This week around 33,500 visitors flocked to the Jacob K. Javits Centre in New York City for the annual National Retail Federation (NRF) Convention and Expo. Held from January 17 – 20, the event is an opportunity to take stock following the busy holiday season and get a sense of how 2016 will shape up…
The Consumer Electronics Show is a feast to the eyes, but an overload of the senses. Separating the profound from the gimmicks and the trends from the distractions is vital but hard. For me, there is one just one takeaway from CES this year: Everything around us is becoming digital. So while our industry cares…
Amazon did not take over the entire retail world. Apple Pay did not eliminate the cash equation in retail stores. Drones are not yet delivering product to our homes… Most CMOs did not become CIOs and it does not look like the IT department is taking over marketing any time soon (if anything, marketers are…