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High Street, High Stakes: Why Immersive Physical Experiences Are Key to Unlocking Retail Success

365 Retail

Let us not forget: Topshop was once a powerhouse of physical retail, boasting more than 500 stores across 58 countries. The fact that – in the short term at least – it is now to set-up shop inside competitors’ spaces hints that it has perhaps lost sight of what the modern consumer truly desires.

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Four buzzwords that will define 2025: Tariffs, AI, RFID and aesthetic shopping

Inside Retail

So here are my guesses as to not only what will be the most repeated retail buzzwords of 2025, but also the consumer drivers behind them. Retailers will have to vary prices in responsible ways that demonstrate that theyre for the consumer rather than exploitative.

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More Private Label, Smaller Store Footprints: How COVID-19 Is Accelerating Existing Retail Trends

Retail TouchPoints

Additionally, the percentage of consumers willing to pay the same or more for private labels over name-brand products rose from 34%. in 2014 to 40% in 2019. Even though discount products still make up the bulk of the category, the share of premium private label goods climbed from 15.7% over the past three years. ”

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Why Direct to Consumer Brands Struggle with Profitability

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon Over the past decade direct-to-consumer businesses have popped up in nearly every corner of the retail sector. From mattresses sold by Casper to prescription eyeglasses from Warby Parker ambitious founders have taken a page from Amazon’s playbook hoping to sell goods directly to consumers online.

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On Fire: Where Consumers are Buying Today’s Most Popular Smoking Products

Rangeme

and is often a driver for consumers to visit a store —especially in the convenience channel. in the four weeks ending May 15, 2022, in all multi-unit retailers. Convenience stores are also a top location for CBD purchases, with 29% of consumers making purchases there and a quarter of people visiting at least once a day.

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Abercrombie & Fitch’s Turnaround, Why its Working

Indigo 9 Digital

During that time Mark Jefferies, the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch from 1992 to 2014 made a number of controversial comments about the brand including when he said that: “Abercrombie is only interested in people with washboard stomachs.” Competition from fast fashion retailers and the rise of athleisure lured customers away.

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Allbirds’ Strategy, 5 Reasons Behind its Fast Growth

Indigo 9 Digital

We often wondered if the natural, anti-bacterial, anti-odour properties of wool were the answer to our smelly shoes and it led to the question: ‘why had wool never been used to make the upper of a shoe before,’” wrote the brand in its 2014 Kickstarter campaign. It also has properties that keep your feet smelling fresh. “ Expand carefully.