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Article How Brands Adapt to Disruption in Retail
July 25, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Thought leaders with experience at Amazon, Ahold Delhaize, Roche Brothers, and L.L. Bean share industry trends discussed at Revolution Retail, a food retail pop-up.
Article Inside Sam’s Club Now, an Incubator Store for Testing New Concepts
June 17, 2019
Sam’s Club Now is an incubator store made to test out ideas like AR experiences with products, cashierless checkout, a Sam’s Club app, and more.
Podcast Can the Retail Industry Stay Relevant?
March 26, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Can the retail industry stay relevant with today’s consumers? We went to New York City for NRF’s Big Show to find out. Guests work at Footlocker and Retail Minded.
Article Why Agile Retail Needs to be on Your Radar
February 15, 2019 | By Lindsay Angelo, Contributing Columnist & Former Strategy Manager at lululemon
As 2019 unfolds, physical retail is undergoing a major transformation — one characterized by freshness, nimbleness, and curation. Lindsay Angelo explains…
Article Inside American Greetings, Where ‘Meaningful Connections’ Are Made
February 14, 2019 | By Kelsey Alpaio
Most think of American Greetings as a purveyor of greeting cards. But VP of Innovation Carol Miller says the company is in the “meaningful connections” business.
Article Lowe’s CEO Marvin Ellison Talks ‘Retail Fundamentals’
February 6, 2019 | By Dave Sebastian
Lowe’s CEO has a mantra for the company: “Retail fundamentals.” Read highlights from his talk at the National Retail Federation’s annual conference in New York.
Article Four Ways Retailers are Combatting Disruption in 2019
January 25, 2019 | By Kaitlin Milliken
At the National Retail Federation's Big Show 2019, attendees discussed how to vie for attention from customers in the age of Amazon and thousands of options at their fingertips.
Article Target CEO on Making Bricks-and-Mortar Stores Work Harder
January 15, 2019 | By Scott Kirsner
Read edited highlights from Target CEO Brian Cornell’s speech and onstage Q&A session with NRF CEO Matthew Shay.
Article Innovation and Blurring Sectors: Where Will You Blur the Lines?
December 28, 2018 | By Lindsay Angelo, Contributing Columnist & Former Strategy Manager at lululemon
Contributing columnist Lindsay Angelo says we'll see more sectors colliding in 2019 to create something bigger and more impactful than each could do on its own.
On Demand Webcast The Right (and Wrong) Ways to Engage with Accelerators
December 18, 2018
Pano Anthos, managing partner of New York-based retail accelerator XRC Labs, shares best practices for working with accelerators.
Article Spanx and Rent the Runway Founders on Building Brands
November 5, 2018 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Rent the Runway CEO Jennifer Hyman and Spanx Founder Sara Blakely discuss brand building, using humor, and empowering women at Forbes 30 Under 30.
Podcast (Better) Business Model Innovation
October 16, 2018 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Can changing your business model make your company an innovation powerhouse? We sit down with Rick Paster of Walmart Global eCommerce and Mark Johnson of Innosight to find out.
Article How Platform is Changing What it Means to be a Mall
October 10, 2018 | By Kaitlin Milliken
Despite the dire forecasts in the retial industry, Joseph Miller and his partner, David Fishbein, set out in 2013 to create something that was anything but mall-like.
Podcast The Ex-Files
October 9, 2018 | By Kaitlin Milliken
What is it really like to head innovation at a large company? We talked to former innovation executives from Nike and Manulife John Hancock to find out — warts and all.
Article Hasbro CEO on Resistance, Toys ‘R’ Us, and Game Evolution
September 26, 2018 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner shares how Hasbro navigates the changing retail landscape and why changing things as fast as the market demands can often run counter to human nature. Part three of three...
Article Hasbro CEO on Idea Generation & How Innovation is Structured
September 19, 2018 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner shares how the company navigates the changing retail landscape; how they managing Wall Street’s expectations; and more. Part two of three…
Article Innovating in Physical & Digital Realms at Hasbro
September 12, 2018 | By Patricia Riedman Yeager
In the decade since Hasbro Chairman and CEO Brian Goldner took charge, the company has begun to take a “digital-first” approach to everything it does. Read our three part interview…
Article L’Oreal VP on the Effective Use of Design Thinking in Business
July 3, 2018 | By Pamela Bump
Jackson Wang shares his advice on the most effective ways to use design thinking, highlighting lessons from his work as VP of Retail Design at L’Oreal and Procter & Gamble.
Article Walmart and Amazon Race to Build Retail’s Future
February 20, 2018 | By Steven Melendez
Don’t buy into the narrative that these two companies are gladiators battling to the death. Here’s what’s really happening.
Article Walmart’s Major Digital Acquisitions
February 20, 2018 | By Steven Melendez
A list of acquisitions made by Walmart from 2011 to the present, including Jet.com, ModCloth, and Bonobos.