Presenters at this week’s Shoptalk in Las Vegas addressed several themes of great concern to retailers, but none captured greater attention than the discussions about retail media. Is Instacart on the right track with its two-pronged pivot to become an ecommerce platform for grocers combined with an aggregator of retail media revenues?
On the heels of Macy’s exuberant earnings report last week, which pushed its stock price up 21 percent overnight to a 230 percent gain for the year to date, a boardroom drama has intensified, spurred by an activist investor. Should Macy’s seriously consider splitting its digital business from its store business?
At this week’s GroceryShop trade event in Last Vegas, Kroger chairman & CEO Rodney McMullen took the opportunity to enumerate a series of initiatives his company has pursued in the past year. Which of Kroger’s recent initiatives is likely to have the greatest impact on corporate success?
Few would deny that online grocery sales are gaining momentum, yet there’s debate on how far and how fast. A soon-to-be-released study from FMI and Nielsen previewed at FMI Midwinter ups the forecast in a major way. How should retailers and brands interpret the latest predictions from FMI and Nielsen about the growth of digital food and beverage shopping?
To drive its digital transformation and fully explore new solutions, Kraft Heinz had to create a “culture that really embraced failure.” What advice would have for larger CPG vendors around encouraging employees to take more risks and innovate more quickly?
Enjoy Life, a Mondelēz-owned brand, has moved toward one-to-one marketing, led by insights obtained from analysis of consumer data. What advice would have for brands shifting focus from traditional advertising to one-on-one digital marketing?
Is the retail industry sinking in a quagmire of its own making? Is it succumbing to a heartless assault by Amazon.com, or are we witnessing a transformation wrought by a convergence of technological, economic and behavioral trends? Or is it time to bury the retail apocalypse trope and start a more thoughtful dialog about transformation?
Walmart has been throwing its considerable weight into an impressive array of digital strategies, ranging from click-and-collect at its mainline stores to digital-first brands. Do you think Walmart has a coherent digital strategy in place or is it more a set of disconnected measures designed to counter Amazon.com?
Innovative, digital-first retail concepts are sprouting physical stores as the revolution continues in how consumer goods are brought to market. Is the era of pure digital-only retailing coming to an end?
Ethics is a topic seldom addressed at retail industry forums and perhaps less often in discussions about high tech. So it was notable that a panel session was organized at the recent NRF Show, entitled, “Retailing Ethics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” Does the retail industry place sufficient emphasis on ethical matters?
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