Description

As retailers chart their course to Retail Tomorrow, it seems evident that most will not be able to do it alone.  The behemoths have too much bandwidth, too many resources, and too much tolerance for failure; under these circumstances, independent retailers cannot hope to compete on the same playing field, playing by the same rules and playing with the same old team.  Enter the notion of Uncommon Partnerships, a construct that has retailers embracing the possibilities that are created when they move beyond the expected, being willing to embrace outside entities that offer them unusual yet compelling opportunities.  In this fast paced session, facilitated by MorningNewsBeat’s Kevin Coupe, Arthur Ackles of Roche Bros., Tom Furphy of Consumer Equity Partners, and Vic Gatto of Jump Start Health offer an assessment of the mindset with which retailers ought to approach the marketplace of Uncommon Partnerships, and what they need to do to improve the odds that 1+1+1+1 will equal 8, or 9, or 10.

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  Digital Transformation