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From Chaos Comes Clarity: A Future Now-Future Next Study

Future Shop 2022-24: From Chaos Comes Clarity banner featuring woman with covid particles floating around her head

WSL’s annual forecast on where shoppers are headed and what companies need to focus on in the coming 18 - 24 months. Based on WSL's How America Shops® research, this Future Now-Future Next study reveals: How shoppers have been transformed by the pandemic (and not) Where and how they're shopping (It's not only the Internet) ... Read more

My Random Shopping Life

The evidence is all around us - shopping is becoming more and more digital. For some, buying online has become a way of life… their primary method of getting the shopping done, regardless of whether it’s the weekly grocery trip, the quick fill-in trip for tonight’s dinner or the impulse purchase of a luxury item. For ... Read more

The New Shopper Truths

2020 was a startling year on many fronts – health, climate, inclusion, exclusion, politics, fairness – and it accelerated more than online shopping. Interviews with younger shoppers confirmed that their values are being redefined by the impact of the past 18 months. A nationwide survey defined the importance of these values to all shoppers, with surprising ... Read more

Shoppers Reveal Many Paths to Purchase

Shoppers had been self-solving to make CPG easier and faster to shop since 2016. Then the pandemic allowed more shoppers to become expert online shoppers at their favorite chains. In this report, we look at the emerging, unintended consequences for brands -- more brand switching online, more pre-shopping online offset by shoppers willing to pay more for ... Read more

Shopping Next: What Will Stick or Slip

March 2020: Every aspect of life was turned upside down – Work-life, School life, Home Life, and certainly Shopping Life®. Nine months later, in November 2020, WSL studied shoppers to understand which shopping habits learned during the pandemic will stick going forward, and which will slip away, which social and product values shoppers will continue to ... Read more

RESET The Big Business of WELL

This new report delivers two important findings to help you “Reset” your WELL opportunity. Strong WELLness habits were in place before COVID-19, and shoppers will continue to prioritize immunity, hydration, “free from” products and looking healthy. Some may take awhile to get back into their routine, but they will. The Reset WELL challenge is to ... Read more

Black Shoppers

Shopping behaviors and financial worries are all here in this report that compares Black to Caucasian shoppers. Findings that will lead you to change strategy and rethink priorities will be the willingness of Black shoppers to spend more on healthier choices, their respect for national brands, and perhaps the greatest opportunity is to show them ... Read more

The Bridge to an Open Society

As stores re-open, retail will be on a rollercoaster ride. As shoppers swing from panic stock-up to frugal shopping, categories, brands, and retail choices will be impacted. You need to know how to plan for the next 6 – 12 months. WSL’s How America Shops® report, The Bridge to an Open Society, will enable you ... Read more

Shoppers to Own Now

In this How America Shops® report we introduce you to 4 segments of shoppers who are shopping based on their commitment to a set of values, or a lifestyle. Social activism and standing for something have become more popular, creating two segments that make buying decisions based on their values of sustainability, which we describe as Earth ... Read more

How America Shops® In a COVID-19 Crisis

This is WSL’s first look at how Shopping Life® is changing in ways that will affect you now and long term. There is already one finding that we are confident to predict: A lasting change in the path to purchase for basic groceries and health products. It is not too soon to set up a ... Read more