The next big thing is being rolled out by the thousands on almost a daily basis. To name them in the aggregate, we’re calling them tech-driven startups. They sprout up overnight, fueled by billions of… Read More
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Amazon Go Stores Will Go: Walmart Eats Their Lunch
For sure, Amazon took all the oxygen out of the room and the breath away from the entire retail industry. And it continues … except for one retailer. As it turns out, Amazon was but… Read More
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Calling the Retail Innovation/Disruption Bluff
One of the debilitating downsides of having been a card-carrying futurist with Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve is learning the dirty little secret of big companies’ off-stated quests for innovation and their vociferous lip service championing of… Read More
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Data + 3D = Efficiency!
It’s denim season again and we are anticipating what’s next. How will trends in eco-responsible production and gender adaptability in styling and innovations deliver true consumer personalisation? What will be the big new denim story?… Read More
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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Retail, Culture, and Everything
Shoptalk and South by Southwest ran consecutively this year. In spending time at both, certain correlations stood out. The implementation of artificial intelligence in retail was examined in detail at Shoptalk, whereas its role in… Read More
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Speeding Up on the Information Superhighway
Do you remember the term “information superhighway?” In the early to late 1990s it was the go-to expression used by every journalist, techno-geek and politician to explain the speed at which data was transmitted over… Read More
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Intel’s Open Retail Initiative: A Catalyst to Future Success
I’d like to think of my role in the retail industry as an advocate and messenger, supporting the transformation and advancement of the industry by sharing strategic insights. My ability to do this is staying… Read More
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Rise of the Machines
In 350 BC, a Greek mathematician named Archytas created the first robot, a wooden dove that flew 650 feet. In 1495, Leonardo Da Vinci is said to have built an armored robot with inner workings.… Read More
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Casino Royale
When we tell the story of the development of digital technology through the turn of the last century, we often talk about the cultural and political philosophies that influenced the dreamers and schemers who took… Read More
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Tech-Powered Open Innovation
As I have often said, and continue to do so, we are in the third phase of the “technology revolution.” The first phase was a “deer in the headlights” moment. The industry did not know… Read More
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