November 18, 2020

Peace Out 2020

3 Ways to Bring It in the New Year

Author Joanne Heyob SVP, Operations Strategy & Design WD Partners Exit election predictions, enter holiday shopping projections. With November well underway and Black Friday (is that still a thing?) on the horizon, we have been wondering how holiday shopping looks in a pandemic-stricken market. Reflecting on 2019, it was evident that brick and mortar was...

November 18, 2020

Trends Issue 46

Growing Up Fast

The New Healthcare Ecosystem

Author Dan Stanek Executive Vice President WD Partners COVID as the Spark As the world knows, the ongoing situation surrounding COVID-19 is making transformative waves across all industries from recreation to retail to restaurants. Commercial systems have been forced to reevaluate and restructure their business models to remain relevant in this new era where the...

September 16, 2020

Trends Issue 45

Retail Healthcare is Here

Author Dan Stanek Executive Vice President WD Partners CVS announces 1,500 HealthHub locations. Walmart pilots Walmart Health. Walmart has nearly 5,000 locations (US). After initial testing in 20 stores, Walgreens expands primary care clinic test to 700 locations, which is to say; it’s working. What was once a minor threat to healthcare systems —a test...

September 16, 2020

Trends Issue 45

How to be the Amazon of Auto Sales

Authors John Bajorek EVP, Strategic Growth & Innovation WD Partners Mark Bateman VP, Business Development WD Partners Tara Yavorsky VP, Marketing WD Partners The auto industry has seen a lot of changes in the last few years, including car shares and subscriptions, the rise of car tech and driverless cars, and the entry of “new”...

September 16, 2020

Trends Issue 45

The Future is NOW—Evolving Grocery Operations for Tomorrow’s Customer Today

Author Joanne Heyob SVP, Operations Strategy & Design WD Partners If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it's that innovation is still alive and well. In fact, it has accelerated progress and pushed forward initiatives with lightning speed. Almost overnight, companies had to roll out new operating platforms, put safety measures together and pull forward future...

September 16, 2020

Trends Issue 45

It’s Time to Reimagine the Dental Experience

Author Dan Stanek Executive Vice President WD Partners Consumerism has been traveling its way across healthcare to all tentacles of the industry. The provider/doctor-led ways of the past have finally moved toward putting the people in control. More comfortable and interesting waiting lounges, customer-friendly appointment times, virtual healthcare. All of these things have made life...