1-Page Business Plan for 2026
As a start-up owner or an aspiring one, you don’t have time to write a 100-page business plan that meticulously details every […]
Category: Change Management
Retail in 2025 – Porter’s 5 Forces Check-In
Which retail factors are making the biggest impact this year? As promised, we’re revisiting our Porter’s 5 Forces framework from April to […]
Q3 2025 Top Retail Trends
What happened in retail in Q3? Tech + techtonic shifts. What’s up: 🔺 Tariffs’ impact🔺 Retail media moves🔺 Sports as a retail […]
2025 Retail PEST Analysis Check-In Reel
Which retail predictions from January actually came true? This quick video highlights several top: 🔸 Political🔹 Economic🔸 Social🔹 Technological … shifts […]
2025 Retail PEST Analysis Check-In
Which powerful forces are shaping retail in 2025? Across politics, economics, social, and tech factors, here are a few things that stand […]
Retail’s Tariff Survival Strategies – Highlights Reel
Tariffs rewrite retail’s playbook. Executives at retailers and brands are making tough choices like: ✍️ Renegotiating supplier contracts ⏸️ Pausing expansion plans 📦 Stockpiling […]
Q2’s Hottest Retail Trends
What just happened in retail? Q2 delivered a whirlwind of change: 🔺 Tariffs spiked🇨🇳 China made power plays🏀 Sports showed up as […]
Q2 2025 Top Retail Trends
What happened in retail in Q2? A dizzying amount of change. What’s up: 🔺 Tariffs🔺 AI adoption🔺 China retail moves🔺 Sports as […]
Tariffs Change Consumer Habits
Tariffs are reshaping how consumers shop — and it’s happening fast. In Part 1 in my new series, Tariffs in Retail, we […]
RCC STORE 25 Highlights – Day 1
The best part of retail? The people. Yesterday the Retail Council of Canada united Canada’s vibrant retail community at RCC STORE25. Even […]
How Tariffs are Changing Consumer Habits
Tariffs are shifting shopper habits. Welcome to this first post in the series Tariffs in Retail. In the coming weeks, we’ll examine […]
Retail in 2025 – Porter’s 5 Forces Highlights Reel
Retail market factors are highly volatile in 2025. To go from chaos to clarity, let’s break it down using the Porter’s 5 […]
Retail in 2025: Porter’s 5 Forces
How is retail power shifting in 2025? The Porter’s 5 Forces model helps us clarify the effects of market volatility on global […]
How Covid-19 Changed the Global Face of Retail. 5 Years Later We Check In
5 years ago, retail changed. The Covid-19 pandemic: 📈 Catapulted e-commerce as a retail essential🚗 Made curbside service a differentiator🌟 Turned store […]
Thank you Hudson’s Bay Company
354 years of retail. Here is a tribute to Hudson’s Bay Company and why this retail icon means so much. In addition, […]
Retail Media – Looking Ahead
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 30: Retail Media – Looking Ahead Where is retail media headed? These 12 trends provide a hint of how […]
Who Has Retail Media Power?
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 29: Who Has Retail Media Power? Retail media is magnetic … Around the world, the retail media space continues […]
Retail Media PEST Analysis
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 28: Retail Media PEST Analysis What’s shaping retail media strategy? These external forces affect retail media stakeholders (retailers, brands, […]
Retail Media Key Success Factors
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 26: Retail Media Key Success Factors What’s the foundation for retail media success? Key success factors include: 👁 Industry […]
Retail Media Risks
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 25: Retail Media Risks What threatens retail media success? 🚩 Resistance to change🚩 Silos within and across organizations🚩 Non-standardized […]