by stevenpdennis | Mar 2, 2022 | Harmonized Retail, Remarkable Retail
Physical retail isn’t dead. Boring, unremarkable retail is. Yet while the pervasively popular “retail apocalypse” narrative conveniently ignores the fact that many thousands of stores continue to open and that sales rung up in brick-and-mortar locations have grown...
by stevenpdennis | Jan 29, 2022 | Remarkable Retail, Hybridization
Predicting the future in the dynamic world of retail—particularly in the throes of a lingering pandemic—may be a fool’s errand. Nevertheless, I am at it again, having also just taken stock of how I did with my list of Retail Predictions from 2021. So here, in no...
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 | Jan 12, 2021 | Innovation, Leadership, Remarkable Retail
There are a few different ways people approach the ocean. Some dive right in. Others inch in slowly, testing the temperature of the water until they feel comfortable to wade in all the way. A few like to stand there and get pummeled by the water’s force. And of course...
by stevenpdennis | Dec 10, 2020 | Being Remarkable, Remarkable Retail
“To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.” – Thomas A. Edison Before the age of digital disruption, scarcity played in a big role in determining retail’s winner and losers. Sure, having a compelling value...
by stevenpdennis | Nov 27, 2020 | Remarkable Retail
Last week a Wall Street Journal article suggested that perhaps store closings weren’t exactly great for most retail brands. No argument from me, as I’ve been pointing this out for several years and devoted an entire chapter in my new book to this topic....
