Jacqueline Salomé is a freelance journalist and writer with a background in public policy and research. As a certified yes person, she loves chasing impulses and a good story. She covers arts, culture, gender, social justice and everything in between from her home in Vancouver, Canada.

Once a signifier of luxury or novelty, custom products and services are now within reach of the everyday consumer, thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence, algorithm-led platforms, and the COVID-era digitisation boom. Today, everyone wants to be the main character of their brand experience. 

Personal Worlds

In today’s hyper-connected globe, the meaning of national identity is no longer rigid, and we’re seeing a dissolution of cultural borders as we travel through our devices. This shift in mentality is happening against a turbulent geopolitical backdrop as countries prioritise regional allies.

Border Reorder

David Patterson is head of e-learning at Learning Light. He is one of the leading training and e-learning experts in the UK. David advises organisations on how to select or develop the best e-learning or training solutions for their needs.

Blake Weber is a manager at Clarkston Consulting and part of the Retail Industry Leadership Team. He is passionate about helping companies solve their toughest challenges to achieve their strategic goals, and he has extensive experience across the retail, consumer products, and life sciences industries in enterprise-wide technology implementations, process design, and optimisation, supply chain visibility, and project management.

United States

Eating and Drinking

Shopping

General food

Supermarkets and food

Sustainability

The Business Journal

Interview with Blake Weber conducted by the author

Capgemini

Interview with David Patterson conducted by the author

ModernRetail

Food Insight

Retail Space Solutions

High Snobiety

Canvas8

Whole Foods has opened a store uniquely grounded in New York localism, from shelves stocked with tri-state area products to its location in an art deco heritage building. As localism becomes a more prominent luxury value, the store offers sustainability with a gourmet edge.