How long did it take for the Horse & Buggy to be replaced by the car? It took 5 years from 1910- 1915 and in that time, road transport changed for ever. For people who built buggies and bred horses they thought the good times would never end, based on the previous 1,900 years of…
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I am sitting on a beach at Manly contemplating a return to work on Monday 7th January 2019 and my thoughts turned to what retail has in store in 2019. Two articles I just read on the beach has led me to believe we are in for a rough ride and as my daddy told…
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How Amazon, Walmart and Home Depot are tackling some of the stickiest issues in retail today. Editor’s note: The following is a guest post from Christopher Walton, an independent consultant and former vice president, Target Store of the Future. This past week, I did something I have never done before — I attended Home Delivery World 2018…
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Congratulations to Amazon, with new reports stating they will launch in Australia with Free Ice Cream at transport hubs this Thursday and a test launch of Amazon Marketplace. For Retailers: Get on board with Marketplace, I recently bought a pair of Cole Haan shoes from the US not from the branded store but from a…
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The Australian Financial Review Retail Summit and various commentators from the industry have all pronounced that yes Amazon will have a profound impact on the industry however quite a few commentators have played down the impact in the short-term. Comments such as “Canada is an example of a country where Amazon hasn’t had a large…
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“WINTER IS HERE” a Fairy-tale or nightmare based on “Battle of the Bastards” of Game of Thrones. Global retail is facing a winter(s) of discontent as digital retail takes hold and traditional retail reaches a tipping point. Your retail strategy needs to align to the changing marketplace. We need to adapt and innovate. There is…
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The chart reflects the erosion of shareholder value of traditional retailers over the last 10 years and represents a changing of the guard from traditional legacy retailers to modern retailers like Amazon. (Chart: Jeff Desjardins – thevisualcapitalist.com) This traditional model of retail has been around for more than 100 years or arguably 2,500 years if…
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Why do we need to deliver the customer service experience a Millennial is looking for? It’s simple. Millennials have overtaken Baby Boomers as the largest demographic in the retail marketplace, and soon will overtake them in purchasing power as well. This is why it is important to understand how to sell to Millennial in the…
Read articleGlobal warming and the unpredictability of seasons has made the traditional spring/summer and autumn/winter fashion season range planning a high-risk strategy. British fashion Brand Burberry announced its intention to make its biannual collections “seasonless” and mix cold- and warm-weather garments in a single offering, others will follow. Burberry’s initiative is also partly in response to…
Read articleBill Rooney CEO at 6one5 Retail Consulting Group & Cultivar Group There is much media attention on the eminent arrival to these shores of Amazon and the devastation it will have on Australian Retailers especially in the fashion, consumer electronics, computers, music and book categories. Amazon while a threat is only one of many, they…
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