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Why Gen X Could Be Beauty’s Biggest Consumer Base
By Emily Dougherty, October 21, 2022 || BeautyInc. – A Publication of WWD Women over the age of 50 have been routinely ignored by marketers for decades. Now, though, healthier and wealthier than any generation of women before them, Gen X is coming resolutely into focus. As American women age, they start...Learn More
The Next Wellness Frontier: New Challenges, Categories, and Retail with Candace Corlett | EP41
In this episode: WSL’s Wendy Liebmann, CEO, and Candace Corlett, President, discuss WSL’s latest research, the health and wellness shopper revolution it reveals and the implications for retailers and brands. They discuss: How health and wellness has changed over the last 8 years, and the new conditions, such as mental health,...Learn More
Shoppers are Lonely, Anxious. Retail Therapy is a Solution
Despite their pursuit of wellness, more shoppers are experiencing new, and unexpected, health issues like loneliness, WSL research shows. Some retailers have been incorporating social environments in their physical stores as a way to reintroduce facetime, but is it enough for shoppers, and what is the role of brands? Shoppers...Learn More
The Next Wellness Frontier
Will WELLness ever mean the same thing again? So much disruption: digital access, shifting trust, more products, more services… but the pandemic was not the only catalyst for change. In this report we sort out the opportunities for The Next WELLness Frontier. The Next Frontier of WELLness will be defined by...Learn More
Dollar Chains are Setting New Standards in Happy Shopping
What can shoppers get for $1 to $5? An experience that’s happy, attractive and digital. These are the words that describe today’s dollar chains, and their creative value-priced sister chains. Our latest Retail Safari® explores several of the latest efforts by this burgeoning sector, from Dollar General to Five Below....Learn More
Shopping During Inflation: Long Slog vs. Whiplash? | EP39
In this episode: WSL’s Wendy Liebmann, CEO, and Candace Corlett, President, discuss how shoppers are dealing with spiraling price increases, how this moment is different from 2008, and how companies need to respond. They preview WSL’s upcoming Wellness study (The New Wellness Frontier). And the baseball season. (Yes, really!) They...Learn More