December 11, 2014 Event Presentation 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.
December 4, 2014 Event Presentation 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
September 28, 2014 Event Presentation 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%