Semantics Relevance

Retailers Get 'Phygital'


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Narrative Analysis - Report

Key Focus

  • In a report this month, the World Economic Forum wrote that for developing countries, "the adoption of phygital solutions can foster inclusive development.". . Momentum Worldwide, a global marketing firm in New York that describes itself as an experiential agency, takes credit for coining "phygital" in 2007, but it didn't really take off ...
  • That became a necessity during the pandemic, when things like QR codes, digital payment options and contactless order pickups helped ease people's fears about contracting the virus. Plus, some say phygital captures how retailers are incorporating augmented reality and A.I ...
  • Momentum supporting factors

  • (phygital,virus)
  • (phygital,retailers)
  • (collier,phygital,neopets)
  • (collier,mobile)
  • (collier,phygital,mobile)
  • (collier,phygital,game)
  • (collier,phygital,curtains)
  • (collier,phygital,couches)
  • (collier,retailers)
  • (collier,neopets)
  • (collier,game)
  • Challenge supporting factors

  • (phygital,worldwide)
  • (phygital,solutions)
  • (phygital,new_york)
  • Work-in-progress supporting factors

  • (phygital,world_economic_forum)
  • (phygital,retail)
  • (phygital,pandemic)
  • (collier,phygital,retailers)
  • (collier,technology)
  • (collier,retail)
  • (collier,korn_ferry)
  • (retail,korn_ferry)
  • (retail,clients)

  • Time PeriodChallengeMomentumWIP
    Report9.09 50.00 40.91

    High Level Abstraction (HLA) combined

    High Level Abstraction (HLA)Report
    (1) (phygital,worldwide)100.00
    (2) (phygital,world_economic_forum)96.67
    (3) (phygital,virus)93.33
    (4) (phygital,solutions)90.00
    (5) (phygital,retailers)86.67
    (6) (phygital,retail)83.33
    (7) (phygital,pandemic)80.00
    (8) (phygital,new_york)76.67
    (9) (collier,phygital,retailers)73.33
    (10) (collier,phygital,neopets)63.33
    (11) (collier,mobile)60.00
    (12) (collier,phygital,mobile)50.00
    (13) (collier,phygital,game)43.33
    (14) (collier,phygital,curtains)40.00
    (15) (collier,phygital,couches)36.67
    (16) (collier,technology)33.33
    (17) (collier,retailers)30.00
    (18) (collier,retail)26.67
    (19) (collier,neopets)23.33
    (20) (collier,korn_ferry)16.67
    (21) (collier,game)13.33
    (22) (retail,korn_ferry)6.67
    (23) (retail,clients)3.33

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    Supporting narratives:

    Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • That became a necessity during the pandemic, when things like QR codes, digital payment options and contactless order pickups helped ease people's fears about contracting the virus. Plus, some say phygital captures how retailers are incorporating augmented reality and A.I ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (phygital,virus)

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • That became a necessity during the pandemic, when things like QR codes, digital payment options and contactless order pickups helped ease people's fears about contracting the virus. Plus, some say phygital captures how retailers are incorporating augmented reality and A.I. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (phygital,retailers)

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • Barry Collier, an entrepreneur who helped develop Neopets, a game with virtual pets, points to Ikea's mobile app, which allows people to virtually sample couches and curtains in their own homes before making a purchase, as an example of phygital innovation ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (collier,phygital,mobile)
        • (collier,mobile)
        • (collier,phygital,couches)
        • (collier,phygital,game)
        • (collier,phygital,curtains)
        • (collier,phygital,neopets)
        • Inferred entity relationships (4)
        • (collier,neopets) [inferred]
        • (collier,mobile) [inferred]
        • (collier,mobile,phygital) [inferred]
        • (collier,game) [inferred]

    • momentum - Back to HLA
      • Plus, some say phygital captures how retailers are incorporating augmented reality and A.I.. . Barry Collier, an entrepreneur who helped develop Neopets, a game with virtual pets, points to Ikea's mobile app, which allows people to virtually sample couches and curtains in their own homes before making a purchase, as an example of phygital innovation ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (collier,retailers)
        • (collier,neopets)
        • (collier,game)
        • Inferred entity relationships (2)
        • (collier,neopets,phygital) [inferred]
        • (collier,game,phygital) [inferred]

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • In a report this month, the World Economic Forum wrote that for developing countries, "the adoption of phygital solutions can foster inclusive development.". . Momentum Worldwide, a global marketing firm in New York that describes itself as an experiential agency, takes credit for coining "phygital" in 2007, but it didn't really take off ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (phygital,new_york)
        • (phygital,worldwide)
        • (phygital,solutions)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • In a report this month, the World Economic Forum wrote that for developing countries, "the adoption of phygital solutions can foster inclusive development." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (phygital,world_economic_forum)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Which may explain why in the retail world, "phygital" has emerged as the buzzy alternative to "omnichannel" to describe the need for companies to excel at selling things both in stores and online. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (phygital,retail)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • That became a necessity during the pandemic, when things like QR codes, digital payment options and contactless order pickups helped ease people's fears about contracting the virus ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (phygital,pandemic)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Plus, some say phygital captures how retailers are incorporating augmented reality and A.I. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (collier,phygital,retailers)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (phygital,retailers) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • At the time, it wasn't clear how important online shopping would become but that changed as technology improved, Collier said.. . Some people are skeptical of the term ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (collier,technology)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Some people are skeptical of the term. John Long, a consultant at Korn Ferry who works with retail clients, thinks "phygital" is redundant with omnichannel - and is not as easy to say ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (collier,retail)
        • (retail,korn_ferry)
        • (retail,clients)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • At the time, it wasn't clear how important online shopping would become but that changed as technology improved, Collier said.. . Some people are skeptical of the term. John Long, a consultant at Korn Ferry who works with retail clients, thinks "phygital" is redundant with omnichannel - and is not as easy to say ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (collier,korn_ferry)