4 views on the future of retail and the shopping experience

For example, I’d love Shopify to tell me the best possible discount code for any store — it knows all of them! Or, if I’m in a retail store, to let me scan a barcode or photograph an item and see if there’s a Shopify shop, either nearby or online, with the same item for cheaper, or at least one that has my size in stock. Or to help me find products... See more

However, there’s another side to this. The pickup and delivery apps (Instacart and the like) are likely to outperform as they capture the high-margin consumer brand marketing dollars, but without the physical retail infrastructure. Building your own distribution via DTC marketing and relationships also gets more important, with Facebook and Shopify... See more