Tag Archives: Retail
Could Virtual Shops Save High Street?
There was an interesting article in The Guardian this past weekend about the future of local retail and what high street/main street shops are doing to stay in business. All signs--including our own research--show shoppers increasingly apt to forgo local storefronts in favor of the convenience, competitive prices, and virtually unlimited selection of e-tail. In the United States, powerhouse Amazon has given up its hard-waged fight to not charge
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Sign of the Times: SWYF
With so many people spending time shopping--and "window" shopping--online, it's no surprise services are cropping up to make it a more social experience. One of the more popular sites is SWYF (Shop with Your Friends), founded in the Netherlands in 2008. It makes it easy for friends to shop online together, compare looks, share Lookbooks on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media sites, and participate in style contests. Check it out here.
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Shopping
Marian Salzman on Reaching Millennials at Retail
What role does store design play in the retail experience of millennials vs. other age groups? How can retail designers and visual merchandisers appeal to millennials without alienating older shoppers?
Experience really is everything these days, and as the economy continues to modify the way many of us work, shop, and live, expect to see the very notion of “value” shaken up in 2012 and 2013. What is having a “valuable” experience all about? Perhaps no sector is a better barometer for this new notion of value than retail, and its offer: shopping.
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Millennials, Shopping
Style on a Roll
Mobile commerce is evolving…from food trucks to fashion trucks
Taking a lesson from the established popularity of fashionable food trucks, the retail industry is going mobile as well—with quirky clothing and accessories stores in vehicles as varied as rehabbed double-decker buses, school buses, Airstreams, and Winnebagos. See Wanderlust, which sells vintage and handmade goods in Portland, Ore., from a 1969 converted travel trailer, or The Styleliner, peddling luxury accessories in a former potato chip truck and embarking on “tour dates” around the United States.
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