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The Challenge: Brands on The Door vs. Brands on The Floor
When it comes to brands on the shelf, research shows that some shoppers will swap stores to get the brand they want. When those brands are private label, the retailer has an opportunity to use them to boost the value of the name on the door. That’s never been truer....Learn More
Beauty Seeks Role in Future of Drugstores
By Faye Brookman | WWD Article – April 20, 2018 Pharmacy, in-store clinics and other health-care initiatives are altering the drugstore retailing landscape. What role will beauty play as drugstores evolve to a more health care-centric format? The question is whether CVS’ $69 billion acquisition of health insurance giant Aetna;...Learn More
Shoppers Want Respect, Not Discounts | 7 Brands that Deliver
Shoppers yearn for retailers that deliver respect, but our research shows only a handful deliver it the way shoppers want it. What are they doing right? We explore several examples of retail companies that succeed in winning the shopper’s respect. When the shopper wants to be put first, she goes...Learn More
More Brands Checking Into Hospitality & Fitness, Should You?
There is no longer a routine path to purchase, so retailers and brands are breaking their own molds. Among the trends: Many are turning to fitness and hospitality in the latest bid to shape-shift into what shoppers want their stores to be. We’ve reported before that shoppers are increasingly ditching their shopping...Learn More
How Supermarkets Can Win Back The Millennial Shopper
Fringe eateries, including kiosk-enabled restaurants and well-placed food emporiums, are nibbling at the edges of supermarket share, particularly among Millennial shoppers. Here’s what supermarkets can learn from places that offer convenience, fun and “better” food. It’s 6 p.m., the commute is a bear, and the shopper has one key requirement...Learn More
Bloomingdale's Bets Big on Millennials Beauty with Glowhaus Concept
By Ellen Thomas on August 17, 2017 | WWD Article Eight-hundred products from 30 brands are going into a Millennial-targeted beauty department, located on the retailer’s contemporary floor. Does Bloomingdale’s hold the master plan to bring Millennials back to department store beauty counters? Not quite — instead, the retailer is...Learn More