The changing retail landscape will result in a single global retailer dominating each retail niche, and Zumiez aims to be that survivor in the action sports market, it told the William Blair Investor Conference. ZUMZ believes that scale is becoming increasingly important in retail. The days of being able to simply add X number of new units per year are in the past, because retailing has evolved to a new omni-channel platform that is increasing transparency for the consumer and driving out inefficiencies. These cycles are going to accelerate over the next five years, driving even more change in the ... Log in to view full article.