Serious and Sometimes Comic Musings on the Future of Retail
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
Forbes Contributor and former Vice President for Target’s Store of the Future, Chris Walton, gives three powerful reasons why the marriage of coworking and retail may be nothing more than … Continue Reading 3 Reasons Why Coworking Is All Hype When It Comes To Saving Retail | Forbes.com
Contributor and Former Vice President Target Store of the Future, Chris Walton, discusses why the recent reports of additional Amazon Go stores may signal that Amazon has already won the … Continue Reading Amazon Go Means Goodbye Status Quo | Forbes.com
An important move Walmart made this month, hiring Valerie Casey to be its Head of Design, barely registered on the retail PR Richter scale. Chris Walton explains why the hire … Continue Reading Walmart Made An Incredibly Sharp Move This Month Hiring Valerie Casey | Forbes.com
On June 26, 2018 Katrina Lake joined the Glossier board of directors, essentially forging a partnership between her and Emily Weiss and thereby signaling to the industry that they are … Continue Reading The New Titans Of Retail: Emily Weiss And Katrina Lake | Forbes.com
I just published a new article on Forbes.com. You can access it by clicking the source link below. Retailers often confuse efforts to target new customers as sound strategy, when … Continue Reading Four Troubling Concerns About Walmart’s New JetBlack Service | Forbes.com