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Backcountry Bolsters Digital CX to Manage Outdoor Recreation Shopping Surge

Retail TouchPoints

Fueled by consumers’ desire for safer, socially-distant-friendly entertainment during the pandemic, the increased interest in outdoor recreation has driven growth for outdoor gear and apparel retailer Backcountry.com. Just before the pandemic took hold in the U.S.,

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Product Searches Reflect Indoor-Outdoor Split: Headphones, Stationary Bikes and Lipstick Pique Shoppers’ Interest

Retail TouchPoints

The summer of 2021 has been defined by shoppers looking to get back outside and enjoy the warm weather, but work-from-home and back-to-school essentials remained at the top of consumers’ minds, according to data from Verizon Media. Stationary Bikes and Robotic Vacuums Benefit From Lingering Pandemic Habits.

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Bass Pro Shop Parent Acquires Sportsman’s Warehouse

Retail TouchPoints

Great American Outdoors Group, parent company of Bass Pro Shops , Cabela’s and White River Marine Group , will acquire Sportsman’s Warehouse for $785 million in cash, according to The Street. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2021.

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More People Than Ever Are Exploring the Outdoors. Here’s the Opportunity for Brands and Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

While COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of many new shopping behaviors and expectations, there is another trend that the pandemic has pushed forward: interest in the outdoors. Participation in outdoor activities increased by nearly 25 million people over the past decade, and nearly half that number visited the U.S.’s

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Meet Outer – the US outdoor furniture brand curing ‘wet butt syndrome’

Inside Retail

Direct-to-consumer furniture company Outer aims to disrupt the outdoor furniture market with its cleverly designed sofas, chairs, and coffee tables that are made to stand up to the elements without adding to the world’s growing waste problem. Everything we do at Outer has a core sustainability focus. [It A cure for ‘wet butt syndrome’.

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An outdoor park and walking track: Inside Aeon’s latest mall in Cambodia

Inside Retail

Phnom Penh’s reputation as an up-and-coming retail hub took another stride forward on Thursday, 15 December, when Japanese retail and shopping centre giant Aeon staged a soft opening for its third mall in the Cambodian capital , in the southern district of Meanchey. The mall, on a 1.74 The edutainment mall.

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Biggest outdoor store in Europe is coming to York

Retail Focus

The biggest ever outdoor store in Europe will be opening on 23rd August 2024. The brand new GO York store will officially open at Vangarde Shopping Park, with a grand opening weekend on 7th and 8th September. GO York will also home a Whitestores Outdoor living store as well as Leisure Lakes latest cycling concept store.

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