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Older Consumers Worth Wooing

July 8, 2024 by Maryann Javier

By Scot Meyer, JULY 8, 2024 || A Publication of MMR [Mass Market Retailers] Forward-looking retailers and suppliers rightly focus on the needs and wants of Millennials and members of Gen Z, who are critical customers now and (together with the preteens and teens of Generation Alpha) represent the future. But anyone ignoring baby boomers ... Read more

Event Spotlights Retailers’ Vital Role in Enhancing Health Care

June 17, 2024June 17, 2024 by Maryann Javier

By Scot Meyer, JUNE 17, 2024 || A Publication of MMR [Mass Market Retailers] NEW YORK — Retailers have a critical role to play in providing health care products and services in a way that is more personalized, inclusive, accessible and holistic, according to retail executives who spoke earlier this month at a WSL event ... Read more

WSL Event Explores Consumers’ Health Care Needs

June 17, 2024June 17, 2024 by Maryann Javier

By Scot Meyer, JUNE 10, 2024 || A Publication of Chain Drug Review NEW YORK — Speaking at WSL’s recent event here, CVS Health’s Erin Condon talked about how consumer expectations around health care are changing, requiring a more personalized, inclusive and holistic approach. "At the end of the day, health is about living," Condon ... Read more

9 Takeaways From WSL Strategic Retail’s Annual Health Symposium

June 17, 2024June 10, 2024 by Maryann Javier

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By Emily Burns, JUNE 06, 2024 || BeautyInc – A Publication of WWD Speakers hailed from key wellness companies including The Vitamin Shoppe, CVS Health, Kroger Health, HerMD and more. On Thursday, WSL Strategic Retail hosted its annual health symposium, this year titled “Beyond Wellness: The Future of Health. What Shoppers Really Want.” Hosted in ... Read more

Retail’s Missed Opportunity in Men’s Wellness

December 22, 2023December 12, 2023 by Maryann Javier

Nearly one-third of all adult men seek wellness remedies for gender-specific ailments. Yet there is no easy-to-find, dedicated men’s wellness section in many stores. For our latest How America Shops® survey, we asked men which health conditions they have researched. Their responses, and the differences between pro-active health-conscious younger men versus men older than 40, ... Read more

Walking the Talk of the New Inclusion

November 24, 2023November 1, 2023 by Maryann Javier

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Just a few years ago, being inclusive in retail meant recognizing non-binary consumers and those with “differently shaped” bodies. But to be fully inclusive, retailers and brands will have to embrace a much wider spectrum of differences, some of which we can’t even see. Our scouts have been researching the new inclusion, and uncovered several ... Read more

Gen Z and Millennials Pave New Retailer Trends in WELLness

February 6, 2023November 14, 2022 by WslAdmin

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We asked shoppers which health conditions they are managing most today, then broke the responses down by generations. The results: members of Gen Z and Millennials are dealing with a range of unpredicted wellness issues. And they’re not all are turning to traditional physicians. Retailers, get in front of this – now. Millennials or Gen ... Read more

Shoppers are Lonely, Anxious. Retail Therapy is a Solution

November 24, 2023September 26, 2022 by WslAdmin

Despite their pursuit of wellness, more shoppers are experiencing new, and unexpected, health issues like loneliness, WSL research shows. Some retailers have been incorporating social environments in their physical stores as a way to reintroduce facetime, but is it enough for shoppers, and what is the role of brands? Shoppers are Lonely. Retail Can Help. ... Read more

Dollar Chains are Setting New Standards in Happy Shopping

November 24, 2023August 25, 2022 by WslAdmin

What can shoppers get for $1 to $5? An experience that’s happy, attractive and digital. These are the words that describe today’s dollar chains, and their creative value-priced sister chains. Our latest Retail Safari® explores several of the latest efforts by this burgeoning sector, from Dollar General to Five Below. It’s Not About the Dollars, ... Read more

The New Frontier in Wellness: We’ll Help You Find Your Place

February 7, 2023August 12, 2022 by WslAdmin

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WSL’s upcoming How America Shops® report on the future of WELL starts with emerging conditions shoppers are treating, bolder categories that are “out of the pantry,” faster services and a shift in trust and treatment. The dilemma is that as more categories have launched healthier choices, the Next WELLness Frontier is cluttered and harder for ... Read more

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