DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Is the Taco Bell Defy concept likely a winner? How do you see QSR designs evolving to meet the needs of customers in the next few years? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust: In markets where the only option is drive up or drive Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Do you think Kroger’s partnership with Kitchen United will succeed in its goal of furthering the grocer as a food destination for consumers in the markets served by its stores? Do you see this concept as scalable to the point of Kroger opening large numbers of ghost kitchens Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Have Amazon’s marketplace sellers become the biggest key to its sales success on Prime Day as well as the rest of the year? Do you foresee Amazon pulling back on its own retail sales as third-parties grab a greater share of the platform’s sales? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Should suppliers be expected to cover some of the retailers’ costs for overhauling in-store and digital operations? What will be the net effect of these upfront fees on vendors, retailers and consumers? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust: They truly do need each other Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Has the pandemic changed how retailers source new products? Do you see Instagram and other social media sites becoming more important in retailer searches for new products? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust: The pandemic has accelerated how retailers source new products but the Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Do you see most corporate workers returning to offices as the pandemic eases, continuing to work remotely or shifting to a hybrid set-up? What might retail’s corporate staff lose with a strong shift to remote working following the pandemic? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: What do you see as the biggest internal and external challenges facing retail pharmacies when it comes to immunizing large numbers of people against COVID-19? Do you think that pharmacies have a significant role to play in bringing COVID-19 vaccines to underserved areas or are other paths of Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Which commercials from this year’s Super Bowl broadcast stood out for you for the most? Which one did you think was the best? Interactive Edge’s CEO, Zel Bianco comments, featured on RetailWire’s Braintrust: With so many spots being quite a mess in terms of what they wanted to Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Is Amazon’s inventiveness the single key feature that has set it apart from other retailers and consumer-facing brands over the past 20+ years? Do you expect the company’s commitment and track record of doing “crazy things” and making “them normal” to continue with Andy Jassy as Amazon CEO? Read more…
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Why do you think Americans have been turning to small CPG brands in greater numbers in recent years? Do you expect this to continue and how will it affect how mass merchandisers, supermarkets, warehouse clubs, convenience and dollar stores make merchandise, space and other business related decisions about Read more…