The Future of #retail: Lessons Learned from Shoptalk 2019
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I spent the past four days at Shoptalk, a retail and e-commerce conference that welcomed nearly 8,500 attendees from around the world. As a venture investor who thinks a lot about the future of retail and how startups can make an impact, I was excited to hear from an amazing roster of industry experts, from CEOs of public companies to data scientists at global retailers.Shoptalk 2019 photo from Daisuke Iizuka on Twitter.As a newcomer to Shoptalk, I thought it would be fun to share some of the things I learned, with a focus on the topics and questions that are top-of-mind for retailers of all sizes today. Here are five of the key initiatives that many retailers seem to be thinking about:Meeting the consumer where they are — outside of a mall!In the age of Amazon, many consumers are no longer (...)
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