From Cushman & Wakefield, this great report benchmarks European countries in terms of shopping centre space (sq.m), density (GLA/1,000 inhabitants) and the pipeline for the following 18 months. In addition to a comparison of European prime rental and yield levels, commentary also covers key shopping centres opened, schemes to be delivered, as well as an overview of the European retail investment market activity.
Three distinct waves of digital disruption have transformed information economics—and are challenging traditional notions of economies of scale. The new strategies this shift enables have the power to break the compromise between efficiency and innovation and to reshape entire industries. - Boston Consulting Group
The Global Information Technology Report 2015 features the latest iteration of the Networked Readiness Index, which assesses the factors, policies and institutions that enable a country to fully leverage information and communication technologies (ICTs) for increased competitiveness and well-being. Read the full report.
Many retailers are several years into large-scale IT transformation projects, a trend the Retail Technology Study has been tracking for 25 years. Download the 25th annual report to discover 2015 takeaways about retail systems, merchandising applications, supply chain trends, analytics, mobile apps and more.
A series of emerging technologies has the potential to disrupt retail, placing new pressures on stores to provide a seamless, onmichannel (anytime/anywhere) shopping experience for consumers and forcing new business models on retailers. This FBIC paper provides an overview of these trends.
With the average age of POS platform being 6.9 years, the retail industry needs to address aging and outdated POS systems or face compliance penalties, security risks and limited ability to meet growing business needs. EKN Research report highlights the four factors driving trend: EuroPay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV)-liability shift, growing need for mobility, Omni-channel POS integration and the introduction of new payment methods.
A Business Insider Intelligence slideshow highlighting the most important ways the Internet of Everything market will develop, the benefits newly connected devices will offer consumers and businesses, and the potential barriers that could inhibit growth.
In 6th annual Technology Trends report, Deloitte, outlines 8 trends that could potentially disrupt the way businesses engage their customers, how work gets done, and how markets and industries evolve.
From PwC, expanded consumer research from 19 territories on six continents analyzing and evaluating the international retail landscape. Report includes a discussion of the four disruptors transforming global retail.
Nearly 300% more retailers plan to deploy mobile POS in the next two years. Approximately 200% more retailers plan to use geolocation within three years. 350% more retailers plan to support NFC payments by October 2015.
From MIT Technology Review - Not all breakthroughs are created equal. Some arrive more or less as usable things; others mainly set the stage for innovations that emerge later, and we have to estimate when that will be. But we’d bet that every one of the milestones on this list will be worth following in the coming years.
The role of the brick and mortar store is evolving from being a destination of commerce to being a hub of Omni-channel customer engagement. And, retailers’ “organizational muscle” - a mesh of capabilities including their culture, management adaptability, business processes and technology systems - is under duress from having to dispense a type of customer-centric movement it isn’t trained for. EKN’s 2014 Stores Industry Benchmark lays out a framework for how.
From Forrester Research, key takeaways: The scale of the customer breaches are increasing and so are the fines; Protect customer data and privacy as though they were your own; Breach response is just as important as breach prevention and detectoin.
This 2015 outlook examines where the near term growth in this space will come from as well as the trends within industries that will be most important over the next 12 to 24 months. The smart home, smart grid, IoT platforms, and industrial IoT applications are key sectors that will lead in innovation.
From Sentinel One Labs, a rearview look at 2014 and the more, better online malware. Plus, 2015 predictions on what to expect next. Are you ready for "Attacks as a Service" to proliferate?
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