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10 No Holds Barred Predictions For Retail’s Future: A Mid-Year Review

In our Season 4 finale, we peer into Steve’s crystal ball to review his annual predictions as we approach the half way point of the year. In addition to unpacking what they are all about, we go for radical accountability, assessing each of them hits, misses or, perhaps, a bit too soon to tell.

But first we open up with the retail news that caught our attention this week, including the scary inventory overload facing many of the industry’s top players, and the impact of continuing high inflation, weak consumer confidence, mounting consumer debt and lower savings rates on retail’s immediate future. We also discuss Kohl’s bizarre potential tie-up with the Franchise Group, the growing potential of a disruptor apocalypse, highlighted by disappointing earnings from TheRealReal, StitchFix, and Rent-the-Runway. We close optimistically with Tractor Supply’s remarkable financial results and aggressive store opening plans.

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Steve Recent Relevant Forbes Articles 

10 No-Holds-Barred Predictions for Retail in 2022

Too Much of a Good Things. Retailers Are Drowning in Inventory

Amazon Should Buy Kohl’s–With One Big Caveat

Past Podcast Episodes We Reference

Ron Thurston Episode

The Stores Strike Back Again. Again.

Blow It Up? It’s Time For the Great Reconfiguration

The Original Predictions Episode

Placer.Ai Department Store Traffic Data

About Us

Steve Dennis is an advisor, keynote speaker and author on strategic growth and business innovation. You can learn more about Steve on his       website.    The expanded and revised edition of his bestselling book  Remarkable Retail: How To Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption is now available at  Amazon or just about anywhere else books are sold. Steve regularly shares his insights in his role as a      Forbes senior contributor and on       Twitter and       LinkedIn. You can also check out his speaker “sizzle” reel      here.

Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada’s top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus  Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  ,      The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and now in its second season, Conversations with CommerceNext!  You can learn more about Michael   here  or on     LinkedIn. 

Be sure and check out Michael’s latest venture for fun and influencer riches – Last Request Barbecue,  his YouTube BBQ cooking channel!

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