9 Best Articles in 2022
Vox
The year shopping changed forever
Vox
7 min read · 2020-12-29 · Online shopping stopped being the future of retail and catapulted firmly into the present.
Reader View · Shared by 81, including Aaron Orendorff, Andres Saldarriaga, Dave Kellogg, Scott Galloway, Johannes Dornisch, Marsha Collier
Benedict Evans
The end of the beginning
Benedict Evans
2 min read · From 2018 · Close to three quarters of all the adults on earth now have a smartphone, and most of the rest will get one in the next few years. However, the use of this connectivity is still only just beginning. Ecommerce is still only a small fraction of retail spending, and many other areas that will be transf
Reader View · Shared by 204, including Martin Rajcan 🇺🇦🕊, Thomas Power, Martin Recke, Esther Schindler, Agustin, Steven Sinofsky, Dmitry Solovyev, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali, Ste Davies, David Bauer, Mathew Ingram, Daniel Bentes, Gabriele, cdixon.eth, Johannes Lenz, Matthew Guay, Carl Morris, Chris Messina, Mark Kaigwa
Forbes
The Amazing Ways Retail Giant Zalando Is Using Artificial Intelligence
Forbes
3 min read · From 2019 · Zalando is not only a retail giant but a prominent technology company that uses its leadership in the European AI community to inform policies and ethics considerations as well as support other…
Reader View · Shared by 44, including Tom Connor, Kirk Borne, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Marc Gasser, Dean Anthony Gratton, Gil Press, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, National Retail Federation, Bernard Marr, Iain Brown, PhD
The Verge
Instagram is building a standalone app for shopping
The Verge
4 min read · From 2018 · Facebook is planning a major new move into e-commerce, sources tell The Verge
Reader View · Shared by 232, including Kohei Asai, EMERCE, Benedict Evans, Javi Cantón, Edney Souza 🧙♂️, Turner Burns, Amber Mac, Tris Hussey, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Eric Seufert, Christian Müller, Roger Friedensen, Nichole, Laurie Wang, Gero Pflüger, Richard Gutjahr, Matt Navarra, Johannes Lenz, Chris Messina, Stephanie A Kowalski
Harvard Business Review
What Will the Retail Experience of the Future Look Like?
Harvard Business Review
6 min read · 2020-06-16 · Physical spaces will look and feel vastly different post-Covid.
Reader View · Shared by 104, including Mari Smith, ͏CGSinc, Johannes Dornisch, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Andres Saldarriaga
WIRED
Why It's Hard to Escape Amazon's Long Reach
WIRED
~13 min read · From 2018 · The ecommerce company is also a cloud computing provider, TV producer, fashion designer, wind-farm backer, and organizer of crowdsourced micro-labor tasks.
Shared by 168, including Charles Baldwin, Mark Kaigwa, Luca Like, Andreas Von Gunten, hiten.eth, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Andres Saldarriaga, Armin Wolf, Merkstatt, Hugo Amsellem, Luca M. Sergio, Javi Cantón, Jochen Burkhard, Sachin Rekhi, Nico Luchsinger, Backchannel, Vikram Dutt
The Business of Fashion
H&M Tests New Store Concept
The Business of Fashion
5 min read · From 2018 · At a spruced-up pilot store in Stockholm, the chain is testing new concepts that mark a break with its past, and partly echo some tactics already deployed by rivals to attract shoppers.
Reader View · Shared by 106, including Jacob Jarnvall
Fast Company
The Future Of Retail In The Age Of Amazon
Fast Company
~19 min read · From 2017 · As Jeff Bezos’s juggernaut continues to grow, forward-thinking competitors are finding creative ways to succeed—and be what Amazon can never be.
Reader View · Shared by 98, including Ha Duong, Nir Eyal, Johannes Lenz, Thomas Power
trendwatching.com
The Future of Retail
trendwatching.com
20+ min read · From 2018 · You’re obsessed with the future of retail. We’re obsessed with the future of retail. Every CEO, senior executive, CMO and CIO is obsessed. Every trend firm, every consultancy. Everyone. Right? Except, that is for consumers. Billions of them. Consumers don’t think about retail the same way we do. They don’t go through the day with […]
Reader View · Shared by 13, including Thomas Telandro
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femstreet.substack.com
Are sports cards the future of retail investing?
femstreet.substack.com
6 min read · May 16th · A deep dive into the next wave in consumer fintech — private asset marketplaces
Forbes
30 Under 30 Europe 2022: These Young Entrepreneurs Are Shaping The Future Of Retail & Ecommerce
Forbes
4 min read · May 3rd · This list highlights founders from across the U.K. and Europe who have harnessed the pandemic-driven shift in online shopping to build the future of retail and ecommerce.
