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Shopper Expectations Have Accelerated. Ready to Meet Them?
People have emerged from their COVID cocoons, and this presents retailers with an unparalleled opportunity to reacquaint themselves. Here is how retailers can alter their foundations to support the accelerated expectations of more tech-enabled shoppers, who think online first and trip to the store second. Have You Met the 2021...Learn More
How to Make Every Store A Store of the Future with Jo Horgan | EP21
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann and Jo Horgan, Jo Horgan, Founder & Co-CEO of Mecca Brands, discuss how retail innovation must be a discipline embedded into the culture of organizations to stay relevant to what shoppers want in a fast-changing world. They discuss: Putting shoppers at the center of a...Learn More
New Shopper Habits are Forcing Stores to Change The Space
Guess what? Shoppers grew to really like those quicker trips during the pandemic, and that’s forcing all retailers to rethink the space in their brick stores. We explored some ways retailers are reinventing their space to accommodate customers who have changed their focus, and our research hints at where it’s...Learn More
“Spontaneous” Shopping is the New Efficiency with Candace Corlett | EP20
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann and Candace Corlett provide a preview of What’s Up in WSL’s latest How America Shops® research. You will learn: Why retailers’ efforts to differentiate are not working. How spontaneous shopping is impacting traffic, both in-store and online. What categories are most susceptible – and most...Learn More
Retail After the Splurge with Steve Sadove | EP19
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann discusses how retailers have the opportunity to reintroduce themselves to shoppers as they move out of their COVID-cocoons with Steve Sadove, retired Chairman & CEO of Saks Incorporated, and current board member of Colgate-Palmolive and advisor to Mastercard and private equity. They discuss: The new...Learn More
7 Trips from 7 Explorers: WSL’s Best Retail Roundup
WSL’s experts are committed to examining retail strategies, but we’re regular shoppers, too. So what does the Shopping Life® look like through the eyes of an experienced retail explorer? We share what shoppers told us they expect in the store now, and our own best shopping experiences so far in...Learn More