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How Retail Can Bring Accessible Health Care to Communities Everyday with Kevin Host | EP92
In this episode: Wendy Liebmann talks to Kevin Host, SVP Health & Wellness Pharmacy at Walmart about how the retailer brings accessible health care to communities across the US, every day and in times of crisis. They discuss: The ongoing challenges to delivering easy to access pharmacy and medical care...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
Unpacking the Nuances and Needs of the ‘New Value’ Shopper
Amid post-pandemic shifts in how consumers buy goods, stubbornly high prices and a squad of ankle-biting retail competitors, WSL Strategic Retail has been researching how today’s shoppers think about “value.” Specifically, how their definition of value guides what they spend their money on – and won’t – as well as...Learn More
Estée Lauder has Lost $100 Billion in Value in the Past Three Years.
How a big bet on China dragged down a luxury legend. By Phil Wahba, FEBRUARY 3, 2025 || A Publication of Fortune For years before the pandemic, retail experts predicted that China would rival, perhaps even overtake, the United States as the top luxury market in the world. “In the...Learn More
Who's Winning the Beauty Retailer Race for Gen Z?
By Noor Lobad, NOVEMBER 19, 2024 || A Publication of WWD (Women’s Wear Daily) Gen Z is the only cohort whose beauty spend is growing in units, per NIQ – and the race for their loyalty is intensifying among a growing number of retail players. The beauty retailer race for...Learn More
The Shrinking American Household and How it's Poised to Impact Retail
Future Now Future Next — Volume 2 [ 2024 ] U.S. household size is shrinking, with exponential growth in single person households. Despite smaller baskets, these shoppers have more time to be focused on their own health and wellness, and they are more brand loyal across many categories. This Future...Learn More