About Sean Deale

Sean is a Retail Industry analyst at RetailNet Group LLC. His focus is on tracking the leading retail growth platforms and the strategies behind them.
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Winning Stores of the Future

RetailNet Group’s senior analyst, Hannah Donoghue, will present her findings from several months of research into Winning Store Formats of the Future.  Webinar participants will gain a first-hand point of view on the most effective strategies at the store level. Retail is transitioning from Big Boxes to Small Boxes to Digital, yet many of the [...]

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Walmart Opens Kiosks Outside Mexican Supercenters

The retail industry is rapidly moving to a new normal.  There has been enough research and analysis done in the past decade describing the factors of the small footprint movement, including: market saturation, and the increasing global urbanization rates.   However, the most important need for change was driven by the consumers’ demand for convenience. Walmart [...]

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8 December 2012 – RetailNet Group Must-Read Insights

Global & Hot Topics Key Takeaways from the Year-Beginning Forum – Chain Retail Day D. Koontz Highlights from the North American Chain Retail Forecast day at RetailNet Group’s Year-Beginning Forum which included discussions on the Future Pricing Eco-System, Retail Financial Modernization, and the Store of the Future. Key Takeaways from The Year Beginning Forum- Digital [...]

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1 December 2012 – RetailNet Group Must-Read Insights

Global & Hot Topics Major Retailers Miss Analyst Forecasts on Black Friday Sales L. Gallogly A number of retailers posted results this week for the four weeks leading up to November 24, a period that includes Black Friday and the weekend after Thanksgiving. In general, results were below expectations, with decent Black Friday results unable [...]

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24 November 2012 – RetailNet Group Must-Read Insights

Global & Hot Topics Shopper Technology Trends on Black Friday J. Bomberowitz In additional to seasonal merchandising efforts (if you’re an RNG subscriber, click here to see the latest holiday store tours), RNG Digital took a look at how technology will play a role in shoppers’ planning and execution on the busiest shopping day of [...]

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17 November 2012 – RetailNet Group Must-Read Insights

Global & Hot Topics Subscriber Resources Tackling Same-Day Online Grocery Delivery: Instacart Adds Web Service J. Bomberowitz Featured Retailers Walmart Carrefour Seven & I Holdings Tesco Metro Group Costco Kroger Amazon Alibaba Group Rakuten Group Trending Topics Small Formats Merchandising Innovation Discounters Ecom Integration Drive Formats Pricing Emerging Markets China Brazil Russia Mexico Indonesia Poland [...]

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Sprouts Farmers Market Growth: A Threat to Whole Foods

Sprouts Farmers Market is the leading “pure play” high growth, value-priced, specialty food retailer, with a primary offering being farm-fresh produce at an extreme value. Earlier in 2012, Sprouts completed a merger with Sunflower Farmers Market, giving Sprouts the #2 spot in the natural organic retail market, behind Whole Foods Market.  What’s most interesting about [...]

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A Preview of RetailNet Group’s Year-End Forum

Keith Anderson’s one-hour year-end forum preview webinar outlines how the Year-End Forum Program will leave registrants with: (1) an understanding of the new business models and growth platforms worth watching, (2) great ideas from global innovators to share with your teams, (3) commercial innovation: how retailers’ and brands’ joint business plans should evolve, (4) an [...]

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