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Influencing the Future of Retail, with Kenvue, Kroger and InMarket | EP97
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks to Amanda Coussoule, Chief Customer Officer at Kenvue, Marla Fielder, Health & Wellness Leader at Kroger and Sharon Glass, Global VP, OTC & Pharma at InMarket, about how to transform organizations in challenging retail times. Episode Highlights: Knowing when to use “soft” or “hard”...Learn More
Wellness, The Shopper's Way
Wellness isn’t a category — it’s a culture. Today’s shoppers define it on their own terms, blending mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing into one lifelong pursuit. In this issue, we explore how brands and retailers are rising to the occasion — making wellness easier to understand, shop, and trust. From...Learn More
How Retail Flagships Can Defy Tariff Uncertainty, Through Trust
Thanks to our Retail Safari® global innovation team, we’ve discovered three inventive flagships that illustrate how retailers can attract spending-cautious shoppers not by selling “stuff,” but by bringing their brands to life through trust and connection. We’re sharing ideas on how these examples can be applied in lower-cost, innovative strategies....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
Investing in the Future of Retail – Where, Why, How with Diana Melencio | EP89
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks to Diana Melencio, partner at XRC Ventures, an investor in the early-stage intersection of consumer behavior and technology, and its investment approach in the health, beauty, and technology sectors. They discuss: How XRC finds opportunities (one way: scraping the web) The touchpoints of the...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