Articles filed underRetail
Retail design : beautiful optician store in Paris
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
We are always attentive to innovative retail design (read for instance our report on the recently opened Joe Sayegh store) and we found a store that is worth a visit . Parici is an optician store located 14 rue du…
Big Data : what are the trends in the retail and insurance sectors ?
In partnership with Microsoft Europe (Brussels), the University of Louvain (Belgium) organized a conference on 13 May where I discussed the future impact of Big Data in the retail and insurance sectors. I started by outlining the 4 sectors that…
Will Amazon revolutionize supply-chain management?
Two years ago we were analyzing on this blog the rise of a new logistics giant : Amazon. Amazon was successfully testing new delivery experiences with DHL and Audi. We also predicted Amazon was ready to compete directly with the…
Will banks sell your data to retailers?
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
Your bank knows a lot about you and, as a matter of fact, the banking sector has been investing huge amount in Big Data for years. Similarly retailers know also a lot about you through the purchases you make. Is…
Service quality : the next retail challenge after Big Data
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
Algorithms have become instrumental in retailers' strategies to increase loyalty among customers. We don't know of any major retailer not having a Big Data team working on a.o. predicting churn, couponning, increasing loyalty, new segmentation, ... Yet, what we also…
10 Parisian stores with a 3D-printed interactive window
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
In an earlier post we reported about an initiative launched in Paris to create interactive windows 3D printed elements made by Le FabShop. This initiative got launched by SEMAEST, a public organization which aims at promoting local retail in Paris.…
4 retail problems that focus groups cannot solve
By Pierre-Nicolas Schwab •
Focus groups are not the magic solution to all your marketing problems. Good market research uses focus group as an additional technique to confirm the results obtained elsewhere; never as an exploratory methodology. In the retail world, focus groups are…
