December 9, 2019 by Mark Mechelse
GMDC, Mark Mechelse, self-care
December 9, 2019, Opinion
The retail industry has experienced extraordinary disruption over the past decade, and it continues to shift today. But retail itself has also begun to disrupt a behemoth of an industry: health care. The quickly growing self-care movement — which inspires consumers to embrace proactive life choices through investment in accessible wellness and better-for-you methods —
October 7, 2019 by Bill Schiffner
Bryan Gildenberg, Global Market Development Center | Retail Tomorrow (GMDC), Google, Kantar, Mark Mechelse, Patrick Spear, Ryan Olohan, Selfcare Summit 2019 conference
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
INDIANAPOLIS — This past weekend the Global Market Development Center | Retail Tomorrow (GMDC) held its inaugural Selfcare Summit 2019 conference, a three-day business development and educational event focused on the “consumerization” of health care and its impact on the future of retail here. The summit replaced GMDC’s annual Health Beauty Wellness (HBW) Conference to
September 25, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
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Business, Leading Headlines, Retail News
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — It’s no secret that retail is experiencing a migration of products from physical brick-and-mortar stores to online. The proliferation of e-commerce and its impact is cause for concern among traditional retailers. But while many shoppers are migrating online, their migration isn’t an across-the-board move; it isn’t a comprehensive shift from offline to
September 23, 2019 by Mark Mechelse, Rodey Wing and Jason Maehara
Global Market Development Center (GMDC)|Retail Tomorrow i, Jason Maehara, Mark Mechelse, Rodey Wing
Opinion, September 23, 2019
In today’s retail landscape filled with intense competition and discouraging news about store closures and challenging sales figures, Global Market Development Center (GMDC)|Retail Tomorrow is focused on designing new strategies for retailers and suppliers to navigate a path forward to evolve and thrive. Even during one of the industry’s most uncertain times, brick-and-mortar still has
August 26, 2019 by Mark Mechelse
Global Market Development Center (GMDC)|Retail Tomorrow, Mark Mechelse, self-care
August 26, 2019, Opinion
It’s no secret that the retail industry is experiencing unprecedented disruption and a decline in foot traffic as a result of the proliferation of e-commerce and the subsequent migration of products from physical stores to online marketplaces. Consumers continue to gravitate toward online shopping for the sake of convenience. In fact, Global Market Development Center
September 4, 2018 by Mark Mechelse
community pharmacy, Global Market Development Center, Mark Mechelse
Issue 08-27-2018, Opinion
Retail in the future will look nothing like what we see today. A new role for physical retailers is long overdue, and only a few have satisfied the need for change. Historically, one of the primary challenges facing North American brick-and-mortar retail pharmacies and their suppliers has been the inability to encourage shoppers to purchase
February 27, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
Global Market Development Center, GMDC, Mark Mechelse, Patrick Spear
Supplier News
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Mark Mechelse has been promoted to vice president of insights and communications at the Global Market Development Center (GMDC). GMDC said Tuesday that, in the new role, Mechelse will oversee the association’s efforts to advocate for the general merchandise and health, beauty and wellness categories on behalf of members. He joined GMDC in 2011 as
December 9, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
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Supplier News, Technology, Videos
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Global Market Development Center (GMDC) and Nielsen have refreshed their proprietary GMDC/Nielsen General Merchandise Hierarchy data set. GMDC said Wednesday that the research provides a detailed look at GM category sales and trends in the food and drug channels, as well as across all retail channels. The GM Hierarchy reports data from more than 12,900