The megatrend being adopted by leading retailers

The megatrend being adopted by leading retailers

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. – Albert Einstein Don’t sell me a product, sell me a purpose. This is now the catch-cry of some of the most successful...
Tailoring for the mass: How H&M uses AI to make a sustainable impact

Tailoring for the mass: How H&M uses AI to make a sustainable impact

Maartje van Barneveld I hope it’s no surprise to you that fashion is a highly polluting industry. Not the second most polluting industry on the planet by the way, as is often wrongly stated. It is rather complex to analyze this industry’s exact environmental impact as...
It takes people to bring retail alive

It takes people to bring retail alive

Brian Walker   You walk into a retail store, whatever it is, and if there’s a sense of entertainment and excitement and electricity, you want to be there. – Howard Schultz Retail is and always will be a predominantly people business. And while it is being...
European retail: The greatest hits

European retail: The greatest hits

Brian Walker “Jesus freaks out in the street Handing tickets out for God Turning back she just laughs The boulevard is not that bad” – Bernie Taupin European metropolitan retail, at its best, is simply a statement, and having looked more closely last month at Milan...