Thoughts, views, and insights on the fragmented, disrupted, and unpredictability retail and consumer package goods industry.
As we exit 2020, I wanted to reflect on one of my favorite movies, Money Ball, and the irony of that movie with the events of 2020. One of the key quotes kinda sums up 2020 for me “If you lose the last game of the season, nobody gives a shit. Try to win the […]
Read More Money Ball & 2020 – The IronyAs a family member, a community participant, a business leader, or a politician, YOU must ACT NOW! This is not your average Coronavirus article. It is not going to help you feel better about doing the things you want to do. It will talk about the responsibility that YOU have and how you need to […]
Read More Coronavirus: Flatten the Curve Now! + Life Hack KitRecent strategic moves by some of the key US retailers continue to prove that the CPG industry is fragmented and in need of a “re-boot“. Walmart recently reported that they are making investments in technologies to support their mission to compete in the cloud market. The first investment was in chip technology by Nvidia, Walmart Taps […]
Read More Retail Innovation Misfires: WMT’s Closed Investment & TGT’s Jump from AWSThe Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail industry is fragmented and disrupted. Consumer’s behaviors have changed. There are new entrants in the market. Industry CEOs have goals of innovation, growth, and efficiencies, but they cannot achieve these goals without a “cultural re-boot”. Industry leaders need to shift to being more open, innovative, and willing to collaborate […]
Read More The CPG Industry is Disrupted and in Need of a “Cultural Re-boot”The Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods industry has been disrupted and fragmented by changing customer behaviors, new channels, and new players bringing innovative solutions to the marketplace. This is causing unpredictability in an industry that has been relatively stable over the past half century. In order to compete, companies are declaring enterprise wide objectives to […]
Read More Strategic Analysis on Cloud for the CPG IndustryThe Challenge The Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods industry is undergoing a historic evolution. Industry CEOs are continuing to focused on growing their brand, reducing costs, building new partnerships, and looking to mergers & acquisitions as the means to compete and move their business forward. The challenge is that the majority of these CEOs are […]
Read More The Solution to the Fragmented Retail/CPG IndustryWow! I posted the first, initial part of this series a few weeks ago…the response and progress has been fabulous. Here are a few examples….. A handful of people have reached out and asked to actively participate in this collaborative project. This has pushed us to put some specific project goals and open source tooling […]
Read More STOP THE MOVEMENT, JUST ACCESS THE DATA! – PART 2DEFINITIONS Cloud Federation is the practice of interconnecting the cloud computing environments of two or more service providers for the purpose of load balancing traffic and accommodating spikes in demand (ref). A Federated Cloud (also called cloud federation) is the deployment and management of multiple external and internal cloud computing services to match business needs. A […]
Read More Stop the Movement, Just Access the Data! – Part 1