Toby Conrad3 minAre your demand forecasts good enough?Against most forecasts, post-lockdown has seen shoppers returning to stores and leaving online. How well did you forecast this? What does...
Skylar Vanderbilt-Smith3 minSocial Commerce Social Commerce provides an integrated experience of social media and e-commerce, allowing customers to check out directly through social...
Jessica Steele3 minSurvival to success: retail’s challenges and opportunitiesFollowing a pandemic that has left clear scars on the industry, retail faces yet more challenges as the economic landscape continues to...
Skylar Vanderbilt-Smith3 minThe ultimate in-store experienceBrick & Mortar has been competing with e-commerce and digital experiences for some time and, with the advent of even more advanced...
Richard Hyman2 minPricing for PeakWith the heatwave just behind us, it seems indecent to raise the subject of Christmas. Nevertheless, this year makes Christmas trading...
Richard Hyman2 minProactive retail – finding the Holy GrailRetail is under siege. Aside from the headache of inflation and how much to pass on to customers, demand is softening as spending power...
Richard Hyman2 minInflation – a growing retail headacheThe latest ONS data confirms that inflation has some way to go yet before peaking. This issue has become the major preoccupation of...
Skylar Vanderbilt-Smith2 minRetail Risk Reduction Through Data-Driven DecisionsBuyers and merchandisers need to make hundreds of individual decisions a week, the majority of which have a significant impact to the...
Jessica Steele4 minSubscription & Rental-Based Models: Do They Work for Fashion Retail?Subscription-based models first emerged in the 1800s, starting with newspaper print services and, later, deliveries by milkmen. More...