Australia is next on the list to get the Amazon treatment. The online giant has finally confirmed long-standing rumors that it will launch a full offering in the Australian market, although it has not specified when. In March and April… Continue Reading
This week, Fung Global Retail & Technology hosted its latest installment in the Breakfast with the Disruptors series. The event, which featured fashion tech companies, was held at Global Brands Group’s new Innovation Lab in the Empire State Building,… Continue Reading
Last week, the Fung Global Retail & Technology team attended the 2017 National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona. Below are our key takeaways from the event. 1. The Store of the Future Will Build a… Continue Reading
For the Brits, it is election time again! Prime Minister Theresa May announced this week that the UK will go to the polls in a general election on June 8—not even one year since the country’s referendum on EU membership… Continue Reading
We are being hit with a deluge of negative headlines about US retailers—in this publication and elsewhere—which would lead the reader to believe that retail is on the brink of extinction. This is not the case. Although many retailers are… Continue Reading
This week, the Fung Global Retail & Technology team is attending World Retail Congress 2017 in Dubai. On the first day of the conference, we heard two respected names in department-store retailing hold forth on the shifts and challenges retailers… Continue Reading
If there is one topic we are frequently asked about, it is Lidl’s entry into the US market. The German grocery discounter will open its first 20 US stores this summer in three states in the East: North Carolina, South… Continue Reading
This week, the Fung Global Retail & Technology team attended the second annual Shoptalk conference in Las Vegas. The organizers described it as “the nextgen commerce event” and expected more than 5,000 attendees from more than 40 countries. Those at… Continue Reading
This week, the US Fung Global Retail & Technology team attended and participated in a panel discussion at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. There was much talk of the future of technology in fashion manufacturing and retailing at this… Continue Reading
Before PCs were linked via the Internet, we all felt blissfully safe from computer viruses and malware. Only people who trafficked in pirated software or who used floppy disks from unknown sources were vulnerable to the original types of malware.… Continue Reading