Today, Amazon has unveiled its grocery store concept – Amazon Go. Beyond product variety, this store re-imagines convenience through a completely seamless, digital check out. This kind of store may hold many benefits for retailers, as it may reduce sales...
Starbucks has found itself at an awkward position: From a premium coffee retailer, it became the mainstream brand for people who don’t really care about coffee. In the past, the company dealt with this positioning through branding: Since 2009, the...
The #Amazon #Alexa is by far our favourite #innovation of this year. This stress-reducing digital virtual assistant has changed AI for the better, and Amazon is right to continue and build on that platform, which is currently more advanced than any competitor’s...
Reviving the Core through co-branding: in Italy, two mega brands are joining forces – McDonalds and Ferrero’s Nutella. The upside for McDonalds – creating excitement with an out of the box burger, within the core positioning of indulgence, for a...
