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Shoppers Say: Inflated Prices are Here to Stay

Shoppers are adjusting their shopping behaviors and budgets for the long haul as 90% expect the high inflation prices they are experiencing today to be around for a long time to come. Over 2/5 of shoppers are cutting back on how they spend in order to cover their basic bills like utilities and housing and groceries, with adjustments that ... Read more

The Role of the Store in Retail 5.0

The self-serve store has not changed since the 1950s. Tweaks have been made but the basic format of walking the aisles, squinting at the shelves to find the right item, and then waiting in line to pay has not changed in 3/4 of a century. The pandemic has drawn retailers’ attention to honing online ordering ... Read more

My Random Shopping Life

The evidence is all around us - shopping is becoming more and more digital. For some, buying online has become a way of life… their primary method of getting the shopping done, regardless of whether it’s the weekly grocery trip, the quick fill-in trip for tonight’s dinner or the impulse purchase of a luxury item. For ... Read more

Shopping Next: What Will Stick or Slip

March 2020: Every aspect of life was turned upside down – Work-life, School life, Home Life, and certainly Shopping Life®. Nine months later, in November 2020, WSL studied shoppers to understand which shopping habits learned during the pandemic will stick going forward, and which will slip away, which social and product values shoppers will continue to ... Read more

The Bridge to an Open Society

As stores re-open, retail will be on a rollercoaster ride. As shoppers swing from panic stock-up to frugal shopping, categories, brands, and retail choices will be impacted. You need to know how to plan for the next 6 – 12 months. WSL’s How America Shops® report, The Bridge to an Open Society, will enable you ... Read more

The Big Business of WELL

People’s expectations are that every product and service they buy will help them be WELL, which opens the competition for WELL beyond the traditional categories of Food, Nutrition, Doctors and Medications. WELL presents unlimited opportunities. This new How America Shops® study tells you... if you can imagine a new role for your company, if you ... Read more

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