The usual suspects (e.g. Sears) but also some I had not considered before.
Source: www.retaildive.com
The retailers on the list — by no means a comprehensive list of all retailers at risk — have C-grade bond ratings from Moody’s and Fitch, and seven of them (Sears, Claire’s Stores, Nine West, 99 Cent Stores, J. Crew and Charlotte Russe) have been listed on Fitch’s Bonds of Concern.
Local businesses, are you utilizing Google Posts? Columnist Joy Hawkins shares her observations from several months of testing this new feature.
Source: searchengineland.com
Good read on MyBusiness and Google
Find news, an interview with Scott Ross of Lowe’s and rankings of more than 85 players in the space, inside the latest Omnicommerce Tracker.
Source: www.pymnts.com
Nice whitepaper on retail omnichannel
News: Customers shopping on Walmart.com can pick up purchases in-store at automated Pickup Towers. The big box chain is testing a similar kiosk for groceries.
Source: www.pymnts.com
The Pickup Tower is just for customers using the buy-online-pick-up-in-store service, although a similar self-service kiosk is also in the works for customers who use Walmart.com to shop for their groceries. A pilot is being tested in the parking lot of the Walmart Supercenter in Warr Acres, Okla.
When online grocery shoppers arrive at the kiosk, they can key in an access code to trigger the machine to retrieve their order. Employees pack orders into bins ahead of time and store them in the 20-by-80-foot building, which is equipped with freezers and refrigeration to keep food fresh.
DAVOS, Switzerland — Alibaba founder Jack Ma thinks America went wrong over the past 30 years by focusing too much on war and Wall Street. Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, Ma was asked about globalisation and the reaction to it represented by the election of Donald Trump as US president.
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Great read
In an effort to expand its footprint in South Florida, eCommerce giant Amazon has announced its plans to open a robotics-based warehouse near Tampa.
Source: www.pymnts.com
Also opening same type of fulfillment center in Thornton, Colorado (down the street from us).
Scientists, technologists, engineers, and visionaries are building the future. Amazing things are in the pipeline. It’s a big deal. But you already knew all that. Such speculation is common. What’s less common? Scale. How big is big? “Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley, Silicon Dock, all of the Silicons around the world, they are dreaming the dream. …
Source: singularityhub.com
Good list as lists go.
With innovative new technologies helping shape personalized experiences for consumers both in-store and online, the retail landscape is constantly evolving in ways that were unimaginable just a few years ago.
Source: pointofsale.com
Source: monotonecritic.com
WalMart is looking to partner with dealership groups to set up kiosks that will help customers buy cars. CarSaver, an online auto retail platform, will set up these kiosks in Walmart Supercenters. CarSaver enables shoppers to select, finance and insure a vehicle on a touch screen kiosk.
Source: www.forbes.com
From January 2017. Walmart looks to duplicate and better the business Costco does.
