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Beauty Spending Will Look Different in 2021
By Allison Collins on February 26, 2021 || WWD “They’re calling it the she-session. That’s going to affect beauty sales, that’s going to affect the quest for value.” New year, new beauty shopping habits? For several months, industry insiders have whispered predictions of a “trade down to mass,” insinuating that consumers who have been hurt...Learn More
8 Signs of the Future, Now: WSL’s “From Chaos Comes Clarity”
WSL’s latest research shows a more defined path to 2024, and while it no doubt will lead to more normalized activities – think working and social life – retail’s road signs indicate some departures from the normal. We’ve boiled them down to eight pivotal behavioral changes and accelerations, in our...Learn More
How Kroger is Helping Americans Live Healthier Lives | EP13
In this episode: Our own Wendy Liebmann and Colleen Lindholz, President of Kroger Health, discuss the power of retail to transform lives, and Kroger’s journey to help Americans be healthier — during the pandemic and every day. Wendy and Colleen discuss: Kroger’s “Food as Medicine” strategy grounded in affordable, personalized...Learn More
Extraordinary Sustainability: 5 Retail Safari® Examples
WSL’s research shows that shoppers have long felt sustainability is a cause worth spending more for. Now retailers are taking that value-driven purpose from ordinary to extraordinary, and driving even more shoppers toward sustainability. Here, we share five examples from our Retail Safari® tours. Shoppers Sought Sustainable Retail, Now It’s...Learn More
Beauty Industry Execs Applaud Walgreens CEO Choice
By Allison Collins and Jenny B. Fine on January 28, 2021 || WWD As consumers come into Walgreens’ doors, there’s opportunity to evolve the beauty department, sources said. Walgreens Boots Alliance is slated to play an integral part in the U.S. rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, and it’ll be doing so under a new chief executive officer —...Learn More
WSL’s Virtual Retail Safari® Reveal Reimagined Stores
The year 2020 not only redefined shopping, it helped re-engineer what stores look like now. WSL Retail Safari® scouts explored some of the most forward-looking changes in the physical store. Following are concepts worth watching, from our recent tours. What Kinds of Stores are Your Shoppers Returning To? The physical...Learn More