Event Presentation | August 24, 2015 Premium The Collision of Digital Health the Consumer and Wearables Read More
Event Presentation | August 15, 2015 Premium 2015 Back-to-School OutlookConsumer purchase mentality—What do we need now? A Just in Time Shopper Macy’s reacts to this shopping behavior by rolling out same-day delivery to additional stores Look for traditional shopping seasons to continue to blur Black Friday style sales in July Harder for retailers to post sales and earnings gains. Continued IT investments—Mobile, Click & Collect, Personalization, Omnichannel—all mandatory to maintain share Most categories hovering in deflationary territory Read More
Event Presentation | June 15, 2015 Premium Retail UpdateRetail Update 2015 April 2015 Total Online Unique Visitors Amazon Sites Captures Over 69% of Online Audience. Amazon Attracts Millennials, Families and High Income Households. More Than 50% of Households Have Income <$75,000 and 44% Have Children. Read More
Event Presentation | May 15, 2015 Premium 1Q2015 RecapCurrent Retail Business Environment 1. Gas Did Not Stay Below $2 per Gallon 2. April US Retail Sales Flat, Showing Slow Recovery 3. Unemployment at Seven-Year Low; Stores Cut Jobs and More Read More
Event Presentation | March 18, 2015 Premium China at the Tipping Point• The China Chain Store & Franchise Association (CCFA) estimates that around 300 new malls are opened in China each year and that the total number of malls will reach 4,000 by 2015. • Nine out of the top Ten newly completed malls are in China. • Malls account for the majority of China’s commercial property supplies: 68.3% (Tier 1 cities) and 61.6% (Tier 2 cities). Read More
Event Presentation | January 12, 2015 Premium The Future of Digital RetailTHE FUTURE OF DIGITAL RETAIL- Accelerator and much more Read More
Event Presentation | January 8, 2015 Premium US Holiday 2014 RecapConsumer & Retailer Behavior • Driven by early and heavy promotional activity, some piggybacking on Back-To-School sales and continuing post-Christmas • Extended store hours and Click & Collect were popular promotional strategies employed by retailers in the final days leading up to Christmas • Consumer shopping behavior has evolved to reflect the savvy shopping habits of a value-driven mindset • The winners are retailers who respond to the consumers’ bottom line, offering continued discounts, price comparison and coupons Read More
Event Presentation | December 11, 2014 Premium Brands and Retailers in the Golden Age of Cheap Gas & Cool Stuff• Growth of Uber – Valuation from $18 billion in June to $40 billion in December – doubled in just six months! – Uber also wants to be your delivery guy – UberFresh, Uber Corner Store. Read More
Event Presentation | December 4, 2014 Premium New and Emerging Technologies Retailers Will Use to Market Their Brands and Products• Lower-income families spend more of their household budgets on energy and are more likely to spend any savings • Biggest category beneficiaries: Entertainment, restaurants, furniture and other home-related items and discount retailers Read More
Event Presentation | November 2, 2014 Premium New and Emerging Technologies Retailers Will Use to Market Their Brands and ProductsRetailers – Walmart: Biggest day of online orders on Cyber Monday; 500 new promotions a day through Friday – Target: 100,000 items on sale all week – Amazon: Cyber Monday spreading out to Cyber Week • Cyber Monday – e-commerce sales +15.6% YoY (Channel Advisor) – Online sales +8.5% YoY (IBM) – Average order value $124.21, down 3.5% YoY – Mobile sales +27.6% YoY (IBM) – Mobile sales = 22 % of total Cyber Monday online sales, +27.6 % YoY Read More
Event Presentation | October 23, 2014 Premium University of Florida Retailer Seminar•Retailers want a “single customer interaction platform” but have almost no idea how to get there • Creating a single brand identity across channels is the most important goals for retailers • Retailers should designate a single owner of the customer experience journey Read More
Event Presentation | September 28, 2014 Premium Presentation at ICSC Research ConferenceWorldwide smartphone sales is expected to grow 11.5% CAGR from 2014 – 2018 • M-commerce exploding: one-third of Holiday 2013 on mobile, up from 20% in 2012; but social commerce did NOT as it was flat in 2013 at 2% Read More
