Brand Innovation Archives

Boots Beauty – A Look Inside

Boots is a U.K. beauty retailer and pharmacy chain that operates 2,100 stores, ensuring that 85% of the U.K. population is within 10-minutes of one of its store. Over the past three years, Boots has been elevating its in-store beauty experience by renovating over 170 of its beauty halls. This report explores the first solo ... Read more

Smart Shopping to Live Well

Our How America Shops® report, Caution! Retail Curves Ahead, reveals that financial anxiety affects 77% of shoppers caused by increases in their monthly expenses. Retailers and brands have an opportunity to respond with innovation in merchandise and experience. In this Retail Safari® we reveal: Examples of retailers and brands who are delivering more affordable wellness ... Read more

Categories Reimagined: Discover NEW!

Click the link and launch a free tour of how a Retail Safari® can satisfy your shopper’s quest for finding something new in a retail store. In this free innovation tour: The physical store is the discovery zone where most shoppers go to find something new, stock-up on groceries or find an item they need right ... Read more

Paths to Beauty: Eyes Everywhere…

This Retail Safari® brings you innovators, both brands and retailers, who are delivering what the next generation of shoppers expect: convenience, personalization, and discovery. Will it stop with beauty? Is your category next? In this Retail Safari®, we identify: Convenient solutions like dual-purpose cosmetics for everyone and channels to discover the best in beauty Innovators ... Read more

Categories Reimagined: Visual Merchandising Creates a Discovery Zone

The physical store is the discovery zone where most shoppers go to find something new, stock-up on groceries or find an item they need right now. In this Retail Safari®, we identify: Four retailers and brands who have reimagined category merchandising with inspiring in-store destinations One brand who has created a virtual storefront to digitally ... Read more

Women’s Health: How Innovators are Helping Women Take Control

Women’s health has expanded its reach for conditions and easy access, propelled by internet-driven conversations, digital solutions, and DTC brands willing to showcase formerly taboo topics. In this Retail Safari®, we reveal: Innovators helping women take control of their health with easy access and less stress Convenient tools like virtual check-ups, support groups, and affordable ... Read more

Shopping Made Easier: The Best Shopping Tools, Brands & Retail Formats

Convenience is a major influencer in shopping behavior and a value that retailers and brands must shout to shoppers. In this Retail Safari®, we reveal: What shoppers are doing to make their Shopping Life easier – and how smart retailers and brands are responding Buzz-worthy digital tools making headlines now like AI Solution-oriented brands and ... Read more

Clicks to Bricks: How to Attract Young, Digital-Savvy Shoppers to the Store.

Although Gen Alpha might not have money to spend, they are influencers for the adults in their lives who do spend. The physical store must target and excite the next generation of young, digital-savvy shoppers and compete with social media for this shopper's attention. In this Retail Safari®, we identify: 3 innovators from around the ... Read more

How to Attract Shoppers During a “Permanent” Price Correction

91% of shoppers say that rising prices are not transient inflation, but they expect that prices on groceries will stay at 2023 levels (or go higher)[1]. In this Retail Safari®, we identify: 16 examples of retailers, brands, and digital platforms helping shoppers live within their stretch budget Examples in food and beverage (plus some in ... Read more

Innovation Makes Unlikely Brands Part of Celebrations

With a little imagination, your business can be part of holidays and celebrations too. This Retail Safari® is a quick, fourteen-page snapshot of how different retailers are displaying more brands with the right innovation as part of a holiday celebration or seasonal preparation. Be inspired by how your category can create a stress-free, inclusive, and ... Read more

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