How to Make the Shopping Trip Easier, To All Generations

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Yes, price is important to consumers today, but if shoppers don’t find a store that is easy to shop, they might not go in. What defines easy shopping in the store, however, depends on the age of the shopper. For our latest How America Shops® research, we asked consumers what features make shopping easier, and ... Read more

How America Shops® Explores: 4 Ways to Lead Shoppers to Joy

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The troubles of the past three years have been overwhelming, and consumers are ready to get some joy back into their lives. Joy happens in everyday experiences, including shopping, feeding the family, decorating and maintaining the home. Joy is essential to consumer feelings, confidence and loyalty. To learn the role of retail and brands, we ... Read more

Shoppers are Lonely, Anxious. Retail Therapy is a Solution

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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

Gen Z is Redefining Wellness: 4 Must-Know Findings

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The youngest shoppers, Gen Z approach the wellness movement differently than Millennials because they never had to learn it. Rather, they were born into a world aware of the products and habits that are bad for them, and the choices that are healthier. Now, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, how brands and retailers ... Read more

Holiday Shopper Talk: Stockings to be Half Full

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As if the nation needed one more opinion on which to be divided: Half of shoppers are now giving the thumbs down to buying more gifts this holiday season. What is especially scary is those most likely to cut back are the youngest shoppers. Here’s what our 2019 Holiday How America Shops® research reveals. Will ... Read more

WSL Strategic Retail’s Big Business of WELL Initiative

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There is an accelerating social movement underway that demands more than a “business-as-usual” approach to wellness. Consumers now expect everything they buy to somehow contribute to their overall wellbeing.  This presents bigger opportunities for companies already established in health care…but it has also encouraged new competitors. Agile innovators are re-inventing categories and services to deliver ... Read more

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