November 18, 2020

A Holiday Like No Other

Author Lee Peterson EVP, Thought Leadership & Marketing WD Partners John Lennon once famously wrote, "so this is Christmas, and what have you done?" Boy, Johnny, good call on 2020. Let's see, what have I done… about 150 zoom calls, 1,000 walks to nowhere, 4,200 cups of coffee, 3,000 miles on the bike, 12 binged...

November 18, 2020

Trends Issue 46

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...

November 18, 2020

Research Issue 46

Restaurants Rise Again

Out of Necessity, the New Replaces the Old

Authors Mark Bateman VP, Business Development WD Partners Lee Peterson EVP, Thought Leadership & Marketing WD Partners Ok, we get it. Restaurants got clocked this year. No one escaped the ‘non-essential’ tag and everyone paid a price. However, amidst all this, we saw a resilience from some, a certain toughness forged from necessity but leaning...

November 18, 2020

Research Issue 46

Can Customers Predict Sales? Answer: Duh!

Authors John Bajorek EVP, Strategic Growth & Innovation WD Partners Tara Yavorsky VP, Marketing WD Partners We’d be remiss to not have some sort of “look back on 2020” article in this year’s Holiday issue of Wayfind. Especially given the WTF kind of year this one has been. Phew! The pandemic has done a number...