Q1 2025 Top Retail Trends
What happened in retail in Q1? (A lot!) What’s up: 🔺 Tariffs🔺 Supply chain shifts🔺 AI adoption🔺 Value-oriented retailers’ store counts What’s […]
Category: Strategy
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, […]
2025 Retail Strategy Trends – Highlights Reel
2025 is … unusual. Retail and CPG leaders are scrambling to revise their 2025 business strategies amid shifting: 🌏 Political;💰 Economic; and🤖 […]
2025 Retail Strategy Trends
🎢 2025 is a rollercoaster for retail. For some, it’s thrilling; for others, it’s nauseating. See 5 retail strategy trends that affect […]
Starbucks’ Retro Strategy
Starbucks reconnects with customers and its brand essence. Watch how the coffee giant’s new Back to Starbucks policies reflect: 💚 Customer-centricity💚 Connection💚 […]
Retaliatory Tariffs Rattle Retail
You can’t spell retaliatory without retail. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 What happens when a warm, mutually-beneficial trade relationship turns rocky? We’re already seeing hints […]
Tariffs Rattle Retail
Even in chaos, there is opportunity. New U.S. tariffs affecting: 🇨🇦 Canada🇲🇽 Mexico🇨🇳 China … have rattled consumers, companies and governments alike. […]
2025 Retail PEST Analysis Highlights Video
🛍️ 2025 will be a lively year for retail! This 2025 Retail PEST Analysis highlights top trends shaking up global retail, which […]
2025 Retail PEST Analysis
Buckle up: 2025 will be a wild ride. Factors keeping retail CEOs up at night include rapid change and uncertainty of what’s […]
Q4 2024 Top Retail Trends – VIDEO
Check out the top trends affecting global retail this quarter. 🎬 Watch this short clip to see what market factors are affecting: […]
Q4 2024 Top Retail Trends
What happened in retail in Q4? What’s up: 🔺 Holiday deals🔺 AI’s ubiquity🔺 Social shopping (& more) What’s down: 🔻 TikTok’s leverage […]
Retail & Tech Giants Align
Retail and tech leaders are entwined. While far from exhaustive, this high-level view of retail and tech giants shows how many of […]
Q3 2024 Top Retail Trends
What happened in retail in Q3? What’s up: 🔺 Investment in stores🔺 Retail media maturity🔺 AI’s ubiquity (& much more) What’s down: […]
Retail Ecosystems Integrate
Welcome to the third and final installment of the 2024 Retail Strategy Trends series. 🌟 We examine how retail ecosystems – industry […]
Media Becomes the Store
In part 2 of this 3-part series on 2024 Retail Strategy Trends, we examine how media is becoming the store. 🛍 To […]
Retail TECHonomics
Welcome to part 1 of the 3-part 2024 Retail Strategy Trends series. The first trend we’ll examine is retail TECHonomics. 💰 Years […]
Are Brands Ignoring the 50+ Crowd?
Are brands neglecting consumers aged 50+? 📈 According to Harvard University, just over 34% of the U.S. population is 50 or older […]
2024 Retail PEST Analysis Highlights
What’s really shaping retail strategy this year? 🎬 Watch this review of my 2024 Retail PEST Analysis from January to see which […]
Q2 2024 Top Retail Trends
What happened in retail in Q2? What’s up: 🔺 Private label love🔺 AI spices up grocery🔺 The retail party is still in […]
Mid-Year Review – 2024 Retail PEST Analysis
What factors shape 2024 retail strategy the most? So far this year, certain market factors have had a greater impact on retail […]