Media Evolution Fuels Retail Sales
📺 🛍️ Look how far media has come — and how it’s entwined with retail. Media evolution over the past 25 years […]
Category: Strategy
Retail Media’s Money Makers
The 2020s aren’t cheap. Retail C-suites have faced high costs and high anxiety due to pandemic-driven e-commerce investments, inflation and tariffs, all […]
Retail’s TikTokification
The shopper journey got way more entertaining. TikTok’s magnetism has attracted 1.5 billion monthly average users. That massive crowd is impossible for […]
The TikTokification of Retail
TikTok squished the shopping journey. See how the wildly popular social media platform: 🎯 Modernizes retail strategy and infrastructure by bringing retail […]
Q3 2026 Retail Trends
What changed in retail in Q3? What’s up: 🔺 Agentic advertising as a retail CFO’s fantasy🔺 Inflationary pressure on companies & consumers🔺 […]
Inflation Shifts Retail & Shopper Habits
Inflation shifts our habits. As the cost of living increases, consumer purchasing power declines, so our money no longer stretches as far. […]
Announcing Retail Evolution. Let’s start with a mega-post on Retail’s AI Evolution.
Welcome to Retail Evolution! After chronicling the biggest retail shifts of our time for 15+ years, I’m still in awe of global […]
THANK YOU! 5000 followers
🎉 5000 LinkedIn followers, baby! (Not too shabby for an introvert.) https://youtube.com/shorts/9QUsAYh4-jI?si=jDz_gz0V6vB5VikD 🤖 Special shoutout to the bots for putting me over […]
How US Tariffs on Canada Affect You
Tariff threats boomerang back. Despite playing so well together as co-hosts for FIFA World Cup 2026, the US threatened Canada with new […]
The State of Retail – 2026 Retail PEST Analysis Mid-Year Check
Which powerful forces are shaping retail in 2026? Let’s revisit my 2026 Retail PEST Analysis from the beginning of the year to […]
CASE STUDY: Media Coverage for Brand Trust on AI Platforms & Search
BUSINESS ISSUE:An AI client hired me to prepare a press release announcing a new strategic partnership. The Head of Marketing hired me […]
CASE STUDY: B2B Thought Leadership for Growth Marketing Wins
BUSINESS ISSUE: Since I launched my own marketing business in 2013, many clients needed executive-level thought leadership content to boost brand awareness, […]
CASE STUDY: B2B Launch Success + Thought Leadership Program
Learn how my retail tech client overcame a lean team to achieve a successful B2B launch and support the launch over the […]
What Just Changed in Retail?
What rocked retail this quarter? A few retail signals dominated and I break down 2 of them in this video. For the […]
Retail Signals – Q2 Executive Briefing
What happened in retail in Q2? What’s up: 🔺 Sports euphoria as commerce fuel🔺 Inflationary pressure due to war🔺 Amazon’s grocery moves🔺 […]
AI-Driven Retail Brings Us Together
Last night’s inaugural AI in Retail (AiR) Meetup at Toronto Tech Week, hosted by RETHINK Retail, was a celebration of an exciting […]
OpenAI is a Retail Superconnector
OpenAI plays well with others. Just look at how many powerhouse retailers, brands and retail platforms are collaborating with the AI icon. […]
What LinkedIn Wants: Best practices the algorithm rewards
Frustrated by LinkedIn’s algorithm U-turn? You aren’t alone. (My retail communities have felt confused and bewildered by recent algorithmic shifts, and vocal […]
CASE STUDY – Community Management & Engagement Leadership
BUSINESS ISSUE: A retail media company needed help to unite hundreds of community members, create a sense of belonging and build mutually-beneficial […]
How to Win on LinkedIn in 2026
📉 Has your LinkedIn engagement fallen off a cliff? You’re not alone. Even award-winning thought leaders, business owners and job seekers have […]