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Issue 01-30-2023

Climate change tops list of retail disruptors

If recent history has taught mass market retailers anything, it is that established patterns of business are sometimes upended in sudden and unexpected ways. Kate Ancketill, founder and chief executive officer of London-based GDR Creative Intelligence, addressed the implications that major disruptions have for merchants during a presentation at the National Retail Federation’s Big Show.

Retailing is still at its core about people

The exhibit floor at NRF 2023: Retail’s Big Show was a cornucopia of technological innovation, packed with exhibitors showing off the latest robots, kiosks and mobile point-of-sale solutions, as well as scads of artificial intelligence applications designed to help retailers do everything from addressing theft within their stores to better forecasting their inventory needs. There