Analyst Corner

In a recessionary economy around the world, retail certainly is facing numerous daunting challenges as we look to the holiday period and 2023. Higher interest rates, slowing consumer spend, rising inventories (often with the wrong items) and inflation are facing retailers in the short-term, but it is a long-term issue […]

If you look at the headlines, all you will see are news reports of the rise of smash and grabs or reports of organized retail crime in major cities. Without question these areas of retail crime are growing at alarming rates, but these sensational acts are just a small part […]

Consumers say they are losing trust in their local retailers to be in stock for the items they want to buy. Around the world almost 50% of shopping has now moved online. Is that slowing down or increasing? Our latest survey results share the scary details. We will release the […]

If there is one thing that has come out of COVID and resulting events since for retailers is that that the current retail supply chain is broken. For the last 25 years retailers moved from a resilient mixed supply chain with manufacturers domestic and abroad to one that is as […]

No segment has seen more change in recent years than the Grocery industry. This has led to an exponential increase in IoT solutions for the retail environment ranging from mobile devices to ESL’s to new cameras and freezer sensors. Recently Courtney Radke – Fortinet’s CISO for Retail/Hospitality and Greg Buzek – President […]

While at the beginning of the pandemic we experienced severe shortages of some products due to panic buying and COVID shutdowns, this summer it is becoming even more critical for retailers to have supply chain visibility and know what is going to come in when. This was one of the […]

Grocery is transforming at a rapid pace.  This infographic discusses the why and the how.

In athletics, one of the key qualitative metrics quoted about the best players is not just that they have the most goals, most touchdowns, or most sacks, but they make everyone around them better. In military discussions, leaders refer to weapons or technology that increases the efficiency and effectiveness of […]

Desperate times call for desperate measures. The acute supply chain issues faced by US retailers has led three of the world’s largest companies to announce an unprecedented new supply chain initiative to enhance national security. The new relationship has been formed to not only share supply chain insight but includes […]

  The pandemic changed the grocery industry permanently. The good news is that the pandemic has accelerated technology investments that were long overdue. The bad news is the peak and surge exposed many issues that were hidden before. And as long as these problems are not fixed, the margin erosion […]