Tony D'Onofrio
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- July 02, 2016
USA National Retail Security Survey 2016
The USA National Retail Security Survey provides latest inventory shrinkage, staffing & budgeting for the loss prevention departments, employee integrity screening, loss prevention training & awareness programs, the impact of dishonest employees and the cost of external retail crime.
- June 25, 2016
Retail is Ready to Explode
How IoT, Big Data, and the Cloud will ignite the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Retail. Disruption is not just a threat; it is an opportunity.
- June 18, 2016
2016 Retail Holiday Planning Playbook
Make your list and check it twice and see the key explorations for Holiday 2016. Key insights on what happened in 2015 and ideas for improvements in 2016.
- June 11, 2016
The 2016 Global Retail Development Index - Global Retail Expansion at the Crossroads
Amid ongoing economic turbelence, developing markets continue to offer retailers some prime opportunities for growth.
- June 04, 2016
2016 Internet Trends Report
Mary Meeker, partner at venture capital fund Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, annual internet trends report. Three billion global internet users. Smartphone growth slowing. Online advertising growing 20%. Online sales now at 10%. Plus much, much more.
- May 27, 2016
The Future CIO
This Raconteur report examines how CIOs are championing cyber security, and looks at the role of artificial intelligence and robotics, as well as the digital transformation through collaboration.
- May 21, 2016
Deloitte Navigating the New Digital Divide in 9 Countries
The new digital divide poses a critical challenge to retailers. In order to stay relevant in today's marketplace, retailers must understand the evolving digital needs of their customers and improve their ability to anticipate and shape the needs of tomorrow. Deloitte provides an insightful view of trends in nine key retail markets.
- May 14, 2016
Finding retail growth: A view from the corner office
Retailers around the world face unprecedented disruption. An Economist Intelligence Unit in-depth survey of 300 C-Level retail executives includes the most powerful shifts impacting retail growth, where high performers are investing, and what differentiates high performers from the rest.
- May 07, 2016
How to predict the future of retail
A JLL Research USA POV report on how to predict the future. Understanding how retailers meet the levels of human need reveals how the industry will evolve.
- April 30, 2016
Cross-Channel Report: A Race for Retail Relevance
More clothing and footwear shoppers than ever say they prefer to shop online. PwC's annual survey of online shoppers reveals the new ways consumers are researching and making their apparel purchases, both at home and in the store.
- April 23, 2016
State of the Market: Internet of Things 2016
The Internet of Things (IoT) is in your home, in your car, and phone, and increasingly on your body. From Verizon, the five macro trends that are helping speed up adoption across several industries and sectors.
- April 16, 2016
They say they want a revolution - Total Retail 2016
In PwC's most comprehensive Total Retail survey to date, the firm asked nearly 23,000 online shoppers around the world about issues ranging from mobile shopping to social media influence to innovation at retailers. Their answers reveal the changing behaviors that will drive the next retail revolution.
- April 09, 2016
Mobile Is Eating the World (2016)
Updated research on how Mobile is Eating the World. Technology is universal through mobile, why it's not a subset of the internet anymore, and how mobile is driving new productivity tools.
- April 03, 2016
Retail Technology Study 2016: Personalization Means It's All about Me!
Download the 2016 RIS/Gartner Retail Technology Study to find out why retailers are doubling down on investments in unified systems that deliver personalized shopping experiences. This is a favorite annual report.
- March 27, 2016
USA M&A Survey Outlook 2016
From KPMG, the latest survey on global M&A activity. USA leads all other regions in M&A activities. Technology and pharmaceuticals / bio-tech are the top two sectors. Consumer / retail sector lagging.
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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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