DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Where do you land on the debate over whether retailers should develop their own software applications or use commercially available solutions? Should increased accessibility of commercial solutions recast the role of IT teams? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : Retailers have enough issues Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What steps will be critical for REI to ensure the shift to remote working and multiple satellite campuses proves effective? Do you think the move will prove successful for REI and do you expect other retailers to take similar action? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Would you generally encourage or discourage advertisers from showing people with masks in commercials? In what situations would showing masks prominently or subtly be relevant versus irrelevant? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : Given how some people are treating grocery workers, it is Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Do you think retailers have risen to the occasion in recent months in the eyes of consumers or have they largely fallen short? What do you see as the best ways for retailers to “win the loyalty” of consumers at this point in time? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: How should stores strategize around the potential that a return to normal may not occur until late next year? Should retailers/brands prepare for the worst? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : Those retailers and brands that have continued to move forward, plan, automate Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Which retailers do you think have made the most significant gains based on their ecommerce performance going back to March? What stands out to you about their operational performance? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : Our son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter live in Northern Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What is driving the apparent rise in boycotts of retailers and brands? Do you see the increase in boycotts as a short-term or long-term issue for retailers and brands? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : So many of us are so frustrated with Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Do you think Best Buy is likely to emerge from the experience of the last several months in a stronger competitive position based on its preliminary second quarter results and employee rehiring and pay initiatives? Where do you see opportunities for the chain to build its business going Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What lessons does the COVID-19 crisis offer about the barriers retail management teams often encounter to innovation and experimentation? What’s the likelihood that legacy retailers will more readily embrace digitally-first approaches as the crisis lifts? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : When it’s Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: How does the payout of large financial bonuses to top executives at struggling and bankrupt retailers affect the morale and performance of employees within those organizations? Do you think corporate America, specifically the retail industry, needs to rethink how employees from the frontline to the c-suite are compensated Read more…