Newest Sweetgreen Concept Partially Automates Food Prep Yesterday Sweetgreen debuted their Infinite Kitchen Concept in Naperville, Illinois, in the heart of the busy downtown of this Chicago suburb. We visited during the late morning on its second day open to the public, and the location…
Last month McMillanDoolittle launched Retail Innovations 2023, our annual publication featuring cutting edge retail concepts from around the world. In this #ThemeThursday innovation feature, we highlight Canadian real estate firm Oxford Properties for their creative use of vacant retail spaces to bring fan favorite fictional…
Last week McMillanDoolittle launched Retail Innovations 18, featuring cutting edge retail concepts from around the world. Today, for our first #ThemeThursday feature, we highlight an innovative clothing rental company in Spain – La Más Mona. Please contact us to discuss how the latest innovations in…
The McMillanDoolittle team recently explored the newest shopping centers and retailers in Warsaw, Poland as part of our biannual conference with our international consortium, Ebeltoft Group. Read on for our views on the Polish retail industry and take a look at two standout Polish retail…
Trend Spotlight from RI 2022: Shein Reinvents Fast Fashion through Extensive Test and Learn Approach This week we are highlighting an innovative business from our recently published RI 2022 section entitled Engagement Out-of-store, which includes companies that innovate outside of a physical store leveraging tactics…
Trend Spotlight from RI 2022: Sustainable Retail Gets a Makeover For almost two decades, McMillanDoolittle has been tracking cutting edge retail concepts from around the world. Retail Innovations 2022 (RI 2022) includes 50 cases categorized into the following five forces driving change in today’s modern…
We are pleased to announce the release of Retail Innovations 2022. For almost two decades, McMillanDoolittle has been tracking cutting edge concepts from around the world in collaboration with our global Ebeltoft partners, a consortium of leading retail and brand consulting firms active in 20…
Alibaba’s 11.11, or Singles Day, is the largest online shopping festival in the world. Running from November 1-11, Singles Day 2021 features new marketplace innovations from Alibaba, prioritizing the end-to-end customer shopping experience as Chinese consumers browse for over 290,000 brands this year. Read on…
We are pleased to announce the release of Retail Innovations 2021. For almost two decades, McMillanDoolittle has been tracking cutting edge concepts from around the world in collaboration with our global Ebeltoft partners, a consortium of leading retail and brand consulting firms active in 20…
It would be an understatement to say that 2020 has been a challenging year for retail. However, as the saying goes, necessity is the mother of all invention, and as the holiday shopping season kicks into full gear, we are seeing leaders get creative with…
