9 Best Articles in 2021
Benedict Evans
The end of the beginning
Benedict Evans
2 min read · 204 saves · 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
Vox
The year shopping changed forever
Vox
7 min read · 81 saves · 2020-12-29 · Online shopping stopped being the future of retail and catapulted firmly into the present.
Harvard Business Review
What Will the Retail Experience of the Future Look Like?
Harvard Business Review
6 min read · 104 saves · 2020-06-16 · Physical spaces will look and feel vastly different post-Covid.
Forbes
The Amazing Ways Retail Giant Zalando Is Using Artificial Intelligence
Forbes
3 min read · 44 saves · 2019-09-20 · 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…
Fast Company
The Future Of Retail In The Age Of Amazon
Fast Company
~19 min read · 97 saves · 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.
The Verge
Instagram is building a standalone app for shopping
The Verge
4 min read · 232 saves · From 2018 · Facebook is planning a major new move into e-commerce, sources tell The Verge
WIRED
Why It's Hard to Escape Amazon's Long Reach
WIRED
~13 min read · 169 saves · 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.
Fast Company
Why Airbnb, Target, and Walmart are betting on the experience economy
Fast Company
32 saves · 2019-08-05 · The experience economy is redefining retail environments. Here’s a look at how, by the numbers.
Forbes
The Real Reason Shoppers Aren’t Returning
Forbes
3 min read · 24 saves · 2019-09-02 · 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…
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Inc.
Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra's Predictions for the Future of Retail
Inc.
1 min read · Feb 24th · Manish Chandra says e-commerce needs to step beyond convenience and scalability to become more social and humanized.
voguebusiness.com
Is LA’s Platform the future of retail?
voguebusiness.com
1 min read · Apr 12th · An innovative development in Culver City offers pointers as to how retail might evolve post-pandemic.
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Econsultancy
20+ stats that show how online retail is changing
Econsultancy
~11 min read · 18 saves · 2019-07-25 · 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…
Vox
Was Etsy too good to be true?
Vox
20+ min read · 50 saves · 2019-09-04 · The people who built Etsy dreamed of remaking commerce with their bare hands. Fifteen years later, its sellers are being asked to compete with Amazon.
CNN
I spent 53 minutes in Amazon Go and saw the future of retail
CNN
7 min read · 120 saves · 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.
The Business of Fashion
H&M Tests New Store Concept
The Business of Fashion
5 min read · 107 saves · 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.
cheddar.com
How Artificial Intelligence is Redesigning the Retail Industry
cheddar.com
18 saves · 2019-09-11 · 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…
Modern Retail
Retailers are rethinking their Google Search strategies
Modern Retail
4 min read · 83 saves · 2019-09-02 · Google search is becoming less of a way for people to find links and more a destination for answers. As a result, marketers who once relied on the platform to facilitate transactions are forced to…
ACLU
Say No to the “Cashless Future” — and to Cashless Stores
ACLU
5 min read · 25 saves · 2019-08-12 · I went to a counter-serve restaurant recently, and when the time came to pay for my order, took out my wallet, presented a $20 bill, and was told, “Sorry, we don’t accept cash.” I was flabbergasted.…
BuzzFeed News
The Future Of The Mall Might Be On Your College Campus
BuzzFeed News
4 min read · 10 saves · 2019-08-01 · Why a growing number of colleges and universities are becoming retail landlords.
Fast Company
The next phase of retail: Adidas is turning influencers into sneaker salespeople
Fast Company
2 min read · 19 saves · 2019-08-28 · A new partnership with the Storr app envisions eventually getting us all to sell the brand’s sneakers.
