January / February 2017

As in, who's going to drive it—retailers or customers?

I've always posited that food should be more like fashion. Similar to the latest trends in lapels and color palettes, consumers' palates are attuned to what's hot in the food world.

The retail industry continues to experience dramatic change, with technology and shifting customer demands creating significant challenges and unprecedented opportunities. This is especially true in the dynamic world of supply chain where five macro trends are unfolding. They include:

While there can be plenty of debate about the vitality of the U.S.

More recently, Google's DeepMind, christened AlphaGo for a tournament of Go (described as exponentially more complex than chess), beat a human genius from Korea in a championship tournament.

Virtual reality has the potential to combine the two.