One of the intriguing aspects of customers is why we choose one retail brand over another in our shopping patterns. Of course, to understand this and other motivations of us mere mortals in our shopping habits is one of the great keys to unlock. We know that our...
Brian Walker There is no decision that we can make that doesn’t come with some sort of balance or sacrifice. – Simon Sinek I have also always loved the term, coined by Simon Reynolds, that “when they zig, we zag”. If you read and learn about the greatest leaders of...
Brian Walker Launched by Singapore Retailers Association (SRA), this year’s 28th annual retail conference was organised at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre and aptly themed Insight, Intelligence, Innovate! No less than 400 retailers, traders, and...
Peter Sheppard It seems one cannot read the retail news these days without learning about the demise of at least one retail business, and in some instances these are iconic national or international businesses. This week it’s about the likely collapse of Topshop and...
Brian Walker Let’s get physical, physical I want to get physical Let’s get into physical – Olivia Newton John What an amazing couple of years we have experienced in this sector – from the over-exaggeration of online dominance, to the growing understanding that the...