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
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
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
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
In late January, Amazon reduced its minimum purchase requirement for free two-day shipping to $35 ($25 for books) from $50 previously. In an interview with Recode, Marc Lore—who is Walmart’s e-commerce chief and the former CEO of Jet.com, which Walmart… Continue Reading
As many large retailers and brands face lower foot traffic and negative same-store sales, along with the relentless encroachment of e-commerce, we are seeing turbulence in senior leadership at a number of companies. The table below shows selected recent management… Continue Reading
Social Selling This week, we found ourselves once again discussing the prospects for social commerce, which simply refers to buying and selling through social media websites. In this note, we distill our thoughts on why social commerce—which has gone through… Continue Reading
Two events from the past week have led us to reflect on the future of the retail landscape. First, our US team attended the National Retail Federation (NRF) Retail’s Big Show 2017, where there was much discussion of the reshaping… Continue Reading
The Fung Global Retail & Technology team recently attended the 50th annual CES trade show in Las Vegas. Originally a trade show for televisions, radios and phonographs, CES has evolved into the world’s largest consumer electronics showcase, drawing more than… Continue Reading