Tony D'Onofrio
Research
- December 24, 2017
Vend’s Top 100 Retail Influencers for 2018
Welcome to the 2018 edition of Vend’s list of top retail influencers! This year, we’ve expanded the list to 100 influencers (instead of 50) to add more individuals outside of North America and to ensure that we include the most well-deserving folks in the retail industry.
- December 16, 2017
2017 USA Organized Retail Crime Survey
Organized Retail Crime (ORC) costs retailers an average of $726,351 per every $1 billion in sales. 94.6% of retailers victim of ORC last 12 months. Latest NRF report.
- December 09, 2017
2017 RIS Software LeaderBoard
Over the last few years, mergers and acquisitions have been a widespread trend among vendors, which has an impact on the retail
industry as a whole and the RIS Software LeaderBoard in particular. A favorite annual retail industry technology report.
- December 02, 2017
Countdown to Christmas: Tech the Halls
Post Thanksgiving at Holiday sales halftime scores suggest that e-commerce is gaining share with a particularly strong reliance on mobile commerce. Retailers are also tapping into more emerging technologies, from augmented reality to robots, in an effort to win shoppers and improve profits. New Research from Bain & Co.
- November 25, 2017
2017 Grocery Tech Trends Study: Embracing Digital Transformation
The key themes and takeaways uncovered in the Progressive Grocer / RIS News study include: How & why tech budgets are increasing; Identifying services & technologies that reach omnichannel shoppers & provide a competitive edge; Recommended tech purchases that improve management of labor/workforce, store systems, merchandise management, supply chain, analytics & digital commerce
- November 18, 2017
Kibo Holiday Consumer Trends Report 2017
As retailers begin to look at their stores as experience centers, they can feel certain that decorating their storefronts to the nines still fits into the modern holiday shopper’s schema. With nearly half of shoppers indicating that holiday in-store shopping is a tradition they will continue to perpetuate, retailers should optimize that preference as much as they can.
- November 11, 2017
Dreaming of an Amazon Christmas?
Signs still point to healthy spending, and Amazon once again has positioned itself to gain share. With an estimated market share of 7%–8% of Bain-defined holiday retail sales, Amazon is expected to capture about 50% of total holiday growth this season. - Bain & Company
- November 04, 2017
Beyond Shrinkage: Introducing Total Retail Loss
The rapidly changing nature and scale of the risks retailers are now facing further undermines the applicability of the current ways in which losses are being defined and measured. This is particularly the case with the increasing use of new technologies and retail formats, which are generating new types of losses. A RILA sponsored by Adrian Beck..
- October 28, 2017
Deloitte 2017 Holiday Retail Survey
Holiday retail spending is bucking trends this season with only one-third of holiday budgets going toward gifts. Online spending is expected to exceed in-store for the first time. In addition to gifts for others this year, spending on experiences and self-gifting increased.
- October 22, 2017
Safe Cities Index 2017: Security in a rapidly urbanising world
The Economist paper analyses the results of the 2017 index, both overall and by each of the four categories: digital security, health security, infrastructure security, and personal security. Good report to plan global expansion. Four of top 10 in Asia.
- October 15, 2017
Keeping Track of RFID/IoT
Apparel’s annual report on RFID/IoT identifies the year’s most pertinent developments, shines the spotlight on industry leaders and offers guidance for investment decisions.
- October 07, 2017
The 100 Best Companies to Work For
Google is the No. 1 place to work for the eighth time in 11 years. This is the twentieth anniversary of Fortune’s list, and 12 companies have made the cut every year, including Publix, REI and Goldman Sachs.
- September 30, 2017
Interbrand Best Global Brands 2017 - Grow. Change. Grow
Growth has taken on a new form in the Age of You. As new dynamics emerge and change the shape of business by the minute, it demands new ways for organizations to harness and channel that change. But the world’s leading brands aren’t waiting for change to happen—they’re acting rather than reacting, growing rather than maintaining, and mastering Growth in a Changing World.
- September 23, 2017
2017 Global Retail Development Index - The Age of Focus
Geopolitical instability and the growing power of local & regional competition in emerging markets are forcing global retailers to rethink their strategies. From AT Kearney, a favorite annual report
- September 17, 2017
How the US Shops: Where Consumers Will Be Shopping This Holiday Season—and Why
E-commerce is set to be a more popular shopping channel than physical stores this holiday season, based on shopper numbers. Fully 82% of shoppers expect to buy holiday gifts online, while 77% expect to buy gifts in physical stores. The gap between planned online and in-store shopping is greater among younger age groups.
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"To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone." – Reba McEntire
Continuing our global journey to learn something new, our next stop is the Trevi Fountain in Rome. The name "Trevi" comes from the Italian words tre, meaning "three", and vie, meaning "roads". The fountain is located where three roads meet.
A fountain has been located at the Trevi Fountain site for over 2,000 years. The current fountain was designed by Nicola Salvi and built between 1732 and 1762. It's the largest Baroque fountain in Rome.
The Trevi Fountain's water comes from the Acqua Virgo aqueduct, the only functioning aqueduct from ancient Rome. Local lore says that throwing a coin into the fountain will ensure you return to Rome. Other lore says that throwing two coins will lead to love, and throwing three coins will lead to marriage.
Wishes aside, since 2006, a Roman Catholic charity called Caritas has collected the roughly €3,000 a day thrown into the fountain and used it to provide food and social programs worldwide.
Life is one sweet ride. Time flies way too fast. Take a moment. Sit at your favorite place. Imagine the history before you. Live each moment as it was your last. One day, it will be.
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Unlocking Shopper Reactions to Secured Products
60% of shoppers report seeing locked-up merchandise on a regular basis. More than a quarter of shoppers say a retailer loses their purchase when items are locked up. 62% of shoppers say they typically wait for assistance when they encounter locked up merchandise, and 9% say they order the item online from that same retailer. - From Numerator.com Read more
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Retail Media: An Evolving Growth Opportunity that Won't Wait
Retail media is still surging. Ad spending with US retailers is growing 9X faster than traditional point-of-sale shopper marketing. - From Bain & Company
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