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This line of largely misguided thinking contributed mightily to the idea that physical retail was destined to go away and led to some aggressive predictions about online shopping penetration getting to 50% by 2030 (or even 30% by 2025) that look less and less prophetic every day. Back in 2011 famed venture capitalist Mark Andreessen famously said that “software is eating the world.” He quickly followed that up by extending it to the retail industry in particular. MORE
At the close of every calendar year it’s customary to pen a post about trends and predictions for the upcoming year. Many of these take the form of a “boast post,” a confident and colorful tour de force displaying the company’s mastery of the market’s direction. But let’s be real here. MORE
” Lululemon has also pledged to have 100 percent of its merchandise made from sustainable materials by 2030 Lululemon Athletica said it has begun the process of expanding the sizes of the products it sells to serve a greater number of customers. “Who are we to determine the exclusive nature of the product purely based on size?” ” said CEO Calvin McDonald. MORE
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The report that Barneys New York is examining strategic alternatives that could include a bankruptcy or sale is the latest indicator that department stores — even the luxury ones — just aren’t moving the needle for shoppers. Last week, UBS analysts described Nordstrom as a “no-growth retailer,” one that hasn’t been able to fight off pricing perception and a cultural shift in consumer spending. MORE
As global enterprise spending on software surpasses the $1 trillion mark in the coming decade, the growth rate of software spending will slow to 4% per annum from 7% historically. A buyers’ market for enterprise software will emerge. More choices, more transparency, and more interoperability will result in unprecedented choice for enterprise software buyers, who […]. age of the customer MORE
According to a report published by the United Nations , by 2030, the demand for water will exceed supply by 40%. Smart Water Management. MORE
From 2020 until 2030, Forrester estimates that global software spending by businesses will climb from $920 billion to north of $1.3 If software is “eating the world,” in the words of Marc Andreessen, the world also has a reciprocal appetite for software. trillion. Software will continue to spread, mediating, recording, and enabling more users, transactions, […]. age of the customer MORE
35 Recent studies suggest 60% of the world’s population will likely live in large cities by 2030, and that transition is already well underway. Also, contrary to popular belief, Millennials prefer going to brick-and-mortar locations , and by 2030 they’ll comprise 35% of all spending — invest in all avenues or your stores, physical or otherwise, will suffer.) MORE
The fast food giant said it is targeting 2030 to reach gender parity for those roles and that its EVPs will have their compensation tied, in part, to achieving diversity goals. McDonald’s has announced plans to diversify its senior leadership by 2025 with a focus on promoting more women and members of minority groups. MORE
Worse, The World Counts expects paper demand to double by 2030, indicating that companies are not taking advantage of more environmentally and cost-friendly solutions. Consumers love environmentally conscious companies. MORE
SAP today announced that it will continue to support customers on Business Suite 7 until 2030. This won’t surprise many people, because the 2025 deadline was unrealistic given how slowly SAP’s customers are moving to S/4HANA. It was never likely that SAP would risk its €11.5 million maintenance stream by switching off support for a […]. age of the customer MORE
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The 2020 shopper will likely not look anything like the shopper of 2030. The retail industry is changing, fast. Over the past decade, we have seen this sector move to a primarily online function and innovate to meet the needs of an ever-shifting assortment of consumers. In fact, 2019 showed great progress for eCommerce to close the gap in total market share of sales compared to brick-and-mortar retail. (1) MORE
The news came as he confirmed that cars fully powered by petrol or diesel cannot be produced after 2030, but some hybrid cars will be. MORE
Unilever has said it will eliminate the use of petrochemicals in its cleaning and laundry products by 2030. The consumer packaged goods giant highlighted the environmental benefits of its efforts and said it was the first to do so. Unilever plans to use plant- and marine-based alternatives, such as algae, to replace the ingredients it is taking out MORE
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By 2030, Amazon wants to achieve this for half of its shipments. It's official; Etsy has just become the first ever international e-commerce marketplace to offset ALL its shipping emissions – how awesome is that?! Etsy's Journey. This is the big question. How on earth has Etsy managed to offset all their toxic shipping secretions? Well, first things first, Etsy kickstarted things by installing solar panels on the roof of their HQ in Brooklyn. MORE
IKEA too is running initiatives designed to support the move toward a circular business model, in line with its ambition to become a climate positive business by 2030. Retail is always a fascinating industry to watch. MORE
Euromonitor has forecast that ghost kitchens could grow to a $1 trillion global market by 2030 The novel coronavirus pandemic has hurt the restaurant industry as much as any other business sector in the U.S. MORE
