by stevenpdennis | Mar 24, 2021 | COVID-19, Remarkable Retail, Retail's Great Bifurcation
As the pace of vaccinations increases, there is a sense that the worst of Covid-19’s impact will soon be behind us. Yet any notion of being in a truly post-pandemic world, even in a best-case virus mitigation and economic recovery scenario, won’t be fully realized for...
by stevenpdennis | May 27, 2020 | Being Remarkable, COVID-19, Harmonized Retail
The Relevancy Imperative is not a Jason Bourne novel turned into a cinematic action thriller—though with this report that Jeff Bezos might ride in on his white horse to save the day, perhaps truth will turn out to be stranger than fiction. Instead, while Wall Street...
by stevenpdennis | May 18, 2020 | Being Remarkable, COVID-19, Innovation
The parade of bankruptcies that is being unleashed–or more accurately, accelerated–by the COVID-19 pandemic will result in vast numbers of store closings, layoffs and other major expense reductions as long-struggling retailers attempt to stave off...
by stevenpdennis | May 7, 2020 | COVID-19, Leadership, Retail
Across the United States—and in many hard hit international markets—so called non-essential retail is beginning to reopen. While the precise timing and specific methods of operation vary by geography, the theoretical ability of consumers to traffic physical stores...