Like the world around us, Retail has been rocked from the impact of COVID-19 and lockdowns. This webinar provides an update on the economic conditions, how deep will store closings be and what are our latest expectations for a recovery. As well, how COVID-19 simply accelerates the trends toward frictionless […]
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When pundits talk about pent-up demand in retail, rarely do the discuss perhaps the greatest pent up demand coming for retailers: Returns. Returns have always been a cumbersome process for most retailers with different challenges for different merchandise. Local laws as well as company infrastructure provides a complex operation in […]
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How do the US C.A.R.E.S Act stimulus programs affect retail? The answer might surprise you. Get an update on retail/hospitality and how the stimulus plans, with delays and competing priorities, will unfortunately hasten the demise of many retailers. Click the photo below to launch the webinar replay. Link to the slides […]
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The following shares the recording and the slides for the April 2, 2020 webinar: Impacts of COVID-19 for Retail Forecasting and Analytics with Infor’s Matt Jones and IHL’s Greg Buzek. Click the photo launch the recording of the Webinar. Link to the slides that can be downloaded here. Note (We […]
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COVID-19 is having significant results on the worldwide economy. What is the impact on retail/hospitality? How long will it last? What is the impact on IT Spend? This is a replay of the webinar on 3/25/2020 on IHL’s latest forecast for retail/hospitality economy and IT Spend. Data referenced is part […]
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With all the panic that is out there, we thought it would be prudent to provide some perspective from the data to give people a reference point. A couple of notes. First, this was based on data reported through Saturday. Secondly, the figures associated here assume that the US cases […]
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In the early morning hours of March 3rd, tornadoes ravaged parts of Missouri, West and North Nashville and then through Middle TN for another 60-70 miles. Words are simply inadequate to explain it because the damage is simply beyond comprehension as story after story of survival. At the same time […]
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While the world watches the physical and economic impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), at IHL we have reviewed and adjusted our IT forecast for retail and hospitality worldwide based on our expectations on the world economy. The economic fundamentals in most markets worldwide are strong outside of this impact. While […]
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Retailers are racing to complete a variety of last mile fulfillment options. Few are doing it profitably, but this is the biggest area of transformation in all of retail for 2019-2020. Solutions around helping retailers to optimize these processes are in great demand. And there is a major difference between […]
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All the mainstream press wants to say that stores are closing and stores don’t matter. But according to a recent study by IHL and RIS News of over 300 retail brands, stores will be involved in 86% of all order fulfillment in 2020 through traditional bricks and mortar retailers. Add […]
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