Health Archives - Page 5 of 6

Find Out How Retailers are Eliminating Packaging

July 24, 2023March 2, 2020 by WslAdmin

The fringe movement of sustainability is moving into the mainstream, fast. Nearly 90% of your shoppers are reusing the bottles and bags their products come in, and we predict they will focus on “first-use” packaging next. The WSL “Fill’er Up” report shows how three merchants are eliminating waste and discovered the movement is well beyond ... Read more

What does ‘Change Now’ Mean? 5 Shopping Shifts to Watch

February 14, 2023February 19, 2020 by WslAdmin

Forget merchandise, Forget promotions. Forget ads. Being a part of change today means accepting that shoppers expect retail to play a fundamentally different role in their lives. And they expect it Now. Our How America Shops® report, “Change Now,” is a real-time example of how much faster change is occurring now. The controversies surrounding climate ... Read more

3 Ways to Know if Your Beauty Brands are Man Enough

July 21, 2023February 4, 2020 by WslAdmin

Men are venturing into the beauty category at a pace that could turn an unprepared brand’s hair gray. Yet while interested in the category, many men don’t know how to enter it. Our How America Shops® survey revealed three steps for getting them there – but don’t wait or you’ll be a runner-up. Real men ... Read more

New Mall Corporate Strategy: Health Hubs for Convenience

July 24, 2023January 21, 2020 by WslAdmin

Massive hospital complexes are so 2015. Today’s healthcare providers have their fingers on the pulse of retail real estate and are swooping in to transform store space into exam and procedural rooms. We share some unfolding examples, and the active role retailers can play based on our consumer survey results. Malls are Replacing Checkouts with ... Read more

A New Set of Values is Changing Shopping Life

July 24, 2023January 14, 2020 by WslAdmin

In 2020, brands and retailers are shifting their focus to paying it forward, with missions that support responsible living, global preservation, inclusion and other practices that support positive change. But how do you prioritize what will make shoppers happy? WSL’s latest How America Shops® research delves into the new shopper values. It’s 2020, Do You ... Read more

6 Themes in Retail Wellness, from WSL’s WELL Symposium

July 21, 2023December 17, 2019 by WslAdmin

The wellness culture is taking over consumerism, but how well is it established in your company culture? At WSL’s WELL Symposium, executives from Nordstrom, CVS, Walmart, Walgreens, Zappos and others shared their firsthand experiences of integrating WELL into retail. In Retail, Wellness Must Carry from Cart to Culture There’s little wonder retailers see the Big ... Read more

A Peek Into the Health Store of the Future

July 24, 2023November 8, 2019 by WslAdmin

The future of health care is being seized by retail, from innovative independents offering to relieve joint pain to Walmart installing examination rooms. All of which means the health store of the future is still a free-for-all. We have four observations to help retailers ensure they remain in the health industry’s heartbeat. Health Stores Are ... Read more

Beauty & Wellness With Purpose: Shoppers Expect It, How Do You Bring It?

July 21, 2023September 30, 2019 by WslAdmin

Beauty & Wellness With Purpose blog banner featuring hand with floating beauty product icon above it and sustainability icons in background

More shoppers are demanding beauty and wellness products that are clean, environmentally safe and serve a global purpose. Yet getting such products on the shelf can be a Herculean task for the many startups creating them. In Chicago this October, we’re offering an opportunity to change that. A growing number of women are willing to ... Read more

Apple, Google, are the New Authorities in Healthcare. Is Retail Ready?

February 22, 2023August 13, 2019 by WslAdmin

Apple, Google, are the New Authorities in Healthcare blog banner featuring colorful collage of tech and retail companies

If one device can pinpoint the moment in which wellness transitioned from a preference to a retail necessity, it would be the Apple Watch. We look into what Apple, along with tech companies like Google and Microsoft, have in store for consumer healthcare, and how it is changing the retail landscape for health and wellness. The ... Read more

Gen Z is Already Telling You How They are Changing Wellness. Get Ahead!

July 24, 2023July 30, 2019 by WslAdmin

Blog banner featuring jogger tying their shoelace, green smoothie next to them, and floating percentages

It will be five years before retailers and brands experience the full economic force of Gen Z, but already this group of shoppers is dropping hints of how things are going to change. And a lot of that change involves their perceptions of wellness. Here’s a heads-up, from our How America Shops® research. Gen Z ... Read more

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