Retailing: 10 Trends

Eccoli:

1. Mass supercenters and e-commerce will be the big winners.
2. Low and high-end grocery stores will grow share.
3. Pet stores and dollar stores will grow.
4. Retail consolidation: the big will get bigger.
5. Smart phones will be the primary enabler of shopper engagements.
6. Store formats will evolve: new formats, smaller stores, pop-up retailing to accelerate.
7. Anywhere in-store check outs to replace self check-out and open floor space.
8. In-store kiosks, digital media and holograms to interact with shoppers.
9. Demise of traditional consumer age and gender targets as technology enables seamless view across languages and ethnic/generational groups with links to purchase and usage behavior
10. Evolving U.S. demographics have major impacts

Marco Santambrogio

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