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Retail Innovations Blog Series: Trend #1: Smart Shopping

July 16, 2018

Welcome back to J.C. Williams Group’s Retail Innovations Blog Series where we celebrate global retail innovation, concepts, and trends! This series is …

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Have Downtowns Become Victims of Their Own Success?

October 11, 2017

This year’s International Downtown Association (IDA) Annual Conference was held in Winnipeg, MB.  Having been to more of these conferences …

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Amazon and Whole Foods… as the Dust Starts to Clear

September 8, 2017

“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 …

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Retail Innovations Blog Series: Hot Trend #4 — Responsibility

August 11, 2017

Welcome to J.C. Williams Group’s Retail Innovations Blog Series where we celebrate global retail innovation, concepts, and trends! This series is based …

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Retail Innovations Blog Series: Hot Trend #3 — Brand Intensity

July 14, 2017

Welcome to J.C. Williams Group’s Retail Innovations Blog Series where we celebrate global retail innovation, concepts, and trends! This series is based …

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Retail Innovations Blog Series: Hot Trend #2 — Interactions

June 13, 2017

Welcome to J.C. Williams Group’s Retail Innovations Blog Series where we celebrate global retail innovation, concepts, and trends! This series …

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Retail Innovations Blog Series: Hot Trend #1 – Smart Shopping

May 12, 2017

Welcome to J.C. Williams Group’s Retail Innovations Blog Series where we celebrate global retail innovation, concepts, and trends! This series …

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Grocery Shopping—High Tech, High Touch

April 13, 2017

Who could have imagined that the weekly grocery shopping chore that every household goes through could inspire some of the …

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Defining the Future of Retail – The 7 Key Drivers of Innovation in 2016

November 15, 2016

Each year, J.C. Williams Group and Ebeltoft Group publish Retail Innovations; our annual compilation of global retail trends, concepts, and …

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3 Hot Global Trends in Retail

June 21, 2016

Ebeltoft Group and J.C. Williams Group has been chasing and cataloging innovative retail concepts and trends across the globe for 11 …

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Retail Innovation in Canada – Is That an Oxymoron?

September 3, 2015

Recently, we at J.C. Williams Group have been consumed with the idea of “retail innovation.” As partners in the Ebeltoft …

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7 Global Innovation Trends for Retailers to Watch

June 10, 2015

J.C. Williams Group and the Ebeltoft Group have been formally tracking trends in retail innovation around the globe for nearly …

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Retail Inspiration from the East — A Visit to Central World, Bangkok

February 12, 2015

Look up Thailand and Shopping on Google, and you get 119 million results to look through. Look up Thailand alone …

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Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 9—Technology Intervention

April 14, 2014

Technology itself is not an innovation; what the technology enables customers to do is that which provides a glimpse of …

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Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 8—Retailvention/Verticality

April 14, 2014

How do you think about an existing business in a completely different way, shattering the tried and true methods of …

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Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 7—Online Offline Mashup

April 14, 2014

A new retail era is emerging. It will seamlessly blend the online and offline retail experience together, allowing customers to …

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Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 6—Hyper Local

March 13, 2014

There is real power in truly being local. Having the right products sourced from local communities speaks to powerful macro trends …

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Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 5—Experiential Retailing 2.0

March 13, 2014

With e-commerce growing in sales and popularity on a global basis, retailers are forced to ask, “What is the role of …

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Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 4—Eco-Friendly

February 13, 2014

While most consumers still express a preference to behave in an eco-friendly manner, the practical realities of budgets and performance …

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Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 3—Customization

February 13, 2014

Customization is now reaching critical mass. From breakfast cereals and decorated cakes to vitamins, sporting goods and luxury automobiles, customers …

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Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 2—Curated Collections

January 14, 2014

The heart of successful retailing lies in creating a coherent and compelling assortment for customers. It is the job of …

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Retail Innovations 9: Global Retail Trends 2013 Part 1—Crowdsourcing

December 12, 2013

Increasingly, customers are playing an active role in defining and determining the assortment. Consumers are no longer just passive recipients …

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