In less than a week, retail’s most notable innovators, visionaries, and influencers will gather at the Aria in Las Vegas to talk shop, brainstorm, and share ideas on the future of retail at the 2nd annual Shoptalk. Hundreds of retail CEOs, Investors, Press, and Influencers will be in attendance. …

The old adage that March “comes in like a lion, and out like a lamb” may not be holding true for the unseasonably warm weather we’ve been experienced so far this month, but for some retailers, the month of March has been unseasonably harsh. Wet Seal IP Sold for $3…

Initially, seeing that JC Penny announced that it would be closing 140 stores this year, one might conclude that the same story as we’ve seen with the likes of Macy’s and Sears — cut stores for temporary cost savings with no well-defined future strategy. In contrast, JC Penny made the…

Omnichannel…ask any retailer or solution provider and it must rank near the top of the list of retail’s most overused buzzwords. What does omnichannel mean in the year 2017? It has been declared dead by some. Others say that retail has moved on to bigger and better things. Still others…

A start-up retailer, founded on selling just one product category, rapidly gains traction by delivering the product to your door faster and more efficiently than any of its contemporaries. …

We’re just over a month into 2017, a year that many, including myself, have slated to be a transformative year for retail. While many retailers are likely to prosper, many will struggle, with department stores identified as a segment facing adversity this year by Moody’s. The shake up across retail…

Recently HRC Retail Advisory reported that just 3 years from now in 2020, Gen Z will represent 40% of the US population. This rapidly growing customer segment, who are currently between the ages of 10 and 17, will represent enormous influence on the face of retail in the coming years…

As many of us did, I walked the floor of NRF last week, meeting and greeting, discussing retail trends and new solutions. Solutions… There were so many solutions to a wide variety of different problems. …

In 2012, the Kodak Camera company declared bankruptcy. The rise of the digital camera had ultimately driven the company into the ground. What some people are surprised to learn is that, Kodak actually invented the first digital camera in 1975. It wasn’t about Kodak’s technological abilities, but rather a mindset…