Panel Looks Ahead to 2023

What is top of mind for stores heading into 2023?

Miller Zell’s “Retail Rebound” function in late Oct showcased a panel dialogue on that intriguing and crucial question.

Moderated by nationally regarded retail pro Carol Spieckerman, subjects coated involved the appropriate balance of customer experience vs. route to order performance which tech is the correct tech scaled-down footprint, greater impression elevating the worker experience and retail media networks offering new earnings. 

The overriding conclusion? Merchants who are purchaser-focused and inclined to innovate and evolve will go on to thrive.

“Despite all of the doomsday predictions that we have been hearing about retail, it turns out suppliers have been rather resilient,” Spieckerman mentioned in the course of her introduction. “And the types that have manufactured it this much have rebounded from a lot of tricky cases.”

Check out these critical times from the online video

04:38     What’s the appropriate balance of large contact and superior tech in just the in-store experience? 

19:40     What’s the foreseeable future of Direct-to-Customer makes coming into brick & mortar retail?

32:30     What is upcoming with retail media turning brand partners into shelling out clients?

36:00     How do you adopt new buyer touchpoints without the need of cluttering your retail store? 

44:30     How do you strike the stability of transactional performance vs. elevated purchaser experiences?

52:30     What about the affiliate encounter? How is that incorporated into keep design and style?

58:30     Prediction time. What is subsequent, from a retailer viewpoint? Or a consumer standpoint?