{"id":3693,"date":"2014-12-31T20:56:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T20:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2014-12-31T20:56:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T20:56:32","slug":"our-top-5-posts-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/2014\/12\/31\/our-top-5-posts-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Top 5 Posts of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3708\" alt=\"TOP 5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TOP-5-1024x853.jpg\" width=\"421\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Doug Stephens<\/p>\n<p>2014 was yet another remarkable year for the retail industry. \u00a0Big box players like Target and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/wal-mart-urgent-memo-urges-improvement-u-stores-134351731--business.html\">Walmart <\/a><\/strong>continued the frantic search for their now-elusive mojo. \u00a0A growing number of pure play online retailers like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birchbox.com\/magazine\/article\/birchbox-store-soho\">Birchbox <\/a><\/strong>continued their materialization in the physical world, opening permanent brick and mortar locations. \u00a0Amazon captured our imaginations with the idea of drone delivery while their competitor\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ryanmac\/2014\/09\/22\/alibaba-claims-title-for-largest-global-ipo-ever-with-extra-share-sales\/\">Alibaba<\/a><\/strong> took off on Wall Street with the largest global IPO in history! It was a year of disruption, discovery and digitization.<\/p>\n<p>I have no doubt that 2015 will give us lots to write about and share but in the meantime, here&#8217;s a look back at our top 5 posts of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy and Happy New Year!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3698 aligncenter\" alt=\"FIVE\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FIVE-1024x819.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/blog\/the-near-future-of-ecommerce\/\">The Near Future Of Ecommerce<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3703\" alt=\"FOUR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/FOUR-1024x819.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/blog\/the-future-of-retail-death-of-a-salesman\/\">The Future of Retail: Death Of A Salesman<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3704\" alt=\"THREE\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/THREE-1024x819.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/blog\/5-coming-crises-in-the-retail-market\/\">Five Coming Crises In The Retail Market\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3705\" alt=\"TWO\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/TWO.jpeg\" width=\"226\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/blog\/ten-trends-to-watch-for-in-2014\/\">Ten Trends To Watch For 2014<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3694\" alt=\"ONE\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ONE-1024x819.jpg\" width=\"227\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/blog\/the-future-of-retail-experiences-per-square-foot\/\">The Future Of Retail: Experiences Per Square Foot<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/my-book\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2671\" alt=\"Get My Book.001\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailprophet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Get-My-Book.001.jpg\" width=\"239\" height=\"373\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Doug Stephens 2014 was yet another remarkable year for the retail industry. \u00a0Big box players like Target 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