Tony D'Onofrio
Infographics
- January 06, 2025
Visualizing What the World Googled in 2024
- December 02, 2024
Gen Z to Lead the Shopping Charge this Holiday Season
- November 18, 2024
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
- November 05, 2024
Visualizing the Cost of the American Dream in 2024
While pandemic-led wage growth boosted real incomes, it followed five decades of stagnant wage increases. At the same time, housing prices have soared. Pushing up prices are a limited supply of homes, with home construction plummeting 55% compared to 2006. Together, these broad economic forces have made it harder to get ahead, even with a competitive salary. - From Visual Capitalist
- July 22, 2024
Visualizing the Cost of Hosting the Olympics
The Paris Olympics are estimated to cost over $9 billion to host, making them one of the less expensive Summer Olympic Games in recent memory. The International Olympic Committee requires cities to have at least 40,000 hotel rooms for spectators and an Olympic Village that can house 15,000 athletes and officials. - From Visual Capitalist
- July 08, 2024
The 10 Biggest Economies in the World Over Time
The United States leads world economies today. The only significant change of fate for the US was a dip in the 90s in which Japan surpassed the U.S. This huge economic boom in Japan was driven by their production of electronics and cars. They had a boom of industrial growth after the Korean War and an expanding, motivated workforce. - From Infographic Journal
- June 29, 2024
The Death of Cash Transactions Around the World
The prominence of cash for use in transactions is dropping in every country measured. This includes countries where cash was preferential method of payment in POS transactions. The report predicts that France, Singapore, South Korea, the UK and the U.S. will fall below the 10% transaction value threshold for cash by 2027. - From Visual Capitalist
- June 21, 2024
The Top 20 Retailers Worldwide, by Revenue
As the largest retailer by sales globally, Walmart raked in $628.6 billion dollars in revenue, with 84.7% of its revenue being domestic. Today, about 90% of Americans are located within 10 miles of a Walmart store, attracting 200 million visitors each month. To gain a greater edge in the market, Walmart is expanding its advertising business, launching a premium product line, and growing its digital sales channels. - From Visual Infographic
- May 20, 2024
What matters to Today’s Consumer: 2024 consumer behavior tracker for the consumer and retail industries
52% of consumers are extremely concerned about their personal finances compared to 61% last year. 43% of consumers fear their personal finances will worsen in the next 6-9 months, far below the 80% last year. One in five consumers has already used generative AI in shopping. - From Cap Gemini
- May 13, 2024
How People Get Around in America, Europe, and Asia
North America’s share of public transport and active mobility (walking and biking) is the lowest amongst all surveyed regions by a significant amount. On the other hand, public transport reigns supreme in South and Central America as well as Southern and Eastern Asia. It ties with cars in Southeastern Asia, and is eclipsed by cars in Western Asia. - From Visual Capitalist
- May 06, 2024
AI in Retail Organizations: Not Everyone Sees Eye to Eye
More than half of respondents are leveraging AI in some capacity across their businesses today. More than half of CEOs of enterprise-level businesses believe that the role of AI-based technology is fundamental to the future of retail. - From Digital Commerce 360
- April 22, 2024
The World's Top Flight Routes by Revenue
In 2024, a record 4.7 billion people are projected to travel by air—200 million more than in 2019. While revenues surged to an estimated $896 billion globally last year, airlines face extremely slim margins. On average, they made just $5.44 in net profit per passenger in 2023. Today, the industry faces pressures from high interest rates, supply chain woes, and steep infrastructure costs. - From Visual Capitalist
- March 26, 2024
ChatGPT Statistics - Users, Revenue (March 2024)
ChatGPT has over 180.5 million monthly users as of March 2024. Nearly 15% of the ChatGPT users are from the United States. More than 92% of Fortune 500 companies are using ChatGPT. atGPT is forecasted to generate a revenue of $1 billion in 2024. 53% of the readers failed to identify ChatGPT written content as AI-written. – From Demandsage.com
- February 19, 2024
The World's Most Powerful Passports in 2024
While Japan and Singapore ranked first for the last five years, four European countries—France, Germany, Italy, and Spain— climbed the ranks this year. The U.S. ranks in seventh, one of its worst relative rankings ever. After many years in the works, U.S. travelers will need a visa to travel to Europe in 2025. - From Visual Capitalist
- February 13, 2024
Top 100 Most Valuable Brands in 2024
Together, the 100 most valuable brands in the world are worth more than $5 trillion. In 2024, more than half of the 100 most valuable brands are based in the United States, with a combined value of $3.2 trillion. - From Visual Capitalist
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It is a Small World
Continuing our journey to learning something new, we go to my native land of Italy and the city of Rome. According to Roman legend, the city of Rome was named after its founder, Romulus, the first king of Rome.
Modern Rome has 280 fountains and more than 900 churches. Nearly $1 million worth of coins are tossed into Rome’s Trevi Fountain. The proceeds are donated to the charity Caritas to help those in need.
The first ever shopping mall was built in Rome between 107 and 110 AD by Emperor Trajan. It sold a wide variety of goods and grocery items. Rome’s first university, La Sapienza, established in 1303 AD, is the largest in Europe and the second largest in the world.
The Romans gave us our calendar. In 46 BC when Julius Caesar was in Alexandria, he marveled at their calendar which was based on the solar year. After Caesar’s trip he instated the new Julian calendar which would be 365 days with an extra day at the end of February every 4 years – the leap year! It wasn’t until after Caesars death that a month was named after him. Originally July was actually named Quintilius.
This picture is one of my favorites from 2024. It is from a villa in Rome where with Sensormatic we celebrated successes of our global business partner network.
It has been an amazing fulfilling year and I am looking forward even more to an even better 2025. Our future, including what is in front of us, has not been written. Always remember that you are in control of your destiny and can craft the life you always dreamed about.
Have a happy, healthy, safe, and prosperous New Year. In my native Italian, a toast to all of you, 'Salute', which literally translates 'to your health'.
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The Impact of Retail Theft & Violence 2024 in USA Retail
USA retailers surveyed experienced a 93% increase in the average number of shoplifting incidents per year in 2023 versus 2019 and a 90% increase in dollar loss due to shoplifting during that same time period. And the rise in shoplifting has continued past the pandemic. 73% of those surveyed say that shoplifters are exhibiting more violence. - From National Retail Federation Read more
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Visualizing What the World Googled in 2024
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Why Food Prices Are Still So High In The U.S. -CNBC
As inflation cools considerably, prices for items like gasoline, used cars and energy have all declined accordingly. But food prices continue to outpace inflation, increasing by 28% since 2019. Read more
