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I help to oversee Euromonitor International's retail, digital consumer, and e-commerce research strategy, providing actionable insights to clients about the evolving retail landscape.
Bob helps to oversee Euromonitor’s global retail, digital consumer, and e-commerce syndicated research products, with a focus on content and client engagement. Clients hailing from a range of different industries make use of his in-depth knowledge on topics like grocery, online marketplaces, private label and delivery to inform strategic decisions.
Bob Hoyler is a manager at Euromonitor International focused on sharing insights about the evolving retail landscape. Based in Chicago, he has nearly a decade of experience in the industry. Bob’s expertise has been featured in top business publications – such as Bloomberg, CNBC, and the Financial Times – and presented at global industry conferences, including CES.
Euromonitor International’s Shopper Reinvented megatrend cuts across almost all service industries, from consumer foodservice to travel, with its impact most evident in the retail sector. As a result, as the vast Asia Pacific region emerges as the global retail sector’s new centre of gravity, the forces powering the Shopper Reinvented megatrend are revolutionising the retail space within the region.
From 16th to 18th October, US-based retail events organiser Shoptalk held its first ever Shoptalk Fall conference at McCormick Place in Chicago. With many of the most prominent names in retail in attendance, participants were treated to an in-depth exploration of the most important trends currently impacting the retail sector. Euromonitor International was there, and we are delighted to report on some of the highlights.
For retailers looking to overcome slowing online sales growth, partnering with fintech companies to support an embedded finance model can allow them to overcome challenges posed in three distinct areas: payment, lending and financial crime. As a result, by partnering with fintechs, retailers can boost their e-commerce sales while helping the fintechs grow their own revenues and customer bases.