Shopping Tools Archives

Walmart: The “Time Well Spent” Experience

In January 2022, Walmart launched the Time Well Spent experience in its incubator location in Springdale, AR. Enhanced physical elements (i.e., lighting and signing to support wayfinding), human elements (i.e., immersive displays), and digital integration make this redesign a leap forward. What makes this a “human” store is its immersive displays, including a staged nursery, ... Read more

Situ Live: Retail… Storytelling… Reimagined.

Located in Innovation Alley in Westfield London, sits Situ Live – an immersive showroom that opened in October 2021. Situ is not a traditional store with shelves of inventory for immediate purchase. It is a showroom, where discovering and interacting with products comes first – and shopping comes later. Purchases are powered by QR codes ... Read more

Hema Supermarket

In 2016, Alibaba, China’s largest online commerce company, opened Hema, a high-tech Chinese supermarket powered by a shopper’s smartphone. Hema (Freshippo) is part of Alibaba’s new retail strategy that integrates online, offline, logistics, and data to improve the shopping experience. With an aggressive plan to expand its locations to 2,000 in 2022, Hema offers a ... Read more

Hy-Vee: The Best of What’s Next

In September 2021, grocery retailer Hy-Vee opened a futuristic prototype in Grimes, IA that reimagines the grocery shopping experience. It is a phygital destination that includes Scan & Go checkout, digital kiosks to locate items in store or order online, digital shelf labels, recipes, curbside pickup for fast meal orders, wellness support, and so much more. A reimagined floorplan ... Read more

Ulta at Target

Convenient, easy shopping at Target has joined forces with the brands and beauty expertise at ULTA. This store-in-store concept brings prestigious ULTA brands to Target, adds an ULTA beauty advisor, offers fast hand-held checkout, a linked Target-ULTA rewards program, creates a destination to bring more shoppers into Target – and introduces ULTA to more shoppers. A win for all! Contact us for more: Alexandra Chilicki [email protected] ... Read more

Fill’er Up: Goodbye Packaging, Hello Refills

Moving into an environmental future plagued with packaging debris is a scary thought. As we start this new decade, more retailers and brands are offering options that let the shopper refill bottles with their favorite…anything. Will this change in shopping behavior to benefit the environment take hold? We think it will. In this issue: The Body ... Read more

Thank you for your message.

Subscribe to our Shopper & Retail Trend Alerts.

Thanks for signing up!

Tells us a bit about you.

Thank you. Check your inbox.

How can we help you?

Thank you for your message.

Thanks for signing up`!`

Thank you. `Check your inbox.`