On Wednesday, the Fung Global Retail & Technology team attended the third and final day of the inaugural Shoptalk conference, which its organizers describe as “the tech event for nextgen commerce.” Day three of the event was the most dynamic,… Continue Reading
At Day 2 of the inaugural Shoptalk conference, The Fung Global Retail and Technology team heard about the demand for online products by brick-and-mortar stores, how malls are embracing mobile technology, and views on venture-capital financing. We kicked off Day… Continue Reading
The Fung Global Retail and Technology team attended Day 1 of the inaugural Shoptalk conference, which its organizers describe as “the tech event for nextgen commerce.” We joined more than 3,000 attendees, including C-suite executives, entrepreneurs and retail leaders from… Continue Reading
Last week, the Fung Global Retail & Technology team attended the WWD Beauty CEO Summit in Palm Beach, Florida. The major theme this year was “See Change, Be Change,” and more than 250 global retail executives were in attendance. The… Continue Reading
Watch to hear my insights on how Amazon is shaking up retail. I discuss five key things the e-commerce giant is doing to disrupt retail: 1. Prime is taking off 2. Redefining logistics with Prime Now 3. Home Services 4. Echo along… Continue Reading
Last week, we attended the Drapers Digital Forum 2016 in London, and heard from a range of experts in digital fashion retail. Here are three key takeaways. 1. THE CUSTOMER NEEDS TO BE AT THE CENTER OF DIGITAL COMMERCE As… Continue Reading
This week, I contributed to Chain Drug Review with a piece titled, “As baby boomer generation ages, its needs will change,” in which I examined how retailers will need to evolve to keep up with the changing needs of the… Continue Reading
Here we identify the most important retail tech trends for 2016 and share our thinking on what to watch for and why. These include virtual reality, robots, mobile payments and 3D printing. Here we summarize the top 16 trends, for our… Continue Reading
We recently attended a three-year planning meeting for Li & Fung, an affiliated company within the Fung Group, which got us thinking about how the retail industry will look in 2020. To gain insight, we looked at data from market… 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