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Four Trends in Consumer Tech - a16z

 

Now that mobile has finished taking over the world, is consumer tech over? Despite the sometimes gloomy headlines, there’s a lot of innovation brewing just below the surface. - From a16z

Building a Department Store of the Future - NRF

 

Neighborhood Goods is a new type of department store concept that turns shopping into a social, immersive experience. - From NRF

How Amazon Is Trying To Stop Package Theft - CNBC

 

1.7 million USA packages stolen or lost every day. Prime members receive on avg 51 packages a year and one in three Americans report at least one package stolen. - CNBC

2020 NRF: Intel Gives Retail the Edge

 

Artificial intelligence and vision technologies give retailers the ability to see, learn and make decisions like never before. - From Intel

2020 NRF: Intel Gives Retail the Edge

 

Artificial intelligence and vision technologies give retailers the ability to see, learn and make decisions like never before. - From Intel

NRF 2020: Opening keynote with Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft

 

NRF 2020 Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella opening keynote with his thoughts on the future of retail and how technology can help the industry transform. - From NRF

NRF 2020 Vision: Retail's Big Show Recap

 

NRF 2020: Retail’s Big Show is where the entire industry unites to get a whole new perspective. - From NRF

10 Companies We Lost In The Last Decade - Business Insider

 

From 2010 to 2019, the retail apocalypse and changing tastes killed off many iconic companies. We lost Payless ShoeSource, Borders, Wow Air, and Toys R Us this decade. - From Business Insider

Inside Ikea’s big bet on smart home tech - The Verge

 

For seven years, Ikea has treated the smart home as a hobby. That’s changing now that Home Smart division has been promoted to the same importance as all the other Ikea businesses.- From The Verge

What Retailers Like Amazon Do With Unsold Inventory - CNBC

 

Returns in the U.S. create more than 5 billion pounds of waste in landfills each year, and more than 15 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. - From CNBC

Why Did Forever 21 File For Bankruptcy? - CNBC

 

Forever 21 has been practically synonymous with “fast fashion” and its massive stores have become a common fixture in America’s shopping malls. Now closing stores. - From CNBC

The future of the American mall - CBS This Morning

 

Almost 1,700 USA stores inside malls closed in 2018, according to Bank of America, and so far this year, closings have reached more than 4,000. This is the future of malls. - CBS This Morning

Architecture Professor Explains Why Malls Are Dying | WIRED

 

WIRED's Emily Dreyfuss talks with architecture professor Ellen Dunham-Jones about mall culture and the fate of dead malls. Hint, zombies and loneliness epidemic.

2019 USA Holiday shopping trends - Deloitte

 

What's in store for retailers this holiday season? Unwrapping top 10 holiday shopping trends, how much consumers plan to spend, where they'll shop, & latest digital trends. - From Deloitte USA

Highlights from the Alibaba 2019 11.11 Global Shopping Festival

 

For Alibaba, 24 hours of experience filled shopping, $38.4 Billion in gross revenue, a new record in the 11th edition of 11.11 Singles Day.

The Rise Of Mobile Robotics In Retail

 

Brain Corp has deployed 3,000 industrial floor cleaners. Bossa Nova has deployed 350 inventory robots in Walmart, and Simbe expecting to deploy 500 systems over the next year. - From ABI Research

How Toys 'R' Us Went Bankrupt | WSJ

 

For decades, Toys "R" Us was a retail overall leader. Then they filed for bankruptcy in 2017 & liquidated six months later. How did Toys "R" Us go bankrupt? - From Wall Street Journal

Grocery ‘smart cart’ being pilot tested by Sobeys

 

Sobeys is pilot-testing a high-tech shopping cart that allows shoppers to skip the checkout line, but it is not intended to replace cashiers. From CityNews Toronto.

L2 Inc. Two-Minute Case Study - Artificial Intelligence: Sephora's Newest Beauty Advisor

 

Would you accept skin care recommendations from Siri or Skynet? Maybe not, but you might have been served A.I.-picked recommendations, thanks to Sephora.

A High-Tech Retail Experience in China

 

From augmented reality-powered mirrors to robot couriers, Alibaba's Intime shopping mall brings shopping innovations to Chinese consumers in time for Single's Day 11.11.