8,400 of retail’s senior leaders converged on Las Vegas to attend this year’s Shoptalk. The conference showcased 286 speakers, 100+ sessions, and powerful keynotes from CEOs of Pinterest, Lowes, Dollar Shave Club, and Nordstrom to name a few. The content from the conference covered the…
Kroger’s stock took a plunge amid results that missed Wall Street expectations for revenues and earnings as well as a more pessimistic forecast on fiscal 2019 earnings. This comes on the heels of speculation that Amazon will be opening up non-Whole Foods branded grocery stores,…
When Amazon makes an announcement the retail universe stops and holds their breath. When Alibaba, the Chinese equivalent, made an announcement while Shoptalk 2019 was occurring there seemed to be only minor ripples. And that is surprising when you consider that companies based in China…
Harris Insights & Analytics released its 2019 Harris Poll Reputation Quotient (RQ), marking its 20th annual report measuring the 100 most visible companies nominated by consumers across 20 attributes. The results speak to the growing role companies play in our social discourse, and America’s increasing desire…
The blend of marketing and technology otherwise known as Martech has continued to grow and become more complex. There were approximately 7,000 Martech companies in 2018 – Â a 27% increase over the previous year. Solution providers and vendors in this space are trying to influence…
Gap. Inc will shortly split in two and the cash cow that is Old Navy will leave 50% of the company to fend for itself, including the original namesake Gap brand. Gap’s trajectory for the last fifteen years has been difficult to watch (and to…
GETTY Online retail behemoth Amazon is at it yet again. Announced today, Amazon is said to be pursuing their own stand-along grocery stores with aggressive growth plans over the next coming years. The first location is slated to open in Los Angeles potentially before the…
(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)ASSOCIATED PRESS Gap Inc.’s announcement to separate Old Navy from its portfolio of brands into two independent and publicly traded entities is a tale of two companies. On one hand, you have Old Navy, Gap Inc.’s darling child that continued to deliver…
First 365 store in Silver Lake, CAÂ MCMILLANDOOLITTLE A lot has happened to Whole Foods since I wrote about the opening of the first 365 by Whole Foods that opened in Silver Lake, a suburb of Los Angeles back in May of 2016. Is it possible…
The evolution of the direct-to-consumer brand is a fascinating story of one that is simultaneously causing and grappling with disruption.  The brands have brought a wellspring of experimentation to retail and have caused retailers to re-evaluate everything from KPI’s (customer acquisition costs) to store strategy…
