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COURAGE IS NEEDED. IS THE WELLNESS MOVEMENT LEADING CHANGE?

wellness.

2019/10/23

Perhaps because of the ‘turbulence’ we are facing, sustainability and sustainable businesses are a popular topic of conversation. Here, my take on it from the 2019 Global Wellness Summit, in Singapore. #retail ---- Whether it is a glossy corporate report, a video ad, or a simple exchange among friends, we hear a lot about sustainability and what businesses do to be sustainable, particularly with regard to the ENVIRONMENTAL and SOCIAL pillars of sustainability. ENVIRONMENT is a visually resourceful, sexy subject. Coffee companies abandon straws - although not quite the cups. Significant amounts…

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Gen Z’s spending patterns a mixed blessing for luxury brands in China.

JING DAILY.

2024/07/31

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0. disruption

new-commerce.

2020/04/09

We are living different and difficult times. In an environment already precariously fighting for its survival, a virus has disrupted our habits, routines and lives at large. We now see our existence at risk. We take notice. Could all this happen with no consequences on our lives and, ultimately, what our needs will be? Can we ignore the impact of this? Here is our take. SENTIMENTS. HABITS. Already in January 2020 ‘the Conference Board’, was warning a global rise in consumer caution. “An intensification of concerns about job security and personal financial well-being, especially…

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ON OBSESSIVE RETAIL “DISRUPTION’.

new-commerce.

2019/08/16

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THE FUTURE OF RETAIL.

new-commerce. connected retail.

2019/02/27

one retail: convergence and human touch. LINKEDIN article, February 27th 2019 Where is retail headed? A lot has been said already about the future of brick-and-mortar retail, e-commerce prevalence, and the destiny of trade at large. But here's a take on it. Granted, consumer technology has been disruptive (mostly in its mindset) and is here to stay. E-commerce has been growing in all categories and services, often taking advantage of physical businesses weaknesses (high rents, personnel costs, inventories inefficiencies, lack of innovation) and being able to shiftily recognize, accept and metabolize changes in the world and in customers' needs. Nevertheless, it still represents a limited percentage of the total retail sales. In China, the country that has enthusiastically embraced e-commerce more than any other in the world. In 2017, e-commerce represented the 23.1% of total retail sales, compared to19.1% in the UK, 9% in the US, 7.4% in Japan and 2.2% in India.That said, e -commerce and digitally native brands are far from taking over, and, in fact, are actively trying to find new customers and audiences. Due to surges in acquisition costs, they are increasingly expanding into physical retail, snapping locations left empty by closing brands. This means that a growing number of digital-native and physical-native brands are operating in the same space, CONVERGING…

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