In association with Retail Supply Chain: Navigating Through Rough Waters With Improved Agility In December 2021, the RSR team released our latest look at the state of retail supply chain, entitled Retail Supply Chain: Navigating Through Rough Waters With Improved Agility. The report, sponsored by Blue Yonder, is a call to action for retailers to make the […]
Impacts of Covid Pandemic on Society, Business and Commerce Against the continuing ‘worse than dreadful’ life and death health impacts on global humanity of the Covid Pandemic, the subsequent consequences for Society, Business and Commerce have been surveyed and analysed here. Jeffrey Cole, Founder and Director of the Center for the Digital Future and IORMA […]
IORMA Webinar : Green Manufacturing – what this involves and how to achieve success Thursday 2 December 2021 The two authors of a recent book on this subject will outline some of the practical solutions that companies producing and manufacturing goods could take to achieve net-zero goals. Harnessing new technologies will be crucial in the […]
Will Direct to Consumer D2C begin to supplant Retailing ? May 2022 D2C is an abbreviation of direct-to-consumer, a business model which is growing rapidly thanks to digitisation. A company produces a given product in its own facility, as well as distributing it within its own channels. Customers are attracted through mobile applications, social networks, websites, […]
FashTech Digital Incubator The digital future for the fashion and apparel sector Fashion and Apparel sector >>> Future direction To succeed in an increasingly digital world, the Fashion/Apparel sector needs to transform to a digital culture The Financial Services sector is already adopting a FinTech approach The FashTech digital incubator Provides a full scale of services […]
Webinar October 14, 2021 1pm EDT/10am PDT/6pm BST Online: registration info below Join RSR’s Brian Kilcourse on October 14 at 1PM EDT/10AM PDT/6PM BST as he moderates a fascinating online discussion with Shannon Colquhoun, VP Strategy for Global Retail, eCommerce and CPG with Talkdesk; Ed Wong, SVP Industry Strategy for Global Retail Sector with Blue Yonder; and Rob […]
How Gamification (games psychology and mechanics) can benefit business and personal ambitions Thursday 14 October 2021 Gamification has attracted a lot of attention over recent years as a way of engaging attention and influencing behaviours. For many people, gamification has been associated with points, badges and leader-boards as tools to engage and motivate users. The […]
Where Disruption Comes From … “two guys in a garage“ Jeffrey Cole, Founder and Director, Center for the Digital Future, Los AngelesIORMA Advisory Board Jeffrey discusses where Disruption comes from and quotes Bill Gates as saying “two guys in a garage”! See the video of Jeffrey’s discussion below:
IORMA Webinar: Sustainable Buildings 17 June 2021 Can innovative energy efficient design help to reduce the 40% of all energy resources consumed by buildings? Our experts will identify some of the possible innovations. The rate of global warming has rapidly accelerated in the last few decades with a predicted increase in UK temperatures of up […]
IORMA Webinar: Ecommerce in Africa – The Opportunities 3 June 2021 According to IORMA South Africa, fashion and beauty products sold via Ecommerce rose by 27% globally in 2020; in South Africa by 30%; in Nigeria by 44%; Ghana by 47% and Kenya a staggering 82%. Ecommerce in Africa was valued at 16.5 billion dollars […]