Fresh off its win as “Store of the Year” in the annual Shop! Awards design competition, tech-gadget retailer b8ta is extending its business in a new direction it calls “store as a service.”
Leveraging the industry’s keen interest in retail innovation, Chain Store Age’s 2018 SPECS conference, held at the Gaylord Texan in Dallas, included a first: the SPECS Tank Innovator of the Year award.
An innovative retailer that allows start-up consumer electronics makers to get their products into physical retail and the hands of customers quickly and easily was awarded top honors at the 47th annual Shop! Awards, which honor the best in retail design around the globe.
Innovation is crucial in today’s competitive marketplace — retailers cannot hope to compete, much less succeed, by staying in place. Chain Store Age profiles five forward-thinking brands that are blazing new paths, redefining and reinventing their industry segments in the process.
Chain Store Age honored five dynamic retail and restaurant brands at its annual Breakout Retailers Awards presentation, held at CSA’s annual SPECS Conference in Dallas.