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The Future of Retail from a Global View | EP14
In this episode: Our own Wendy Liebmann and Christine Cross, UK-based global retail consultant, discuss trends that are already disrupting retail around the world. Wendy and Christine discuss: The impact of channel agnosticism on how people shop, and where companies invest The growth of DTC and how it enables brands...Learn More
Beauty Breaks Barriers in Health, Safety and Innovation
Shoppers have been inspiring remarkable retail innovations across categories, but in few areas are the results as noteworthy as in beauty’s healthy, safety and digitally progressive experiences. WSL’s Virtual Retail Safari® Open Call Event, scheduled for March 11, captures the most visionary and shopper-inspired examples. Healthy Beauty is an Exercise in...Learn More
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