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3 Ways to Get Voice-Activated Devices to Pay Off (Hint: You Need a Screen)
Can we talk about voice technology in retail? If retailers are investing in VA technology, they need to be doing so in areas beyond saving time and easy refills. These qualities are building blocks, but growth follows sales, and sales follow browsing. And that browsing must be displayed as well...Learn More
A Tsunami of Self-Care is Bearing Down on Healthcare. A 5-Step Rx
In-store blood-pressure screenings were just the beginning. Today, time-starved patients are shopping for self-care services and expecting these services to include the professionalism and confidence once connected to traditional physicians. Here’s what you need to ask yourself before taking out the middleman, AKA the doctor. The doctor is in – and...Learn More
WSL Strategic Retail's Big Business of WELL Initiative
There is an accelerating social movement underway that demands more than a “business-as-usual” approach to wellness. Consumers now expect everything they buy to somehow contribute to their overall wellbeing. This presents bigger opportunities for companies already established in health care…but it has also encouraged new competitors. Agile innovators are re-inventing...Learn More
Caring Scores. Do Shoppers Believe You Care About Their Health?
Retailers are talking big about wellness, showcasing chemical-free beauty products, all-natural lines and affordable organics, but few shoppers are buying that retailers genuinely care about their health. It’s not enough to say your brand philosophy sits cozily on the corner of “Happy and Healthy,” or that you’ve been providing health...Learn More
Caring for the Caregiver
The Big Business of WELL report highlighted the expanding opportunities in wellness. One of those opportunities is Caregivers. 40% of US adults are Caregivers, most are under 40, and 46% of them are spending more on health versus last year. This sets the stage for a huge opportunity for the many...Learn More
The WSL List: Retailers That Stand Out, For Better & Worse
It’s that time of year when we look back over the past 12 months and assess the retail winners, losers and those in between. This year’s WSL List includes not only big brand names, but it also identifies five themes that inform what we call Shopping Life®. Here’s a sneak...Learn More