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How Retail Can Bring Accessible Health Care to Communities Everyday with Kevin Host | EP92
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks to Kevin Host, SVP Health & Wellness Pharmacy at Walmart about how the retailer brings accessible health care to communities across the US, every day and in times of crisis. They discuss: The ongoing challenges to delivering easy to access pharmacy and medical care...Learn More
How America Shops® in a Crisis, Yet Again: 2025
In 2025, just as in 2024, 2020 and 2008, consumers are undergoing major financial uncertainty. WSL Strategic Retail has studied the implications of such crises on American shoppers over the years, so we went back into our How America Shops® data archives to previous “crises” studies to see how those...Learn More
Who’s Winning the ‘Digital Titans’ Battle: A WSL Deep-Dive
WSL Strategic Retail recently polled shoppers to learn how they use the retail powerhouses Walmart, Amazon and Target online sites. The “connected consumer” results produced several surprising behaviors that suggest the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for the industry at large. We predict what’s next. Face it, Having an Omni Presence...Learn More
The New Private-label Beauty Boom
By Noor Lobad, MARCH 25, 2025 || A Publication of WWD (BeautyInc) Retailer-owned beauty lines are gaining status as young and affluent consumers increasingly take to the category. “In beauty, people are always looking for what’s new and what’s different — and, presented the right way, private-label can be new,...Learn More
Unpacking the Nuances and Needs of the ‘New Value’ Shopper
Amid post-pandemic shifts in how consumers buy goods, stubbornly high prices and a squad of ankle-biting retail competitors, WSL Strategic Retail has been researching how today’s shoppers think about “value.” Specifically, how their definition of value guides what they spend their money on – and won’t – as well as...Learn More
Winning with Customers, Now and in the Future, Requires Retailers and Suppliers to Work Together
By Scot Meyer, FEBRUARY 25, 2025 || A Publication of MMR (Mass Market Retailers) “When we work together transparently, we not only solve immediate challenges but also unlock opportunities for industry-wide transformation.” “Getting the right product at the right price, delivered swiftly, is fundamental,” Liebmann said. — BENTONVILLE, Ark. —...Learn More