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 […]
Category: Change Management
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 […]
CTV Shakes Up Retail Media
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 24: CTV Shakes Up Retail Media Retail media plays a starring role in TV’s evolution. Retail media connected TV […]
Stores Evolve With Retail Media
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 22: Stores Evolve With Retail Media Retail media is moving into stores. Here’s why. ❤️ We still love brick-and-mortar. […]
Retail Media Goes Full Funnel
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 19: Retail Media Goes Full Funnel Consumers’ omnichannel habits are disrupting marketing. The path to purchase is no longer […]
Ad Buying & Selling Evolve With Retail Media
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 18: Ad Buying & Selling Evolve With Retail Media Retailers are now media companies. More brands and agencies buy […]
Retail Media Inspires Retailer-Brand Collaboration
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 17: Retail Media Inspires Retailer-Brand Collaboration The retailer-brand relationship keeps evolving from combative to collaborative. Companies are rethinking how […]
Retail Media Sparks Restructuring
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 16: Retail Media Sparks Restructuring Global retail rethinks its marketing and tech infrastructure. 92% of brand advertisers and 74% […]
Retail Media Leaders – Tech providers
#30DaysofRetailMedia | Day 13: Retail Media Leaders – Tech providers These tech leaders are connecting the retail media ecosystem. They have made […]