Forrester’s data shows job losses will reach 29% by 2030, and the creation of equivalent jobs will total only 13%. Academics to consultants are prognosticating on the future of work, picking winners and losers, often to the detriment of employees. Job losses and gains dominate headlines. Humanity remains at the center. The future of work […]. age of the customer customer experience employee experience MORE
By 2030, banking will be invisible, connected, insights-driven, and purposeful. Leading banks are pivoting and rebooting their strategy — capitalizing on the pace of change and innovation and setting their course for the next decade. MORE
And by 2030, those surveyed expect digital wallets to be the primary source of payments. Technology is restructuring how money moves. From crypto-currencies to peer-topper payments and one-click checkouts, modern innovations are shifting the basic payment infrastructure of our economy. The gadget we carry in our pockets is becoming more than ever thought possible. And the wallet is its next target. MORE
The drivers of the future are evolutions of the past – some playing out now, others that will be far more prominent by 2025 and table stakes by 2030. […]. MORE
Increasing at a rate up to as much as one new user every 8 seconds until 2030, ignoring this user group as part of your social media strategy is untenable. Your content is poppin’. Polished and proofed, you’ve put this piece of content through the wringer to get it ready. Now all you have to do is let people know where it is and wait for those likes, retweets, and accolades to start rolling in. So you keep waiting. And waiting. Nothing happens. MORE
Apple announced that it is stepping up investments in solar power and encouraging suppliers to use renewable energy sources with the goal of being carbon neutral by 2030. Businesses have a profound opportunity to help build a more sustainable future, one born of our common concern for the planet we share,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook. “… With our commitment to carbon neutrality, we hope to be a ripple in the pond that creates a much larger change MORE
Volvo is phasing out all vehicles that run completely or partially on fossil fuels and will only produce electric models beginning in 2030. The car manufacturer also announced that, beginning in 2030, consumers will have to go online to buy their new Volvo EVs. The car maker’s announcement earlier this week follows a similar announcement by General Motors, which pledged to be fully electric by 2035 MORE
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Understanding this, Amazon announced its Delivery Zero project in 2019, the objective of which is to make all of their shipments net-zero carbon in the future, with 50 percent of them zero net carbon by the year 2030. MORE
The 2020 shopper will likely not look anything like the shopper of 2030. The retail industry is changing, fast. Over the past decade, we have seen this sector move to a primarily online function and innovate to meet the needs of an ever-shifting assortment of consumers. In fact, 2019 showed great progress for e-Commerce to close the gap in total market share of sales compared to brick-and-mortar retail. MORE
Break Free From Plastic is calling on multinational corporations to reduce the use of single-use plastics whose use, it claims, could double by the year 2030. Offenders on the group’s list include Coca-Cola, which was identified as the worst of the worst. Coke is followed by PepsiCo and Nestle on the group’s wall of blame MORE
The year 2030 has been pulled to 2020. Across Black Friday and Cyber Monday Shopify merchants saw $5.1 Billion USD in sales. CEO Tobi Lutke tweeting a congratulations message to independent businesses around the world. Numbers are in. sold on Shopify over BFCM weekend. MORE
Ahold will release additional goals and plans for 2030 and beyond to build on these commitments, according to a release. MORE
According to the World Economic Forum , last-mile delivery emissions will increase by more than 30% by 2030 in the world’s top 100 cities, reaching a total of 25 million tons. Home delivery is a tenet of eCommerce. MORE
Australian wine brand The Hidden Sea has launched a global campaign to remove one billion plastic bottles from the ocean by 2030. MORE
mCommerce in 2030 will not be mini eCommerce. In an upcoming stream of research, my colleague Julie Ask and I asked a simple question: What will mCommerce look like in 2030? We identified six technology categories that will be key in evolving your company’s future mobile solution. And since mobile advances will affect each sector […]. age of the customer emerging technology mobile technology retail MORE
Recently, Australia came under international criticism for proposing to use a dubious accounting method to meet its 2030 carbon reduction […]. In 2017, the US, famously and controversially, made the decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement. And some of the 187 countries that remain in the agreement are struggling to meet their commitments. MORE
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The current shift towards online shopping is what we would have expected to see in 2030, meaning that the pandemic has accelerated the rise of ecommerce by a decade. There is no doubt that retailers have faced many struggles as a result of the pandemic. MORE
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JULY 17, 2019
The report that Barneys New York is examining strategic alternatives that could include a bankruptcy or sale is the latest indicator that department stores — even the luxury ones — just aren’t moving the needle for shoppers. Last week, UBS analysts described Nordstrom as a “no-growth retailer,” one that hasn’t been able to fight off pricing perception and a cultural shift in consumer spending.
