Tony D'Onofrio
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- December 09, 2017
2017 RIS Software LeaderBoard
Over the last few years, mergers and acquisitions have been a widespread trend among vendors, which has an impact on the retail
industry as a whole and the RIS Software LeaderBoard in particular. A favorite annual retail industry technology report.
- December 02, 2017
Countdown to Christmas: Tech the Halls
Post Thanksgiving at Holiday sales halftime scores suggest that e-commerce is gaining share with a particularly strong reliance on mobile commerce. Retailers are also tapping into more emerging technologies, from augmented reality to robots, in an effort to win shoppers and improve profits. New Research from Bain & Co.
- November 25, 2017
2017 Grocery Tech Trends Study: Embracing Digital Transformation
The key themes and takeaways uncovered in the Progressive Grocer / RIS News study include: How & why tech budgets are increasing; Identifying services & technologies that reach omnichannel shoppers & provide a competitive edge; Recommended tech purchases that improve management of labor/workforce, store systems, merchandise management, supply chain, analytics & digital commerce
- November 18, 2017
Kibo Holiday Consumer Trends Report 2017
As retailers begin to look at their stores as experience centers, they can feel certain that decorating their storefronts to the nines still fits into the modern holiday shopper’s schema. With nearly half of shoppers indicating that holiday in-store shopping is a tradition they will continue to perpetuate, retailers should optimize that preference as much as they can.
- November 11, 2017
Dreaming of an Amazon Christmas?
Signs still point to healthy spending, and Amazon once again has positioned itself to gain share. With an estimated market share of 7%–8% of Bain-defined holiday retail sales, Amazon is expected to capture about 50% of total holiday growth this season. - Bain & Company
- November 04, 2017
Beyond Shrinkage: Introducing Total Retail Loss
The rapidly changing nature and scale of the risks retailers are now facing further undermines the applicability of the current ways in which losses are being defined and measured. This is particularly the case with the increasing use of new technologies and retail formats, which are generating new types of losses. A RILA sponsored by Adrian Beck..
- October 28, 2017
Deloitte 2017 Holiday Retail Survey
Holiday retail spending is bucking trends this season with only one-third of holiday budgets going toward gifts. Online spending is expected to exceed in-store for the first time. In addition to gifts for others this year, spending on experiences and self-gifting increased.
- October 22, 2017
Safe Cities Index 2017: Security in a rapidly urbanising world
The Economist paper analyses the results of the 2017 index, both overall and by each of the four categories: digital security, health security, infrastructure security, and personal security. Good report to plan global expansion. Four of top 10 in Asia.
- October 15, 2017
Keeping Track of RFID/IoT
Apparel’s annual report on RFID/IoT identifies the year’s most pertinent developments, shines the spotlight on industry leaders and offers guidance for investment decisions.
- October 07, 2017
The 100 Best Companies to Work For
Google is the No. 1 place to work for the eighth time in 11 years. This is the twentieth anniversary of Fortune’s list, and 12 companies have made the cut every year, including Publix, REI and Goldman Sachs.
- September 30, 2017
Interbrand Best Global Brands 2017 - Grow. Change. Grow
Growth has taken on a new form in the Age of You. As new dynamics emerge and change the shape of business by the minute, it demands new ways for organizations to harness and channel that change. But the world’s leading brands aren’t waiting for change to happen—they’re acting rather than reacting, growing rather than maintaining, and mastering Growth in a Changing World.
- September 23, 2017
2017 Global Retail Development Index - The Age of Focus
Geopolitical instability and the growing power of local & regional competition in emerging markets are forcing global retailers to rethink their strategies. From AT Kearney, a favorite annual report
- September 17, 2017
How the US Shops: Where Consumers Will Be Shopping This Holiday Season—and Why
E-commerce is set to be a more popular shopping channel than physical stores this holiday season, based on shopper numbers. Fully 82% of shoppers expect to buy holiday gifts online, while 77% expect to buy gifts in physical stores. The gap between planned online and in-store shopping is greater among younger age groups.
- September 09, 2017
Shopper Insight 360: Crossing the Great Consumer Divide
While many business pundits erroneously suggest the demise of traditional brick-and-mortar shopping, this study uncovers deeper insight from consumers – many say they miss their favorite stores and are worried too many stores will close. - RIS News & Tata
- September 02, 2017
Debunking The Retail Apocalypse
A lot has been made in the mainstream news about the death of retail. But it is fake news. The reality is retail has grown over $122b in sales in the US this year and retailers have opened thousands of stores more than they have closed. - Great IHL Services Report
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It is a Small World
Continuing to learn something new, we travel to Florence Italy. It is not just the birthplace of the Renaissance, but also the place where the piano, opera, and gelato were invented.
America is named after the Florentine Amerigo Vespucci. The story of Pinocchio was written in this city. The famous luxury fashion brand Gucci was founded Florence by Guccio Gucci in 1921 and you can still visit the first store located here. It’s also where you will find the world’s oldest pharmacy established in 1221.
Florence’s cathedral, Santa Marie del Fiori or Il Duomo, is the 11th largest church in the world, was built with over 4 million bricks and took 140 years to complete Michaelangelo’s statue of David was created between 1501 and 1504.
Dante Alighieri, the father of the Italian language, wrote “The Divine Comedy” in a Florentine dialect that eventually evolved into modern Italian. The city is also credited with establishing one of the first medical schools in Europe, the University of Florence School of Medicine.
In a 2017 personal article titled “Reflective Moments that Change your Life,” I reflected on the Florence experiences of three quintessential Renaissance men. The biographies of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Galileo clearly illustrate, there is no perfect life. As humans we all make mistakes and fail at times. How we react and where we go next is totally up to each of us. What we think about, we will become.
You are not alone. Focus on the possible, ignore the impossible, for the glass is always half full. Be endlessly curious. Find your special place (as I did when I wrote 2017 Florence article) and have that quiet conversation with history to build an amazing fulfilling successful life.
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