Tag: Retail Future

March 29, 2021

The pandemic has forced the retail industry to transform and rethink its models digitally.  Retailers are thinking about how they should respond to this immediate change, looking into using technologies and finding innovative ways to build up new business models […]

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 12, 2021

The retail industry is grappling with how best to utilize the COVID vaccine in order for business to return to “normal.” But with the pace of store closures quickening this year, it is highly unlikely that a COVID vaccine will […]

December 7, 2020

New restrictions imposed by governors throughout the United States, because of the recent resurgence of the coronavirus, makes the present holiday selling period very uncertain. Store managements do not know how many store units will actually be able to serve […]

May 19, 2020

Big shifts are already in motion as society evolves from a care-free world to one under lockdown. Even as economies reopen, social distancing may become a way of life until there is a vaccine for COVID-19. New consumer behaviors formed […]

May 6, 2020

One of the biggest questions facing retail as we move toward a post-pandemic landscape is whether the consumer behavior changes that we’ve seen during the pandemic will continue for the foreseeable future. While the future’s predictability is at an all-time […]

December 24, 2019

New year, new business plans, new customers, new products… new you! A brand new year brings on so many exciting changes that can have a big impact on your business, and Independent Retailer is here to make sure those changes […]