Whither Wearables, and What Else Lies Ahead in 2017

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The following is an excerpt from the latest installment of TWICE’s Executive Retail Roundtable, in which we gather some of the best and the brightest in tech retail to address the state of the industry. Join us for a deep dive into the challenges facing the retail business today:

TWICE: What technologies do you find exciting? What would you like to see on the CES show floor that maybe isn’t there yet?
Steve Baker, VP, industry analyst, The NPD Group: There’s something that isn’t on the show floor?

Dave Workman, president/CEO, ProSource: I’m going to the Amazon booth because I want to personally meet Alexa.

Laura Orvidas, CE VP, Amazon: She’s great.

Neal Martinelli, merchandising VP, HSN: I want to see smart home. It’s a big focus for us. It was a huge category for us last year. Alexa is that magic thing that gets people to wake up to the possibilities. The water is warm and I can turn it up to a boil, but I need the products and I need them to work right and I need the simplicity.

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New Age’s Towns Outlines 2016 Product Trends, Directions

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New Age Electronics rang in the new year at CES 2016 with a gala customer appreciation event, a series of new-vendor-partnership announcements, and a renewed commitment to filling its product pipeline with emerging technologies as well as with more traditional categories that are profit avenues for the retailers it serves.

At the event, New Age announced its selection of HSN as its 2015 Interactive Multichannel Retailer of the Year, for year-over-year revenue growth and for its innovative selling and product-presentation methods, and its choice of Kohl’s as Brick and Mortar Retailer of the Year. Read the full article on Dealerscope.com