Provider: “When do need that?” Manager: “Yesterday!” Provider: “When did you first know you were going to need it?” Manager: “Two months ago.” Provider: “What kind of budget do you have?” Manager: “Practically none.” Provider: “Are you looking for a…

Retailers Must Be Prepared for the Augmented/Mixed Reality Revolution Already under siege by online-only retailers like Amazon, traditional retail is about to get hit by another technological shift comparable to the Internet itself: Augmented/Mixed Reality (AR/MR). Soon, in addition to…

The telematics industry has evolved from a largely military and navigational system to a commercialized business tool which will continue to become one of the most important and sophisticated industrial communication components of the next century. From basic GPS systems…

For companies starting out with intelligence functions, terms like primary research and secondary research may have surfaced, but lacked context. So if you’ve had questions like: “When is research needed?” or, “What is secondary research?” Allow us clear up a…

Defensive Strategies Enhance and Protect Your Firm’s Competitive Strategies Two questions that commonly silenced the room during strategic and scenario business planning presentations: 1. How are our competitors going to react to these strategies? 2. What are we doing about…

Every traditional retail store has felt the pain of online competition. But the truth is, things are going to change even more drastically for consumer product goods as Amazon enters into the Private Label sphere, launching its own product lines…

Emerging Threats: Customer Switching Strategies – Channel Partners as Competitors Problem Many companies are being caught by surprise by a recent trend: threats to their revenue and margins as a result of customer (buyer) consolidation and substitution strategies. These strategies…

Entering adjacent markets is touted as less risky than entering new markets. Why then do so many companies underperform their growth expectations when executing these strategies? Growth strategies to enter adjacent geographic, product or service markets are supposed to be…

Online shopping and e-commerce channels are driving retailers to develop solutions that keep the retail experience relevant to consumers. One such strategy is leveraging POS technology to produce essentially an “endless aisle.” The endless aisle strategy offers customers unlimited inventory…