The Store Shelf is a Huge Underused Media Center

Retailers are over investing in stores of the future and digital technologies while the shelf, where 91% of consumer packaged goods sales happen, remains an emotional wasteland. Shoppers have emotional connections to the categories they buy, triggered by the benefits they expect from using a product, so why do retailers keep delivering transactional experiences? Engage ... Read more

Robomart May Resurrect the Strip Mall: Future Shopping Life

If self-driving stores and same-day delivery are the future of Shopping Life®, encouraging shoppers to stay at home, then what will become of traditional (and outmoded) centers? We have a few ideas… but what are yours? We thought Shopping Life® had changed in the last five years, but the next five (or two) will make ... Read more

Amazon Hasn’t Destroyed Retail
It’s Created Super Merchants

Not so long ago, resilient retailers were learning how to compete against Walmart. Today, a new generation of what we call Super Merchants – durable mainstays and sprightly startups – are learning how to successfully compete against Amazon. Here’s who’s getting it right, and how. The latest retail revolution is over and we have the ... Read more

The Miss with Walmart’s Jetblack

By Candace Corlett // President at WSL  Watching Walmart has become my new entertainment (along with Broadway theater, Mr. Robot, Westworld, Suits, and my grandson, Baby James Jordan.) I am watching this brilliant example of how a long stretch of losses (9 quarters of poor sales performance at Walmart) energized this company that had become ... Read more

More Brands Checking Into Hospitality & Fitness, Should You?

There is no longer a routine path to purchase, so retailers and brands are breaking their own molds. Among the trends: Many are turning to fitness and hospitality in the latest bid to shape-shift into what shoppers want their stores to be. We’ve reported before that shoppers are increasingly ditching their shopping routines. The latest piece of ... Read more

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