Does your wireless store network have wires? Brick and mortar retailers are being pressed ever harder to compete with online retail; yet the models are vastly different. Mistakes in store technology are much harder to remedy because of the long equipment life cycle and multiplying effect of making the investment (right or wrong) in many
Michael Howard with Retail Resumes shares a list of Retailers in growth mode: “Here is a list of retailers that are actually opening new stores, which makes them prime candidates for future job opportunities. In each case I’ve included a brief excerpt and a link to an article with more info. If you know of any
Our President, Joel Shapiro, was featured in The Buffalo News in an article discussing transformation in the employment industry. “The industry has changed and will continue to transform with the millennials entering the workforce and expecting a different digital experience,” Shapiro said. Read More Here: https://buffalonews.com/2017/01/28/9-ways-employment-recruiting-changed/
I noticed a lot of post-NRF articles giving the “Top Takeaways”, which are certainly valuable, but at the risk of being redundant I wanted to tune in on a theme I noticed amongst speakers – Transparency. Being from a smaller business that is very relationship focused, this topic resonated with me, and it was interesting
The NRF Big show is undoubtedly a wonderful resource for anyone in or involved with the Retail Industry. That being said, heading to a conference of 33,000 attendees with over 300 speakers to learn from is overwhelming to say the least. So where does one begin? For me, much of my job consists of reaching
An optimized rewards program can be a great way to ensure recurring business and bring in new customers. Like Starbucks, one of our clients has recently made a large push to revamp their rewards program, for which we were privileged to help provide consultants for! Read More: https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-11-03/starbucks-earnings-rewarded-for-opening-up
Consumers no longer need a reason or special promo to hop online and shop, it is a part of our everyday lives. Online retail sales growth is accelerating significantly more than store-based sales, a majority of consumers have made an online purchase within the past three months. http://www.chainstoreage.com/article/report-online-retail-sales-hit-0-billion-01#.WBoHUUhk0VM.linkedin
Interesting talk by Trevor Hardy, CEO of The Future Laboratory, discusses the loss of serendipity in the customer experience and who controls who. We really are living in a world of controlled, filtered choices presented to us through select sources, how is this effecting the consumer, and the retailer? Read more in Peter Johnston’s
Miki Berardelli, the new chairwoman of the NRF Chief Marketing Officer Council and a veteran of Chico’s, Tory Burch and Polo Ralph Lauren, leads a discussion of innovation in retail — how brands are pushing the boundaries of what’s next: https://nrf.com/news/retail-cool-whats-next
“I strongly believe that if legacy – “old school,” if you will – retailers don’t adopt technologies and processes to optimize their stores based on data and intelligence, they won’t be around in 10 years, and maybe not even five.” The Smart Store to Become the New Face of Physical Retail