Adults in Toronto can now buy cannabis online and have it delivered to their homes by Uber Eats. It marks the first time that a major third-party delivery provider has been engaged in making marijuana home deliveries. Do you anticipate a large demand for home delivery in the marijuana retail market?
With last year’s in-store Christmas shopping stifled, and supply chain disruptions preventing orders from hitting the shelves on time, retailers ended up sitting on a lot of seasonal inventory. They packed it away for a year and, now as a new Christmas season approaches, they are selling it again. Will shoppers buy 2021’s leftover Christmas inventory or react negatively to last year’s merchandise?
Demonstrating the potential of adding smell to virtual reality, researchers led by Stockholm University recently created a “wine tasting game” in which the user smells wine in a virtual wine cellar and gets points if their guess on aromas in each wine is correct. What would adding smell to virtual reality tech mean to retail?
Circle K has reached agreement to lease space within its convenience stores in Florida for the purpose of dispensing medical marijuana to patients in the state. Is Circle K’s move a game changer for the legal cannabis business?
Technology is everywhere in retail today, but some big retailers say there is not enough, according to a new survey. Do you believe big retailers are still lagging in their implementation of technology?
Amazon.com knows it has an employee turnover problem, and internal documents acquired by Engadget put a price on what that costs the company — $8 billion a year. What will it take to lower Amazon’s high employee turnover rate?
After finding success over the last several years selling holiday-themed family pajama sets for Halloween, Christmas and Easter, The Children’s Place has launched PJ Place, a sleepwear lifestyle brand. Are pajamas a big enough opportunity for The Children’s Place to build a lifestyle brand around?
Grocers not known for rock-bottom prices can minimize the damage in competing against low-price leaders — and potentially strengthen bonds with customers — by keeping price gaps tight while using best practices in executing mass promotions, communications, personalization and private branding. How can traditional grocers best compete in inflationary periods against low-priced leaders?
Fast-fashion giant Shein is the most downloaded retail app in the U.S. despite operating a business model that critics claim is helping to push the Earth towards environmental calamity. Will Shein’s new resale platform mute its critics?
HomeGoods last week introduced House of HomeGoods, offering customers a chance to book a weekend stay at a two-bedroom Hudson Valley, NY, home for $29.99 a night. What do you think of HomeGoods’ House of HomeGoods campaign?
