Is Amazon Awesome…Apocalyptic…or Disruption 2.0?
Amazon as awesome or apocalyptic is a trick question. The answer requires a distinction of Amazon being awesome or apocalyptic to whom and why. If you were to simply answer the question at face value, the answer would be both. Disruption 2.0 refers to Amazon’s latest stealthy (or not) attempt to disrupt the world of physical retailing. But this time,…
Fulfillment: Retail’s New Loyalty Factor
Covid has forced many retailers to make dramatic shifts toward digital transformation of their business models. Many have successfully pivoted to offer services including BOPIS, curbside pick-up, and same-day home delivery across their digital, customer facing…
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Amazon: Strategic or Scattershot?
Is Amazon following a rational, actionable physical store strategy? Or is it practicing a hit or miss scattershot approach to expanding its physical presence to a predicted 3600 store count? Listen to Robin Lewis and Shelley E. Kohan, chief strategist for TRR, as they debate Amazon’s future. Is Amazon actually in stealth mode to engineer another significant market disruption? Listen and learn!
What Home Buyers Want Now: 10 Post-Pandemic Priorities
The residential real estate market has been a bright spot during the pandemic-driven economic downturn that began early last year. There were initial fears that we might see a repeat of the real estate meltdown that…
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The Best E-Commerce Defense Is a Good Pricing Offense
As the ecommerce market becomes competitive, a growing number of retailers are rethinking their approach to pricing to differentiate themselves, fuel online growth and protect their companies from the chronic temptation to engage in price wars.…
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Five Macrotrends That Will Drive Traditional Retail’s Big Comeback
For the better part of a year – ever since the onset of Covid-19 – the doomsday diviners of retail have held center stage, pushing the narrative that brick-and-mortar retail will never come back, or if…
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Amazon: Strategic or Scattershot?
Is Amazon following a rational, actionable physical store strategy? Or is it practicing a hit or miss scattershot approach to expanding its physical presence to a predicted 3600 store count? Listen to Robin Lewis and Shelley E. Kohan, chief strategist for TRR, as they debate Amazon’s future. Is Amazon actually in stealth mode to engineer another significant market disruption? Listen and learn!