Tag: Future Of Retail

March 10, 2021

A year after the onset of the Coronavirus conflagration that triggered the wholesale shutdown of shopping malls and precipitated the bankruptcies of so many venerated brands, the smoke is beginning to clear and the shape of the future of retail […]

February 8, 2021

As the White House and Congress work out yet another COVID-19 economic relief package and medical experts try to figure out what variants of the coronavirus mean for the effectiveness of vaccines, people are trying to just hang on until […]

January 27, 2021

The past six months have been tough, even punishing, for many retailers, but there was good news this past holiday season. According to Bazaarvoice, 81% of consumers planned to purchase holiday gifts this year, with 61% stating they would spend […]

January 4, 2021

The repercussions to the traditional retail sector in the wake of the COVID pandemic are well documented and experienced far and wide. However, as social distancing reduces footfall and revenue in physical shops, placing malls and main streets at risk, […]

December 29, 2020

While foot traffic in many stores has slowed down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, things will be picking up. This is good news for retailers — but it may not be as good for their floors. Floors are among the […]

November 20, 2020

Macroeconomic trends matter, and in the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. election, there are some major trends staring the nation and, more specifically, retailers right in the face. The divide between the rich and the poor continues to grow, the […]

October 23, 2020

Everything about the retail experience has changed — including when and if we snag a few impulse goodies on the way out. At Mars, we have had our eyes on this shift long before COVID-19 upended “normal” retail interactions, but […]

September 3, 2019

Take a walk through Manhattan, which is arguably the fashion capital of the USA, and you might feel discouraged about the state of brick and mortar retailing. There are as many empty storefronts and “For Rent” signs as there are […]

May 28, 2019

Retail industry trends are funny things. For every new trend, there’s also the evolution of existing ones. Often what seems new is, in fact, a twist on the old. Or the blooming of a seed that was planted years before […]

May 15, 2018

When the Amazon Go concept first opened, analysts rushed to weigh in on whether or not such a concept could expand, and whether it was actually “the future of retail.” There were certainly challenges for the new model, including some […]

February 13, 2018

Coming off a year that set records for bankruptcies and store closures, the message at Future Stores Miami last week was clear: Retail isn’t dead, mediocre retail is dead. During the intimate, three-day conference, this phrase was repeated many times […]

October 20, 2017

Can human roles in retail survive the relentless march of the robots? Retail has enjoyed enormous benefits from technology tools over the decades, but has the time come when technology poses a threat to jobs? Here we present two possible […]

April 18, 2017

Every “law” of retail is being rewritten. The last century has been dominated by giant brick-and-mortar retailers and conglomerate mega-brands. Sears, Unilever, and their kind have stood more or less unchallenged. Fast forward to now: Sears’ has closed 100s of […]

March 1, 2017

Even a decade ago, the thought that someday we might have robots living among us was one consigned to science fiction. Yet now, it’s becoming a reality. Softbank Robotics created the retail robot Pepper in 2015 and the company is […]

September 28, 2016

Every year, retail conference attendees are treated to theories about the future of retail, and the future as envisioned today looks to be a lot more social in a way that goes beyond existing social media networks, according to PSFK […]