RetailWire
MARCH 4, 2021
Volvo is phasing out all vehicles that run completely or partially on fossil fuels and will only produce electric models beginning in 2030. The car manufacturer also announced that, beginning in 2030, consumers will have to go online to buy their new Volvo EVs. The car maker’s announcement earlier this week follows a similar announcement by General Motors, which pledged to be fully electric by 2035
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Forrester's Customer Insights
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
mCommerce in 2030 will not be mini eCommerce. In an upcoming stream of research, my colleague Julie Ask and I asked a simple question: What will mCommerce look like in 2030? We identified six technology categories that will be key in evolving your company’s future mobile solution. And since mobile advances will affect each sector […]. age of the customer emerging technology mobile technology retail
Forrester's Customer Insights
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
As global enterprise spending on software surpasses the $1 trillion mark in the coming decade, the growth rate of software spending will slow to 4% per annum from 7% historically. A buyers’ market for enterprise software will emerge. More choices, more transparency, and more interoperability will result in unprecedented choice for enterprise software buyers, who […]. age of the customer
TalkingRetail
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
The news came as he confirmed that cars fully powered by petrol or diesel cannot be produced after 2030, but some hybrid cars will be.
TalkingRetail
AUGUST 6, 2020
Australian wine brand The Hidden Sea has launched a global campaign to remove one billion plastic bottles from the ocean by 2030.
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RetailWire
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
The fast food giant said it is targeting 2030 to reach gender parity for those roles and that its EVPs will have their compensation tied, in part, to achieving diversity goals. McDonald’s has announced plans to diversify its senior leadership by 2025 with a focus on promoting more women and members of minority groups.
RetailWire
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Break Free From Plastic is calling on multinational corporations to reduce the use of single-use plastics whose use, it claims, could double by the year 2030. Offenders on the group’s list include Coca-Cola, which was identified as the worst of the worst. Coke is followed by PepsiCo and Nestle on the group’s wall of blame
Retail Touch
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Ahold will release additional goals and plans for 2030 and beyond to build on these commitments, according to a release.
RetailWire
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Unilever has said it will eliminate the use of petrochemicals in its cleaning and laundry products by 2030. The consumer packaged goods giant highlighted the environmental benefits of its efforts and said it was the first to do so. Unilever plans to use plant- and marine-based alternatives, such as algae, to replace the ingredients it is taking out
Forrester's Customer Insights
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
From 2020 until 2030, Forrester estimates that global software spending by businesses will climb from $920 billion to north of $1.3 If software is “eating the world,” in the words of Marc Andreessen, the world also has a reciprocal appetite for software. trillion. Software will continue to spread, mediating, recording, and enabling more users, transactions, […]. age of the customer
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Forrester's Customer Insights
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
SAP today announced that it will continue to support customers on Business Suite 7 until 2030. This won’t surprise many people, because the 2025 deadline was unrealistic given how slowly SAP’s customers are moving to S/4HANA. It was never likely that SAP would risk its €11.5 million maintenance stream by switching off support for a […]. age of the customer
Forrester's Customer Insights
JULY 29, 2020
The drivers of the future are evolutions of the past – some playing out now, others that will be far more prominent by 2025 and table stakes by 2030. […].
Forrester's Customer Insights
JUNE 11, 2019
Forrester’s data shows job losses will reach 29% by 2030, and the creation of equivalent jobs will total only 13%. Academics to consultants are prognosticating on the future of work, picking winners and losers, often to the detriment of employees. Job losses and gains dominate headlines. Humanity remains at the center. The future of work […]. age of the customer customer experience employee experience
RetailWire
JULY 22, 2020
Apple announced that it is stepping up investments in solar power and encouraging suppliers to use renewable energy sources with the goal of being carbon neutral by 2030. Businesses have a profound opportunity to help build a more sustainable future, one born of our common concern for the planet we share,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook. “… With our commitment to carbon neutrality, we hope to be a ripple in the pond that creates a much larger change
RetailWire
OCTOBER 29, 2020
” Lululemon has also pledged to have 100 percent of its merchandise made from sustainable materials by 2030 Lululemon Athletica said it has begun the process of expanding the sizes of the products it sells to serve a greater number of customers. “Who are we to determine the exclusive nature of the product purely based on size?” ” said CEO Calvin McDonald.
Forrester's Customer Insights
JULY 30, 2020
By 2030, banking will be invisible, connected, insights-driven, and purposeful. Leading banks are pivoting and rebooting their strategy — capitalizing on the pace of change and innovation and setting their course for the next decade.
