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Disruptive Retail: Smart Delivery Robots

By |2022-10-03T13:05:53-04:00October 3rd, 2022|Categories: Blog, business growth, Disruptive Retail|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

A new type of food delivery service has landed in local restaurants, and it is not the Uber Eats or DoorDash that may come to mind. Ah, this new type of restaurant delivery service is sleek and efficient, plays music and changes facial expressions as it glides from table to table, carrying freshly prepared dishes for your server to set in front of you. It’s a smart delivery robot that is full of cutting edge technology and operates on an algorithm that maps the restaurant floorplan. And it's a disruptive retail solution. I [...]

Today’s Consumer and Technology

By |2022-08-01T15:48:24-04:00March 3rd, 2021|Categories: Blog, covid-19, COVID-19 Handbook, Gustie Creative|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today's Consumer and Technology, The Impact of COVID-19 In my latest book, Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 Handbook, The Essential Guide for Brands and Businesses, I talk about the fact that COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on American consumers. One is economic, with a widening income gap that is leading to dual growth in discount shopping and luxury spending. And another is technological empowerment. Today’s consumers like grab-and-go, scan-and-go, curbside pickup and frictionless checkout. They are exploring mobile apps with AR to try cosmetics and they go to Virtual Stores to buy products in the real and virtual [...]

Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 Handbook, Available Now!

By |2021-10-25T08:53:59-04:00December 14th, 2020|Categories: Blog, COVID-19 Handbook, Disruptive Retail|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 Handbook, Available Now! Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 Handbook, The Essential Guide for Brands and Businesses is a highly visual business handbook that delves into the impact of the novel coronavirus on our lives, our economy, our society, and our retail experience. I highlight the top 10 disruptive retail solutions that are trending globally and the reasons why these disruptive retail solutions are working for the agile entrepreneurs who are using them. New visionary brands, technological innovation, and societal shifts are at the core of today’s retail disruption and [...]

Retail Tech in the Spotlight

By |2020-11-30T13:25:51-05:00November 25th, 2020|Categories: Blog, covid-19, Disruptive Retail, Entrepreneur, retail strategy|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Retail Tech in the Spotlight Recently, I celebrated National Entrepreneurs Day by hosting a BrainTrust LIVE on RetailWire with founders of South Florida based retail technology startups. It was a pleasure to talk with Haniff Brown, founder of FIT:MATCH and Melodie van der Baan, co-founder of SwapRetail. These founders are hard at work, around the clock, pushing retail forward as we all navigate the coronavirus and our changing retail experience. As retail technology startups, they are using AI and the latest technologies to create seamless online and offline experiences for customers. Click on the video above to watch [...]

Gustie COVID-19 Handbook is Coming Soon

By |2020-12-15T19:08:12-05:00October 30th, 2020|Categories: Blog, business growth, covid-19, Disruptive Retail, Gustie Creative|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Gustie COVID-19 Handbook is Coming Soon At Gustie, we are putting the finishing touches on Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 Handbook, The Essential Guide for Brands and Businesses, 2021 Edition and I'm taking a little bit of a break here to share a 3D photo from Facebook. Solutions for Disrupting Disruption, COVID-19 Handbook, The Essential Guide for Brands and Businesses, 2021 Edition is a highly visual handbook that delves into the impact of the novel coronavirus on our lives and society. It gives examples of innovative brands and the personal journeys of the people behind them who are [...]

Digital Reads on Disruptive Retail

By |2020-10-24T13:57:28-04:00September 24th, 2020|Categories: Blog, brick and mortar, business growth, covid-19, Disruptive Retail, Disruptive Retail Workbooks, Mainstreet Retail, Online-to-Offline Retail|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

  We are pleased to partner with Simply The Best Magazine and share digital reads of the 2020 magazines. Click here for the digital reads and search for Gustie Creative to read our articles on Disruptive Retail, Design, Strategy, Technology and Shopping. Disruptive Retail is a design solution that bridges online-to-offline retailing. The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we are shopping and brands and businesses need to adapt. Disruptive Retail is a bridge to new solutions. Check out our articles and feel free to share your comments below. We would love to hear from you! Be well and stay safe. Karen

Gustie Creative is on the Road to Tampa

By |2020-06-03T22:01:53-04:00February 10th, 2019|Categories: brick and mortar, Gustie Creative, Offline Retail, Online-to-Offline Retail|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Shop! Business Leader Forum, March 2019 Gustie Creative is on the Road to Tampa Our friends at Shop! Association invited me to join their Business Leader Forum on March 8, 2019 in Tampa, Florida and give a presentation on the latest in design, retail and technology. The topic is “Tips and Trends for AI, Big Data, and Continuous Adaption in Offline Retail” and I'll be presenting an interactive digital journey into emerging trends and technologies that are working for professionals in the retail industry today. This interactive digital journey will include practical tactics to reinvent the in-store experience, creative strategies for online-to-offline retailing [...]

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