The current pace of change and innovation within the retail marketplace is verging on a revolution. On the one hand, organisations such as Amazon are challenging existing business models and engaging customers in new ways.
Source: Internet Retailing
Brands spend billions of dollars a year on elaborate efforts to establish and maintain a social media presence.
Source: Harvard Business Review
Owned and operated by Charles Nelson, Toque Blanche operates stores in Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz, Calif, and has an active online business.
Source: Gourmet Retailer
If you've ever questioned what an energy company knows about foodservice innovation, R.H. Foster Energy LLC has the answer with its new convenience store prototype in Ellsworth, Maine: "More than you'd expect."
Source: Convenience Store
As stress levels rise and attention spans shrink, consumers are increasingly using technology to tap into zen.
Source: Adweek
Entre avril et juillet, le géant suisse accueillera le public dans cinq de ses usines françaises. Cinquante consommateurs seront tirés au sort grâce à l'opération #CestMoiQuiFabrique.
Source: LSA
Face aux évolutions des comportements de consommation et à la concurrence croissante des enseignes sur le digital, les réseaux de franchise se métamorphosent.
Source: LSA
La transformation de certains formats de magasins et la refonte de la logistique et de l'informatique dans une logique plus multicanale sont très gourmandes en capitaux. Mais les distributeurs alimentaires n'ont pas les mêmes priorités en France.
Source: LSA
S'il est tentant de se lancer à la conquête de marchés nouveaux lorsque l'on est franchiseur, encore faut-il bien le faire. Ouvrir à l'étranger juste pour accroître rapidement son parc est une stratégie vouée à l'échec.
Source: LSA
Oversize hand-knits have been around in fashion and furnishings for a while now, so perhaps it was only a matter of time before they made their way into interior architecture.
Source: Frame
With estimated revenues of USS250 million in 2016, South Korean luxury eyewear brand Gentle Monster continues to defy expectations for performance in an industry at once oversaturated with start-ups yet firmly hinged to classic business models.
Source: Frame
Kith's shops are shops, not art, but they are experiences as much as space, drawing parallels between the process of discovery and the access to multiple points of view shared by both art and commerce.
Source: Frame