Ralph Jacobson

RSR Research: NRF 2012 Gets Down to Earth

January 30, 2012

FROM RETAILWIRE:
With the combination of anytime, anywhere information and smart mobile devices, the next generation of Winners will likely be the companies who understand the opportunities and integrate the concepts and technologies into their business models first. To what degree do you see "anytime, anywhere information" and mobile device adoption feeding a tech-driven transformation across retail?      [more...]

I do see mobile shopping increasing, however, never displacing brick-and-mortar shopping.

By the way, regarding this NRF event, it has become virtually the LARGEST CPG event in the world. Last year 8% of the attendees were manufacturers. If that trend continued for this show, then there will have been some 2000 CPG executives present. All the big names were there. Fascinating insight, when you think about it.