Convenience Archives - WSL Strategic Retail

Make Every Display Work Harder – For You and Your Shoppers

What if the secret to better retail isn’t bigger stores or flashy tech — but simply making it easier for shoppers to get what they need, faster? In our May edition of the Retail Safari® Newsletter, we explore groundbreaking innovations across categories, including: One-Stop Missions Made Easy: With Nordstrom and Whole Foods Displays Built Around ... Read more

Convenience Matters

Shoppers today expect ease at every step — from discovery to purchase and beyond. This month, we’re spotlighting companies that are removing friction and making the shopping journey more seamless than ever. In our March edition of the Retail Safari® Newsletter, we explore groundbreaking innovations across categories, including: Personalized Pricing Tools: Giving customers more control ... Read more

What’s Fueling 2025?

This SPECIAL EDITION Retail Safari® features the best retail highlights from 2024. Consider these innovations as you plan 2025 for easier shopping and happiness, as well as new ways to present savings. We include a special section on Hispanic shoppers because of their influence as the “new American family.” This edition features the following themes: ... Read more

Retail Safari® SNAP – November 2024 Edition

In this issue, we present two quick shop destinations, each different, but each focused on helping the shopper make smart choices. Plus, a skincare experience driven by AI featuring K-Beauty. Ground Blue 49 – Seoul, South Korea Whole Foods – New York, NY IM Type – Seoul, South Korea Retail Safari® SNAP fuels you, ... Read more

Retail Safari® SNAP – May 2024 Edition

In this issue we present the ultimate in-store retail experiences with focus on community, sustainability, and quick, easy meals: Samsung Gangnam – Seoul, South Korea The Body Shop – Toronto, Canada Trader Joe's Pronto – New York, NY Retail Safari® SNAP fuels you, and your teams, with the latest global retail innovation– in a ... 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

Supermarkets: Yes! to Innovation

Retail Safari banner featuring retail drive-thru and food hall

In this Retail Safari®, we look beyond the obvious big-box stock-up retailers like Walmart, Costco, and Amazon to discover how three grocers, Sendik’s Food Market, Bristol Farms, and Rouses Market, are competing by finding their own base of shoppers. Read this Retail Safari® to explore: How these retailers reimagine the store as an easy (and ... 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

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

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

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