December 3, 2011

I have just presented a paper at a French Retail Conference. One of the other speakers was Lisa White, Trend Specialist. Lisa mentioned that the key trend for 2012 and onwards is cosyness. This means smaller products presented in a cosy way. Be prepared to get cosy and select cosy products.

I often mention QR Codes in my presentations and how valuable they are to retailers. In the Globe and Mail for Canada on 23rd November was an article entitled “From your Smartphone to the big screen”. Research company Stratacache Inc from Ohio showed that there has been a 60% increase in suppliers using QR Codes