Forrester's Customer Insights
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Recently, Australia came under international criticism for proposing to use a dubious accounting method to meet its 2030 carbon reduction […]. In 2017, the US, famously and controversially, made the decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement. And some of the 187 countries that remain in the agreement are struggling to meet their commitments.
Retail TouchPoints
MAY 31, 2018
Recent studies suggest 60% of the world’s population will likely live in large cities by 2030, and that transition is already well underway. Also, contrary to popular belief, Millennials prefer going to brick-and-mortar locations , and by 2030 they’ll comprise 35% of all spending — invest in all avenues or your stores, physical or otherwise, will suffer.)
Retail Touch
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
The current shift towards online shopping is what we would have expected to see in 2030, meaning that the pandemic has accelerated the rise of ecommerce by a decade. There is no doubt that retailers have faced many struggles as a result of the pandemic.
AcquireConvert
DECEMBER 2, 2020
The year 2030 has been pulled to 2020. Across Black Friday and Cyber Monday Shopify merchants saw $5.1 Billion USD in sales. CEO Tobi Lutke tweeting a congratulations message to independent businesses around the world. Numbers are in. sold on Shopify over BFCM weekend.
Retail Touch
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Worse, The World Counts expects paper demand to double by 2030, indicating that companies are not taking advantage of more environmentally and cost-friendly solutions. Consumers love environmentally conscious companies.
Retail Touch
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
At the close of every calendar year it’s customary to pen a post about trends and predictions for the upcoming year. Many of these take the form of a “boast post,” a confident and colorful tour de force displaying the company’s mastery of the market’s direction. But let’s be real here.
Retail Archives
AUGUST 27, 2020
According to a report published by the United Nations , by 2030, the demand for water will exceed supply by 40%. Smart Water Management.
Scalefast
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
According to the World Economic Forum , last-mile delivery emissions will increase by more than 30% by 2030 in the world’s top 100 cities, reaching a total of 25 million tons. Home delivery is a tenet of eCommerce.
Retail Touch
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
IKEA too is running initiatives designed to support the move toward a circular business model, in line with its ambition to become a climate positive business by 2030. Retail is always a fascinating industry to watch.
PFS
JANUARY 23, 2020
The 2020 shopper will likely not look anything like the shopper of 2030. The retail industry is changing, fast. Over the past decade, we have seen this sector move to a primarily online function and innovate to meet the needs of an ever-shifting assortment of consumers. In fact, 2019 showed great progress for eCommerce to close the gap in total market share of sales compared to brick-and-mortar retail. (1)
Retail Touch
JULY 10, 2020
The 2020 shopper will likely not look anything like the shopper of 2030. The retail industry is changing, fast. Over the past decade, we have seen this sector move to a primarily online function and innovate to meet the needs of an ever-shifting assortment of consumers. In fact, 2019 showed great progress for e-Commerce to close the gap in total market share of sales compared to brick-and-mortar retail.
Ecommerce Platforms
APRIL 19, 2019
By 2030, Amazon wants to achieve this for half of its shipments. It's official; Etsy has just become the first ever international e-commerce marketplace to offset ALL its shipping emissions – how awesome is that?! Etsy's Journey. This is the big question. How on earth has Etsy managed to offset all their toxic shipping secretions? Well, first things first, Etsy kickstarted things by installing solar panels on the roof of their HQ in Brooklyn.
BigCommerce
MARCH 13, 2018
And by 2030, those surveyed expect digital wallets to be the primary source of payments. Technology is restructuring how money moves. From crypto-currencies to peer-topper payments and one-click checkouts, modern innovations are shifting the basic payment infrastructure of our economy. The gadget we carry in our pockets is becoming more than ever thought possible. And the wallet is its next target.
retailnext
MARCH 3, 2020
Understanding this, Amazon announced its Delivery Zero project in 2019, the objective of which is to make all of their shipments net-zero carbon in the future, with 50 percent of them zero net carbon by the year 2030.
Steve Dennis
DECEMBER 13, 2019
This line of largely misguided thinking contributed mightily to the idea that physical retail was destined to go away and led to some aggressive predictions about online shopping penetration getting to 50% by 2030 (or even 30% by 2025) that look less and less prophetic every day. Back in 2011 famed venture capitalist Mark Andreessen famously said that “software is eating the world.” He quickly followed that up by extending it to the retail industry in particular.
Kissmetrics
APRIL 2, 2018
Increasing at a rate up to as much as one new user every 8 seconds until 2030, ignoring this user group as part of your social media strategy is untenable. Your content is poppin’. Polished and proofed, you’ve put this piece of content through the wringer to get it ready. Now all you have to do is let people know where it is and wait for those likes, retweets, and accolades to start rolling in. So you keep waiting. And waiting. Nothing happens.
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