Hamish Brewer

Consumers don't "go" shopping anymore — they're shopping all the time. The barriers between channels are breaking down, and retail is in the midst of reinvention. That's the "relentless reality" that JDA Software CEO Hamish Brewer summarized in his introduction of the afternoon keynote at Retail's BIG Show on Sunday. Brewer suggested that the next 10 years will bring more change than the last 50 combined. How can retailers evolve? Foot Locker CEO Ken Hicks focused on identifying opportunities for forward-thinking retailers to succeed in the years ahead. Here's what retail CEOs like Hicks are thinking about in 2014:

JDA Software has agreed to pay Dillard's $57 million to settle a lawsuit against JDA's subsidiary i2 Technologies, which had sold the department store retailer supply chain software back in 2000. JDA acquired i2 in January 2010. In June 2010, the litigation against i2 was decided in Dillard's favor, with a judgment of $237 million attached; i2 appealed the judgment and the matter had been pending in the court of appeals. "While we remain confident in the strength of our legal position, we entered into the settlement agreement to bring this matter to a conclusion," said JDA Software CEO