Have Downtowns Become Victims of Their Own Success?
This year’s International Downtown Association (IDA) Annual Conference was held in Winnipeg, MB. Having been to more of these conferences …
Category Archives: Retail Innovations
Amazon and Whole Foods… as the Dust Starts to Clear
“OMG!” “The food industry is doomed!” “It’s not a big deal in Canada.”—And so forth. Here’s J.C. Williams Group’s take …
Retail Innovations Blog Series: Hot Trend #4 — Responsibility
Welcome to J.C. Williams Group’s Retail Innovations Blog Series where we celebrate global retail innovation, concepts, and trends! This series is based …
Retail Innovations Blog Series: Hot Trend #3 — Brand Intensity
Welcome to J.C. Williams Group’s Retail Innovations Blog Series where we celebrate global retail innovation, concepts, and trends! This series is based …
Retail Innovations Blog Series: Hot Trend #2 — Interactions
Welcome to J.C. Williams Group’s Retail Innovations Blog Series where we celebrate global retail innovation, concepts, and trends! This series …
Retail Innovations Blog Series: Hot Trend #1 – Smart Shopping
Welcome to J.C. Williams Group’s Retail Innovations Blog Series where we celebrate global retail innovation, concepts, and trends! This series …
Grocery Shopping—High Tech, High Touch
Who could have imagined that the weekly grocery shopping chore that every household goes through could inspire some of the …
Defining the Future of Retail – The 7 Key Drivers of Innovation in 2016
Each year, J.C. Williams Group and Ebeltoft Group publish Retail Innovations; our annual compilation of global retail trends, concepts, and …
3 Hot Global Trends in Retail
Ebeltoft Group and J.C. Williams Group has been chasing and cataloging innovative retail concepts and trends across the globe for 11 …
Retail Innovation in Canada – Is That an Oxymoron?
Recently, we at J.C. Williams Group have been consumed with the idea of “retail innovation.” As partners in the Ebeltoft …
7 Global Innovation Trends for Retailers to Watch
J.C. Williams Group and the Ebeltoft Group have been formally tracking trends in retail innovation around the globe for nearly …
Retail Inspiration from the East — A Visit to Central World, Bangkok
Look up Thailand and Shopping on Google, and you get 119 million results to look through. Look up Thailand alone …
Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 9—Technology Intervention
Technology itself is not an innovation; what the technology enables customers to do is that which provides a glimpse of …
Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 8—Retailvention/Verticality
How do you think about an existing business in a completely different way, shattering the tried and true methods of …
Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 7—Online Offline Mashup
A new retail era is emerging. It will seamlessly blend the online and offline retail experience together, allowing customers to …
Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 6—Hyper Local
There is real power in truly being local. Having the right products sourced from local communities speaks to powerful macro trends …
Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 5—Experiential Retailing 2.0
With e-commerce growing in sales and popularity on a global basis, retailers are forced to ask, “What is the role of …
Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 4—Eco-Friendly
While most consumers still express a preference to behave in an eco-friendly manner, the practical realities of budgets and performance …
Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 3—Customization
Customization is now reaching critical mass. From breakfast cereals and decorated cakes to vitamins, sporting goods and luxury automobiles, customers …
Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 2—Curated Collections
The heart of successful retailing lies in creating a coherent and compelling assortment for customers. It is the job of …
Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 1—Crowdsourcing
Increasingly, customers are playing an active role in defining and determining the assortment. Consumers are no longer just passive recipients …
