The Bridge to an Open Society

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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

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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

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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

Change NOW

This How America Shops® report defines the Change in Shopping Life® that is well underway – it is not about to become; it is here. If you are still anticipating it, we are sorry to say that you are late. The Change has been created by the shoppers’ response to the social climate they are ... Read more

The Future of Shopping Life: Trending the Metrics That Matter

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This How America Shops® report trends the shopper attitudes and behaviors that are transforming how people shop. Technology may be the root cause of the change, but it is only one aspect of the change. Life is different today, time is used differently and convenience has a higher priority. The findings here guide brands and ... Read more

Loyalty in the Grab & Go Shopping World

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The shopping culture today is defined by speed and spontaneity, and this has far reaching impact on building shopper loyalty to a brand and a retailer. Shopping is organized in a new way to get it done faster, but it is not all about buying online, since most CPG is still bought in a store. In ... Read more

The Big Business of WELL

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People’s expectations are that every product and service they buy will help them be WELL, which opens the competition for WELL beyond the traditional categories of Food, Nutrition, Doctors and Medications. WELL presents unlimited opportunities. This new How America Shops® study tells you... if you can imagine a new role for your company, if you ... Read more

Build My Magic Box

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In this How America Shops® report, Build My Magic Box, we take you into the feelings shoppers are experiencing as their lives and Shopping Life™, have been changed forever by the Internet. We also reached back 50 years to the wisdom of Marshall McLuhan, whose “medium is the message” applies as much today as it ... Read more

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