Retail

This year retailers and marketeers are facing fundamental challenges, if not existential threats. Technology, rather than being the source of disruption, is scrambling to catch up. The digital transformation in the retail landscape has accelerated, with years of gradual change compressed into weeks or months. Retailers and Marketers plunge deeper…

Lululemon’s acquisition of Mirror checks all four boxes of what makes for great omnichannel retailing.  “Memorable, shareable, repeatable, and addictive” — these were the words former Sephora executive Mary Beth Laughton used on stage at Shoptalk 2017 to describe great omnichannel retail experiences. At the time of her speech, Calvin McDonald was…

You remember 2008, of course? Leona Lewis was everywhere with Bleeding Love. The Spanish started dominating football with a string of victories that saw them lift the Euro 2008 trophy. And as we entered the end of the Bush administration, the global financial crash (GFC) smashed apart the world economy…

Shopping for clothes online can feel like a chore. You need to plow through row after row of outfits, filtering through categories, until you find something that catches your eye. But the Italian denim brand Diesel offers a tantalizing alternative: a digital showroom that takes online shopping to a new…

J.C. Penney became the latest national retailer to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The department store chain was struggling even before the coronavirus pandemic. (Mike Blake/Reuters) By Abha Bhattarai May 15, 2020 at 7:24 p.m. EDT Department store chain J.C. Penney filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday and said it would permanently…

What do some of the most successful e-commerce merchants have in common, and what are they doing differently to set themselves apart? Now more than ever, these questions are top of mind for many online retailers trying to attract shoppers in Canada’s growing e-commerce landscape. Many aspire to take their…