Amazon Strategy Matrix
📈 Amazon eyes the B2B prize. This week we saw a big hullabaloo on LinkedIn and in the media about the closure […]
Category: Retail
Why Just Walk Out is Winning
Need for speed boosts Just Walk Out’s popularity. Demand will continue to grow for Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology because it solves […]
Why e-Grocery May Boom Soon
RTO mandates will fuel e-grocery growth, as workers feel starved for time. Adding same-day grocery delivery will help Amazon win share and […]
2026 Sports Invigorate Retail
2026 will be a massive year for global sports – and that’s welcome news for retail. Amid the fog of economic uncertainty, […]
2026 Retail PEST Analysis
Business as usual is out of style in retail. Look at the profound changes happening across global structures, systems and standards and […]
Grateful for this recognition & the journey
🎉 Thrilled to be named a Top Retail Expert for the 3rd year in a row. Huge thanks to: 🌟 RETHINK Retail […]
Retail’s Hottest Holiday Trends
Top Q4 retail trends in <40 seconds … See which hot trends affected Black Friday, Cyber Monday and holiday shopping, including: 🎁 […]
Q4 2025 Top Retail Trends
What’s happening in retail in Q4? During the all-important 4th quarter, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the most popular sales associate […]
Grocery 2026: 5 Trends Spicing Up Supermarkets & CPG
🎉 It’s the tastiest time of year! Now that it’s the holiday season and the all-important fourth quarter, it’s the perfect time […]
Retail’s AI Evolution
As AI in retail explodes, are you confused? Me too. Here’s a high-level framework to help all of us go from chaos […]
The Race to Conversational Commerce
Retail’s getting conversational. As e-commerce makes an evolutionary leap to conversational commerce, there’s some serious déjà vu. In 2017: 🛍️ Walmart and […]
OpenAI’s Retail Collaborations
🎉 The retail party’s at OpenAI! Look at how many major retail players are collaborating with the AI giant. It’s no wonder, […]
Live Sports are Advertising Gold
⚾📣 Live sports are advertising gold Tomorrow the Toronto Blue Jays host the LA Dodgers for Game 1 of the World Series. […]
Walmart delivers Super Bowl-sized audiences every week
🏈 Walmart delivers Super Bowl-sized audiences every week. 📣 We often marvel at how many big brands buy ads to connect with […]
The Wild Ride of Small Business Ownership
That’s me at High Park in the ‘80s, shrieking and giggling along my eventful journey. For the past 12 years, I’ve also […]
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 Top Retail Trends highlights
💥 Retail in 2025 = Chaos + opportunity. Hot trends right now include: 1️⃣ Uncertainty (tariffs, consumer whiplash)2️⃣ Retail media (Amazon+Netflix)3️⃣ Sports […]
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 […]
Retail & Tech Giants Align 2025
Even competitors collaborate. Yesterday’s news of the expansion of Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF) further shows how retail and tech giants are working […]
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 […]