Reader View · Shared by 10, including Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth
Modern Retail
Modern Retail x Neighborhood Goods present: Future of Commerce Panel
Modern Retail
1 min read · May 11th · At this exclusive event, Modern Retail and Neighborhood Goods are going to look into how curation has evolved and the ways brands are trying to stand out.
Reader View · Shared by 6
netguru.com
Why Blending Fintech and Retail Means Everyone Wins
netguru.com
6 min read · Mar 25th · Andrea Tassistro and Romain Colnet discuss blending the worlds of retail and fintech, what to expect in the future, and the benefits of unified commerce.
Reader View · Shared by 9, including Harold Sinnott 📱📲 #SAPSapphireOrlando, Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
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Econsultancy
20+ stats that show how online retail is changing
Econsultancy
~11 min read · From 2019 · Online retail has seen huge shifts and changes over time. Here are 21 statistics that illustrate the changes in online shopping, from device usage and global markets to shopping channels and delivery…
Reader View · Shared by 18, including Aldo Gnocchi
cheddar.com
How Artificial Intelligence is Redesigning the Retail Industry
cheddar.com
From 2019 · Vue.ai is an end-to-end retail automation platform helping online retailers improve customer experience, drive sales, and reduce cost. The company's chief product officer Julia Dietmar joined Cheddar…
Shared by 18, including Iain Brown, PhD, Nige Willson, Carla Gentry, Bob E. Hayes, Terence Mills
Fast Company
Why Airbnb, Target, and Walmart are betting on the experience economy
Fast Company
From 2019 · The experience economy is redefining retail environments. Here’s a look at how, by the numbers.
Shared by 32, including Christopher Mims 🤌, Bob Violino, Blake Morgan, CX Update, Kevin Kruse
CNN
I spent 53 minutes in Amazon Go and saw the future of retail
CNN
7 min read · From 2018 · A look at the experience of shopping at the Amazon Go store, and how the artificial intelligence that lets you walk in, fill a bag, and walk out could shape retail.
Reader View · Shared by 120, including Ron McIntyre, Liliane Ferrari ™, Merkstatt, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Oliver Ewinger, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Curadoria | Update or Die!, David Bauer, Remy Bataille
femstreet.substack.com
Are sports cards the future of retail investing?
femstreet.substack.com
6 min read · May 16th · A deep dive into the next wave in consumer fintech — private asset marketplaces
Forbes
The Real Reason Shoppers Aren’t Returning
Forbes
3 min read · From 2019 · By the way, if you aren’t in retail, don’t pass over this article, thinking it doesn’t apply to your business. Read between the lines. The shopping experience is a buying experience, regardless of the…
Reader View · Shared by 24, including Denise Lee Yohn, Chris Brogan/Chief of Staff, Shep Hyken, Dan Gingiss - The Experience Maker™, mrbrown, Howard Getson, Bill Quiseng
Guardian Cities
Are the hyper-specialist shops of Berlin the future of retail?
Guardian Cities
~11 min read · From 2019 · One shop sells nothing but buttons, another sells only liquorice, and another is ‘the world’s first textile butcher shop’. In the age of Amazon, it seems the way to thrive is to specialise
Reader View · Shared by 48, including Thomas Power, Adrian Swinscoe, Gerd Leonhard, Gianluca Diegoli, Loughlin O'Nolan, Merkstatt
Stacey Higginbotham
The future of retail is tracking and IoT
Stacey Higginbotham
3 min read · From 2020 · Retailers are going all in on the internet of things. Whether it’s with cameras that monitor for shoplifters or sensors that track individuals via their smartphone’s Wi-Fi when they step inside a…
Reader View · Shared by 45, including Blake Morgan, Matteo Carbone, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Tamara McCleary, Vodafone IoT
CNET
Amazon is going to kill your Dash button
CNET
2 min read · From 2019 · The online retail giant says all Dash buttons will stop working at the end of the month.
Reader View · Shared by 19, including Gerrit Eicker, anildash
