This week I attended the “Highlights from the ACRS World Retail Congress” where my time was well spent hearing about merging global trends and retail best practice. This year’s theme centred on the idea of ‘Transforming retail today, tomorrow and beyond’ to survive in an age of disruption. Retail leaders – Dr. Sean Sands and […]
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Retail Safari CES 2015 Trends and Retail Innovations
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the biggest industry event of its kind in the world, which this year saw over 170,000 attendees scour over 2.2 million square feet of exhibit space featuring more than 3,600 exhibitors. Whilst big brands often steal the show, this year also featured a record number of start-ups showcasing their […]
CES 2015 – Intel Keynote
At Retail Safari we are immensely proud of our long-standing partnership with Intel in Australia and CES represent a fantastic opportunity to see what they have lined up for the year ahead and beyond. This year’s CES keynote by CEO Brian Krzanich started with a bang and kept up that momentum showing us that […]
CES 2015 is all systems go. Gary Shapiro opens the show.
“Innovate or die!” A familiar mantra from the CEO and President of the Consumer Electronics Association, Gary Shapiro, and again a common theme in his keynote this morning to open the Consumer Electronics Show for 2015. Because “innovation by it’s very nature disrupts the status quo” and innovation is what CES is all about! With […]
Refined palates driving indulgence and premiumisation
Demand in the frozen desserts and pastries category has shifted from the traditional family-shared dessert to single-serve and bite-sized sweets according to Retail World’s category review in their August 22 issue. Some trends and predictions mentioned are that dessert shoppers have become more knowledgeable and are checking ingredients, switching to healthier options such as all-natural, […]
Marketing that the Australian consumer really wants
With the hunt for the highest ROI in marketing spend and broadest reach to consumers, marketers have been embracing new technologies as the solution to influence their target markets – but is it working? According to recent research¹, the Australian consumer isn’t necessarily embracing these technologies with the same fervour. As an example, Social Media […]
