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INSIDER INSIGHTS
JULY/AUGUST 2019
ALISON EMBREY MEDINA
DIRECTOR OF CONTENT
RETAILX
ALISON.MEDINA@EMERALDEXPO.COM
The Step Forward
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had its sights set on its various enemies throughout the
years. When I first started at what was then Display & Design Ideas
magazine nearly two decades ago, much of my retail education happened at retail conferences. Back then, I quickly learned that there was
only one monstrous, demonic presence whose scale, size and pricing model
was making it IMPOSSIBLE for any retailer to survive: Walmart.
Walmart put a lot of mom and pops out of business. And yet, retail prevailed.
Then, as retailers upped their e-commerce game over the years, the buzzword of fate at the conferences became "showrooming." How can brick and
mortar survive, when customers can see that my price can be beat elsewhere
while they are roaming my aisles?
Showrooming kept pricing at the forefront of the retail experience for quite
a long time. And yet, retail prevailed.
Now, Amazon is the be-all-and-end-all worst thing that could ever have
happened to physical retail. Low prices, wide assortment AND THEY CAN GET
IT TO YOUR HOUSE IN AN HOUR? What's a physical retailer to do?!!
The definition of disruption is a disturbance that interrupts the natural cadence of things. Retail has been radically disrupted throughout history, from
the markets of Greece to the direct-to-consumer brands of today. And yet,
somehow, retail prevails. Disruption is a beautiful, eye-opening thing. It's a
catalyst for change when change is needed most.
So now, as we enter the hybridized age of channel-less retail, figuring out
our next step forward seems a daunting endeavor. But change is inevitable for
the future of retail. It's as concrete as Kroger announcing a partnership with
Microsoft, or Target acquiring Shipt, or even Amazon doubling down on opening physical retail stores. The seam-free convergence of off- and online retail is
no longer a future ideation-it's already here. We're all just running a different
pace at the moment, and most of us have a lot of catching up to do.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of design:retail - July/August 2019
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Contents
From the Editor
Insider Insights
Happenings
Mingle
Spec Sheet: ICFF and Neocon
Spec Sheet: Fixtures
Clicks & Mortar: Blenders Eyewear
Design Detail: Desharnais Pneus et Mécanique
Perspectives: ”Return on Experience”
By the Numbers: Gen Z Hits the Mall
Clicks & Mortar: Adore Me
Plugged In: Salesfloor
Incubator Spaces
7-Eleven
Fixture Leaders
Globalshop in Review
Moment
design:retail - July/August 2019 - Intro
design:retail - July/August 2019 - CT1
design:retail - July/August 2019 - CT2
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - Cover2
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - Contents
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - From the Editor
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - Insider Insights
design:retail - July/August 2019 - 9
design:retail - July/August 2019 - Happenings
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - Mingle
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - Spec Sheet: ICFF and Neocon
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - 19
design:retail - July/August 2019 - Spec Sheet: Fixtures
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - Clicks & Mortar: Blenders Eyewear
design:retail - July/August 2019 - Design Detail: Desharnais Pneus et Mécanique
design:retail - July/August 2019 - 24
design:retail - July/August 2019 - 25
design:retail - July/August 2019 - Perspectives: ”Return on Experience”
design:retail - July/August 2019 - By the Numbers: Gen Z Hits the Mall
design:retail - July/August 2019 - Clicks & Mortar: Adore Me
design:retail - July/August 2019 - Plugged In: Salesfloor
design:retail - July/August 2019 - Incubator Spaces
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - 32
design:retail - July/August 2019 - 33
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - OPCover1
design:retail - July/August 2019 - OP2
design:retail - July/August 2019 - OP3
design:retail - July/August 2019 - OP4
design:retail - July/August 2019 - OP5
design:retail - July/August 2019 - OP6
design:retail - July/August 2019 - OP7
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - OP19
design:retail - July/August 2019 - OPCover4
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - 7-Eleven
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - Fixture Leaders
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - TRCover1
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design:retail - July/August 2019 - Globalshop in Review
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