set up shop on Alibaba’s Tmall. Source: Kroger’s Decision To Launch Brands With Alibaba Is Pure Genius … Continue Reading Kroger’s Decision To Launch Brands With Alibaba Is Pure Genius | Forbes
As part of his ongoing “If I Were CEO” article series, former Target executive and New Retail expert Chris Walton points his attention to Google and what it could do … Continue Reading Google Could Become A Bigger And Better Retailer Than Amazon | Forbes
Forbes Contributor and Former VP Target Store of the Future Chris Walton discusses why Walmart should be applauded for its planned experimentation with Alphabot, its new robotic grocery retrieval system. … Continue Reading Walmart’s Alphabot Robot Is The Beautiful First Letter Of A New Retail Language | Forbes
Chris Walton demystifies Alibaba’s concept of New Retail and shows how and why it might actually be the blueprint for the next great wave of American retail. Source: Alibaba’s New … Continue Reading Alibaba’s New Retail Could Be What Makes American Retail Great Again | Forbes
Amazon Go is a technological marvel to behold, but its design forgets one important psychological element of retailing — that shopping and buying are not the same thing, especially in … Continue Reading Amazon Go Has Been Flawed From The Get-Go | Forbes.com
Amazon and Alibaba are clearly doing all that they both can to define the next big innovation in retail—the personalized physical store—and Walmart’s recent deal with Microsoft shows that Walmart … Continue Reading Walmart’s New Microsoft Deal, Not Amazon Prime Day, Was The Most Important Event In Retail Last Week | Forbes.com
Meal-kit solutions, despite their fanfare, are struggling because they forget one important element: the principles of human-centered design. Instead of solving the inherent pain points in grocery shopping, they are … Continue Reading Meal-Kit Solutions Lack One Key Ingredient: Human-Centered Design | Forbes.com
While still taking shape, the recent rash of innovations from the likes of Amazon, Alibaba, and now even Nike highlight quite clearly where retail is headed and what the next … Continue Reading Amazon, Alibaba And Nike All Point To The Next Innovation In Retail: Personalized Physical Spaces | Forbes.com
Walmart recently announced that it is expanding its push into the convenience store business. Forbes contributor and former Vice President of Target’s Store of the Future, Chris Walton, explains why … Continue Reading Walmart’s Latest Initiative To Fend Off Amazon Is A Total Gas | Forbes.com