Leading the customer experience at the edge

Leading the customer experience at the edge

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man”. So wrote George Bernard Shaw. Great retail shop design, formats, digital integration and...
How to breed innovation

How to breed innovation

“Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It’s the only insurance against irrelevance. It’s the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It’s the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy.”- Gary Hamel The buzz word of 2017 is...
Disruptors Rule – The Rise of Re Commerce

Disruptors Rule – The Rise of Re Commerce

The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business actually make them bad at competing for the disruption. – Clayton Christensen...
The changing skill sets to be a retailer

The changing skill sets to be a retailer

You know you’re not anonymous on our site. We’re greeting you by name, showing you past purchases, to the degree that you can arrange to have transparency combined with an explanation of what the consumer benefit is. Jeff Bezos Just as Uber is a software company,...
Decathlon Connect – the theatre of retail

Decathlon Connect – the theatre of retail

Unless we tell stories about ourselves, which is all that theatre is, we’re in deep trouble. – Alan Rickman Each year, the global innovation awards winners through our international network, Ebeltoft, provide fascinating insights into the world of retailer ingenuity,...