Retail Trends

2 min read India has benefited from economic stability and regulatory reforms aimed at making it easier to do business. As the fastest-growing and third-largest global emerging market (after China and Brazil), India´s

3 min read Now that the crowds have gone and the  dust has settled on the end-of-year holiday sales season — of such critical importance to retailers — what  lessons can we learn?

2 min read Achieving success in emerging retail markets depends on many contributing factors. One that is sometimes not given sufficient importance is the need to ensure that you have highly engaged and productive

2 min read Retailing is a highly competitive industry and success can be frustratingly short-lived. Retail leaders must not only outperform their rivals but also work hard to improve their leadership position. But

3 min read Retailers are facing intense competition for a diminishing share of their customer’s wallet, and this challenge has become more pronounced in markets facing deflationary pressures. Although promotions are an important

3 min read Many companies with a brick-and-mortar location and an online shop keep the two separated, and that is a mistake given the nature of the always connected customer in today’s retail. There

3 min read A product characteristic is defined as a feature that is primarily physical and generally measurable such as color, size, shape, taste, texture, etc. It is used to create variants of

2 min read It’s been a while since GE Capital Retail bank published in 2013 an annual shopper study showing that more than 80% of consumers start their search process online. Today, e-Commerce

3 min read Digital technologies are transforming business in every industry, from social media to mobile to big data to the “Internet of Everything”. This change relies on the combination of digital and

2 min read Retailers today face many challenges that software vendors need to address efficiently, for example the so-called seamless shopping experience across all retail channels. We will be diving into it in