Retail and the Long Range Future

The future creates the present…

Longer Range Preferred Future Planningis not really about the future.It is about folding the future back on thepresent so that you can make betterdecisions today.

Aging populationand DIFM

5-10 Year Retail ETD s!•  Continued integration of online and physical experience, declining dominance of physical•  Continued rise of peer-to-peer commerce•  Intelligence built into products and processes•  Expectations for environmental and social responsibility - especially of companies whose products seem related to these values•  Growth in local and village centers•  Mobile access becomes critical•  Brand democratization•  Convergence of company, employees, brand

Not a Mystery • Economic Struggle • Old, Young • Tech Acceleration • New Retail Realities • Environment & Lifestyle

Knowledge Value Economy It s what a Product or Service Knows

Debt Drag & Income Gap Economics 6000 Years American Experiment

2020 Traditionals  now 75+ Boomers now 56-74 Old Generation X Young now 40-55Diverse Millennials  now 20-39 Post Millennial now 1-19

27 Florida s by 2025 States where at least 20% of The population will be elderly

Digital Natives Digital ImmigrantsMarc Prensky originated digital native term and this list u F TURIST•com

TechnologyAcceleration

AORTA Technology RulesFrom WEB To STREAM

3D Communication

Really Smart is On the Way

Nanotechnology Not just small things, but things with diﬀerent properBes because of nanoscale

Medium-‐Term ConstrucBon Nano-‐tech •  Windows that regulate heat and light •  Concrete and laminates that act as baIeries •  Wall & Roof coaBngs that don t degrade, plus break down pollutants & clean the air •  Buildings that react to your moods and gestures •  Nanoshells and other smart bots

3D DesktopManufacture

New Retail Realities

Fanatics Can Make and Break Your Brand

Sylvania Facebook Masterful Makeover

In a networked society interaction comes before transactionSource: Gerd Leonhard

Data is the new oil...Source: gerd leonhard Image credit SuperAlloys.com

Environment& Life Styles

What is your image of the future?

The future is something we do The future is not something that just happens to us

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Retail and the Long Range Future

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