317: Is Retail As A Service Leveling the Playing Field?

The rise of Retail as a Service (RaaS) has opened up transformative opportunities for retailers, but it also poses serious challenges. In this episode, join Oliver Banks to dive deep into the evolving RaaS landscape and explore the key factors that are shaping its future. From data privacy concerns to expansion into new categories, we’ll dissect the pros, cons, and potential pitfalls of this new business model. Whether you’re considering RaaS for your business or are curious about the changing dynamics of retail, this episode offers fresh insights and perspectives on what’s to come.

• Understand how RaaS is both levelling the playing field and empowering major retailers.
• Explore the 5 emerging factors which are shaping the future of RaaS.
• Discover how non-retail companies are entering the RaaS space and what that means for the future.

Explore your options with RaaS

Reach out to Oliver Banks on LinkedIn and connect or send a private message with your thoughts and questions. You can also email Oliver on oliver.banks@obandco.uk if you’d like to explore how you can make the most of the rise of Retail as a Service across the industry.

More listening, inspired by this episode

If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out the previous episode, #316: The Rise Of Retail As A Service (RaaS), where Oliver shares why this new business model is redefining retail as we know it.

Sustainability will inevitably be an increasingly essential consideration with Retail as a Serice offerings. But could you lean into this further to set up new propositions and model variety. Listen into episode 181: 6 New Business Models Driven By Sustainability and consider how you could blend this with RaaS propositions too.

And finally, consumers can seem distracted and confusing in our modern retail world. Listen into Chief Experience Officer, Todd Unger, in episode 315: The 10-Second Customer Journey. Consider how you can take elements inspired by the fast-moving consumer and apply it to your business.