During a phone call shortly after the November election, Apple Inc.’s chief executive officer, Tim Cook, got an earful from Donald Trump on the presidentelect’s pet economic subject: factories.
Source: Bloomberg
Akio Nitori had his aha! moment during a 1972 trip to California. As a young merchant operating a handful of stores in Japan, Nitori spent a week touring Sears department stores and Levitz Furniture outlets.
Source: Bloomberg
Three years ago, Weibo, China’s closest analogue to Twitter, appeared to be losing out to messaging app WeChat.
Source: Bloomberg
This past march, I was in las vegas attending the annual GlobalShop and Digital Signage Expo (DSE) trade shows. Everyone in our industry who comes to Vegas is reminded that this world (specifically, the strip) is far from the day-to-day reality.
Source: VMSD
Retailers today are defining themselves by the history and values that help tell their brand stories. and each story has its own unique delivery methods.
Source: VMSD
When you step off Argyll Street in London’s West End and into the Warehouse flagship, you feel as if you’ve stepped right back onto the street.
Source: VMSD
Imagine a place where the ’80s and ’90s lived on, where cassettes and CDs, flashy colors and bustling, geometric patterns existed in blissful suspended animation.
Source: VMSD
An influx of store closing announcements this year might suggest that retail as we know it is doomed – and that’s partially true. while the industry has grown weary of the term “omnichannel”.
Source: VMSD
The Indian organised retail Industry is growing at 21% and VM&RD estimates the top 25 retailers to be occupying about 75 Million sft of retail space.
Source: VMRD
Social proof is a data driven trend that helps the connected consumer to make informed decisions based on the buying behaviour of other customers who have already bought the product.
Source: VMRD