Jun 14, 2019 | Holiday Retail Outlook Report, Publication, Retail Business Transformation, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
Using data to meet market demand in brick-and-mortar fashion retail Spring may feel like an overnight shift to consumers—they wake up one day to find leaves on trees and pastel hues in shop windows—but to retailers it can represent a year’s worth of inventory...
May 24, 2019 | Holiday Retail Outlook Report, Publication, Retail Business Transformation
BRG Retail writes about operating results, store closures and bankruptcies, the continuing evolution of retail, and critical themes for the C-suite. Read the article in Retail IT Insights.
Apr 30, 2019 | Holiday Retail Outlook Report, Publication, Retail Business Transformation, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
Last year, in our review of operating results from the 2017 holiday season, we noted that retailers were “walking a tightrope” when it came to maintaining gross margins in the retail business environment. Guess what? Things didn’t improve much in 2018! After a good...
Mar 18, 2019 | Publication, Retail Business Transformation, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
Averting Lost Sales in Today’s Dynamic Retail Environment Retailers have felt the rising impact of online shopping generally and of Amazon in particular, and have witnessed a dramatic evolution of consumer buying patterns. The effect on retailers has been...
Jan 3, 2019 | Holiday Retail Outlook Report, News, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
Keith Jelinek discusses customer bargain hunting, pricing and cost drops, and how holiday sales have increased but store earnings have decreased. Listen to the report at Marketplace. Mr. Jelinek speaks at ~1:06.
