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 | Aug 24, 2020 | Innovation, Remarkable Retail
We don’t have to spend much time among our friends or on social media to run across the never-give-up, quitting-is-for-losers, in-it-to win-it ethos. There’s a whole socially acceptable narrative built around the concept that we must keep pushing no matter what. It’s...
by stevenpdennis | Sep 14, 2020 | Collapse of the Middle, Direct to Consumer, Remarkable Retail
Traditional retail, at its core, relies largely on being a middleman. The typical multi-brand retailer sits between the manufacturing community and its target consumers, performing valuable intermediary tasks like selecting the right products for the markets it...
