by stevenpdennis | Aug 3, 2020 | Embrace the Blur, Harmonized Retail
Despite the accelerating growth of digitally-enabled shopping, the concentration of power in the hands of consumers and the blurring of the lines between retail channels , it’s still common for retailers to report their sales for e-commerce and physical retail as two...
by stevenpdennis | Jan 14, 2020 | Embrace the Blur, Frictionless Commerce, Retail
Of course the obvious answer is “well, that depends.” As the intersection of economic feasibility and consumers’ willingness to adopt new technology hit a tipping point, for retailers that had invested big bucks in the brick-and-mortar distribution of music, books and...
by stevenpdennis | Jan 14, 2020 | Embrace the Blur, Harmonized, Retail
Amidst all the retail apocalypse nonsense it turns out that physical retail isn’t dead after all. Last year some 3,000 new stores were opened and physical retail continued to have positive growth in most major global markets. One of my 14 predictions for retail in...
by stevenpdennis | Jan 13, 2020 | Bricks and Mobile, Embrace the Blur, Retail
This blog first appeared in September 2018 It’s hard to underestimate the success and increasing power of Amazon. Their market cap hovers just under $1 trillion. Their growth rates have been astounding. By most estimates Amazon now accounts for nearly 50% of all US...
