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Mastering the AI Revolution in Retail

11 Dec 2024
Mastering the AI Revolution in Retail  By Catherine Brien, Partner and Managing Director, AlixPartners  “We tend to overestimate the impact of technology in the short term and underestimate the effect …
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New Models will Change What it Means to be a Retailer 

11 Dec 2024
New Models will Change What it Means to be a Retailer  By Malin Andree, Partner - Global Retail, EY 2024 has been a bumpy ride for retailers. Prices, and interest rates have remained stubbornly high. …
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Holiday Windows Around the World

10 Dec 2024 International Association of Department Stores
The World Retail Congress is proud to be working in partnership again with the International Association of Department Stores to bring together the annual review of this year’s Holiday windows from ar …
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Why you can’t afford to miss the 2025 World Retail Congress

Why you can’t afford to miss the 2025 World Retail Congress

10 Dec 2024
Retailing has never been easy. It has always been highly competitive but has also had to operate against the macro climate of the day. But in all our conversations with retailers across this year and …
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Top of the Pops: The Retail Advertising Stars of 2024

10 Dec 2024
Which retail advertising campaigns impressed the most this year? We asked a selection of top retail marketers and retail experts to select their favourite campaigns from across traditional channels, s …
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The Long Read: Points of Influence Shaping Retail

10 Dec 2024
What does the future retail landscape look like as the industry looks beyond an “omnichannel” world?  How will the changing balance of power towards consumers impact the way retailers have to operate …
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Stores you Should Have Seen In 2024

10 Dec 2024 John Ryan, Managing Director, Newstores
Which were the most outstanding new stores of 2024? We asked store design expert, John Ryan, Managing Director, Newstores, for his selection.   Are there times when you feel you should have got out an …
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Retail Reflections

10 Dec 2024
We asked retail leaders from around the world for their reflections on 2024 and what they see as the key goals and challenges for the year ahead. 
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A Question of Leadership

10 Dec 2024 Sally Elliott, Global Retail Practice Leader, Spencer Stuart & Chair of the World Retail Congress Advisory Board
What do our challenging times mean for retail leaders and leadership teams? The pace of change and the drivers of change means that the role and the qualities of a retail CEO are now very different fr …
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View From the Top – How our Association and Media Partners View the Year Behind and the Year Ahead

10 Dec 2024
Matthew Shay, President and CEO, National Retail Federation   The economy has been much stronger in 2024 than most experts expected, as consumers –supported by a healthy labour market and wage growth …
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