Interesting thoughts by James Bridle on data which is often compared with oil: Data is a valuable, powerful commodity — but unlike oil, it is unlimited in quantity and in its capacity for harm. Source: Opinion: Data isn’t the new oil — it’s the new nuclear power
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Consumers Who Use Mobile Are In-Store Shoppers | PYMNTS.com
social-sharing-top Encourgaing your customers to use their mobile on the premesis is good for brick and mortar stores [1]. This goes against the conventional wisdom that mobiles will kill brick and mortar businesses. This and more can be found in the Remote Payments Study by PYMNTS. They collected and analyzed survey data from 2,300 American […]
How Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is beating Walmart on low prices – CNN.com
Interesting CNN [1] article about Aldi driving changes in the US supermarket industry. Walmart regards Aldi as “fierce,” “good” and “clever” competitor. Aldi’s price war is driving second and third tier grocery stores into bancrupcy. Mikey Vu, partner at Bain, states that “We haven’t seen a disrupter in the grocery space like this in a […]
IKANGAI | Blog | The future of our shopping is Amazon-like? Is it over? Does it mean the crash of the retail industry?
Amazon is the digital 800 pound gorilla that stepped into the brick and mortar arena recently. What does this mean for existing businesses? Is it already too late from them and they just should roll over and give up? We in SOLOMON do not necessarily think so. Find out more why on the ITEA blog. […]