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Retail Apocalypse

With more than 200 million Prime members worldwide, Amazon.com is siphoning off frequent shoppers from bricks-and-mortar stores. Huge debt and management misteps did not help, leading to the shutdown of more than 45,000 U.S. stores.

Grayfields

Jun 6, 2021 | Trends

It’s becoming an eerily familiar sight: deserted shopping malls and big-box stores, surrounded by vast, decaying...

Live Roaches and Bloody Pig Face

Jun 18, 2020 | News & Analysis

They say truth is stranger than fiction and that’s certainly true of the strange case of six former eBay employees,...

Retail Innovation

May 6, 2019 | News & Analysis

One of the standout innovations at 2019 SXSW was Lush Retail, a U.K. cosmetics firm that sells, of all things, bath...

Saks Fifth Avenue ConBody

Aug 22, 2017 | Innovation

The Amazon Factor will lead to as many as 8,600 store closings in 2017. Retailers have three options: Close up shop,...

Amazon

Apr 30, 2017 | Innovation

Amazon has changed the way America shops. In September 2016, Bloomberg reported that more than half of U.S. online...

Amazon Echo Look

Apr 30, 2017 | Innovation

One of the biggest challenges innovation consultants and speakers face is the “tyranny of the installed base” — as...

Tuft & Needle

Dec 27, 2015 | Innovation

There is no industry in America in need of disruption than the mattress industry. That’s because most mattresses are...

Zenni Optical

Dec 27, 2015 | Innovation

A conversation about innovation inevitably sparks visions of Apple, AirBnB or Uber. However, there are many unsung...

Tony Hsieh’s Big Las Vegas Vision

Nov 24, 2013 | Innovation

When it comes to big ideas, it’s not surprising to find Zappos.com co-founder and CEO, Tony Hsieh, outlining Las...