by Minter Dial | Mar 15, 2015 | Minter Dialogue, Retail
Minter Dialogue Episode #137 — This interview is with Mark Brand, Retail Analytics Director at Thoughtworks, a privately held company with 3000 employees, based out of Chicago and with offices in 12 countries. In this interview, Mark and I talk about retail trends,...
by Minter Dial | Nov 12, 2014 | Retail
Most serious retailers are now looking deeply at ways to go “digitail” aka exploit digital in retail. In other words, they are looking for ways to use and ‘manage’ digital tools, devices and platforms in the retail space for good...
by Minter Dial | Sep 24, 2014 | Internet of Things, New Tech
Most futurists or “futurologists” have predicted that access to the Internet will be everywhere. Even if the “Internet of Things” (IoT) may be considered a trendy trending term, the vision of hyper connectivity all the same continues to excite...
by Minter Dial | Sep 17, 2014 | Retail
If digitail (digital in retail) is still an embryonic science, it is estimated that around 20-30% of stores in the US now provide free wifi access. For the remainder, reasons why retailers or mall owners (and the like) have not embraced offering free wifi most...
by Minter Dial | Jul 3, 2014 | Retail
For retail outlets looking to take the digital bulls by the horns, one of the actions I tend to recommend ‘wholesale’ is to offer free wifi in store. For certain types of outlets, wifi should be considered mandatory. At times, it seems inconceivable not to have wifi...