Fresh back from my trip to Dusseldorf, Germany and the EuroShop Retail Trade Fair and what a great show it was. Arguably the biggest and best retail tradeshow in the world, this was my fourth visit and it never ceases to impress. It can be an overwhelming experience and such a large show that a lot of time can be …
Read MoreThe e-commerce scene—long percolating in this country but never boiling—has burst into life in recent months. So confirms eMarketer, in a new forecast that predicts that digital purchases could account for 10 percent of all retail sales in Canada in the next four years. Just-tallied numbers indicate that e-commerce purchases (excluding travel and event tickets) in this country accounted for …
Read MoreLearn about the interior a makeover of American mall-based retail giant Abercrombie & Fitch in favour of something more sleek, inclusive and personalized.
Read MoreA new report by the Retail Council of Canada states that malls in Canada are thriving and doing much better than their American counterparts.
Read MoreIn 2010, an IKEA store in England made the curious choice to release 100 cats into its ultra-modern, slat-supported Scandinavian midst. Scant detail exists on the rationale behind the experiment. But the results—to which the YouTube videos of leaping, bounding, box-occupying felines can attest—are splendid. The relationship between cats and stores is a longstanding one. Everyone knows a card shop …
Read MoreNew York-based media firm PSFK will present the seventh edition of the Future of Retail and is holding an event on January 17 to unspool its findings.
Read MoreDo you know that LED lights impact the taste of milk? Read more about this interesting research from Virginia Tech College of Agriculture & Life Sciences.
Read MoreRetail innovation is poised for celebration with the Canadian Retail Innovation Challenge. This just-announced national contest—the product of four of Canada’s most high-flying retail players—launches the hunt for the country’s cleverest retail and technology entrepreneurs. In February, Dx3 Canada, in conjunction with retail real estate magnate Oxford Properties Group, industry futurist Retail Prophet and the Retail Council of Canada, will crown six of Canada’s brightest …
Read MoreOne day, our grandchildren will look back on the retail landscape of old and marvel at the simplistic and limited scene. Imagine not having ready access to streams of digital information about a product you’re considering buying, including comparator data on its competitors, reviews and even a customized soundtrack! Today we live in more transitory times. Increasingly, stores are getting …
Read MoreCanadian retail sales are expected to grow by 3.5% this holiday season, trumpet the temperature takers at EY. Lower gas prices, contracted cross-border shopping, the federal middle-class tax cut and arguably buoyant consumer confidence all spell looming good fortune for Canadian retailers. But unless you’re a mindfully integrated version of same, the good news hits a wall at the mall. …
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