Coming into the final days of the holiday season, we see that there are two types of people: those who bought their gifts early, and those who intend to run into stores on Christmas Eve, scrambling to get all of… Continue Reading
The Fung Global Retail & Technology team attended the Global Retailing Conference 2016 last week in Tucson, Arizona. The event is supported by the Corporate Advisory Board of the University of Arizona’s Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing. This year,… Continue Reading
On March 17th, we had the pleasure of hosting five startups from the XRC Labs innovation accelerator, and one finalist from the SXSW 2015 Accelerator at a Disruptors Breakfast at the Li & Fung Hive in New York. More than 60 guests… Continue Reading
This week, the Fung Global Retail & Technology team attended panel discussions, met leaders from several startups and saw interesting products on display at the Interactive segment of the 2016 South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas. The festival… Continue Reading
In his keynote address at CES on Thursday, Dr. WP Hong, President of Samsung SDS (which specializes in IT services), articulated Samsung’s vision for the Internet of Things (IoT). He detailed the role of several companies in the Samsung Group… Continue Reading
Highlights from Day 1 at #CES2016 – Wednesday, January 6, 2016 CTA CEO Gary Shapiro and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings gave a dual keynote address. Shapiro highlighted the benefits to life and society enabled by technology. Netflix previewed two… Continue Reading
The FBIC Retail and Tech team is attending the impressive #CES2016 in Las Vegas all week! If you’re following us on Twitter (@RetailTechStrat), you may already be following along with our live tweets from around the show. With so much… Continue Reading
Our estimate for the Holiday Shopping Season remains 3 – 4% vs. 4.1% last year. With just a few days before Christmas, we are in the holiday homestretch, and in this video below we recap the themes we’ve seen so far… Continue Reading
Now you can jump the line at Starbucks stores in the US and UK! Although Starbucks has its detractors, its popularity has not been diminished one bit in the two locations near our Midtown New York City office. Starbucks seems… Continue Reading
The Chinese shopper is coming, and big opportunities await retailers worldwide. That is the message from our newly published report, Global Chinese Shoppers: The $200 Billion Opportunity, a major study that we coproduced with consultancy firm China Luxury Advisors. Chinese… Continue Reading