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Online Isn’t Enough, Disruptive Brands are Opening Stores

February 22, 2023June 18, 2019 by WslAdmin

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Big news! Not everyone is a regular online shopper. In fact, no more than half of people shop online in an average of three months. As a result, many online-first brands have found it necessary to open stores. Here are seven familiar sites that have joined Main Street. It looks like someone has thrown a ... Read more

A Tsunami of Self-Care is Bearing Down on Healthcare. A 5-Step Rx

July 21, 2023May 29, 2019 by WslAdmin

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In-store blood-pressure screenings were just the beginning. Today, time-starved patients are shopping for self-care services and expecting these services to include the professionalism and confidence once connected to traditional physicians. Here’s what you need to ask yourself before taking out the middleman, AKA the doctor. The doctor is in – and increasingly in surprising places. With ... Read more

Why the Retail Industry Needs the Rental Generation

July 24, 2023May 14, 2019 by WslAdmin

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There are times when retailers should worry about what’s behind them, and the rental retail economy is ushering in one of those times. The once-fringe movement toward acquiring less “stuff” and instead paying for temporary use of pre-used necessities is rapidly becoming mainstream. And it’s changing retail sales in jewelry, handbags, fashion, electronics, home, auto, ... Read more

5 Service Lessons from Ikea’s Manhattan Planning Studio

July 21, 2023April 2, 2019 by WslAdmin

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Ikea’s “planning studio,” to open in April, is bringing the suburbs to the city, which apparently is just where new urban dwellers want it. Here are five ways Ikea is going to redesign the shopping trip. Today’s city-dwellers don’t merely want suburban comforts and amenities, they want to live a suburban, urban life – and ... Read more

Robomart May Resurrect the Strip Mall: Future Shopping Life

July 24, 2023January 18, 2019 by WslAdmin

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If self-driving stores and same-day delivery are the future of Shopping Life®, encouraging shoppers to stay at home, then what will become of traditional (and outmoded) centers? We have a few ideas… but what are yours? We thought Shopping Life® had changed in the last five years, but the next five (or two) will make ... Read more