DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Has Target’s experience operating stores between 12,000- and 30,000-square-feet prepared it to succeed with even smaller locations? What do you think of Target’s plan to begin testing a 6,000-square-foot store in 2021? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : This is a winning strategy Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What do you see as the biggest challenges facing retailers in relation to the coronavirus outbreak? What actions do you recommend retailers and suppliers take now to minimize the impact for their customers and their businesses? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : For Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Will customer faith in Walgreens be compromised in light of this reporting? What is the appropriate course of action that should have been taken when Walgreens received proof that their pharmacists were being overworked? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : We all have Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: As retailers and brands open more localized, community-driven stores, how will they scale the experiences to the rest of their store fleets? What is the right mix of store formats and sizes retailers should adopt? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : Although it may Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Do you see machine learning or other technologies helping competitors, large and small, catch up to Amazon in logistics and last-mile delivery? What do you think of Deliverr’s solution? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : I hope it works. This will be a Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Do you think anticompetitive behavior in the technology sector is having negative effects on retailers and consumer brands? Is current governmental oversight and regulation capable of policing anticompetitive behavior in the technology sector? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : When even the largest tech Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What do you think of H-E-B’s move to distribute $100 bills to all employees for being recognized as the top U.S. grocer? Should surprise recognition play a bigger role in supporting employee morale and retention? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : Although it Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Do you think there is a real future for cashierless stores in the convenience store channel? Will 7-Eleven’s commitment to digital technologies be a point of competitive difference for the banner going forward? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust : Mr. DePinto’s decision to Read more…
New Walmart U.S. CEO is making retention a higher priority. RetailWire’s BrainTrust expert panelists like CEO Zel Bianco discuss what is takes to keep employees satisfied. “Pay is important, but a sense of belonging and knowing your employer cares is a very important part of retaining good people and morale among Read more…
Forbes takes us through four expert tips for battling entrepreneur burnout and Zel Bianco, CEO of Interactive Edge, is featured in expert tip number two: Make Time For Non-Business Interests Zel Bianco, CEO of Interactive Edge, has been running his own firm for 25 years and it can still give Read more…