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Despite Inflation Jitters, BTS Apparel Sales Expected to Rise
Right now, it’s the season of “no more pencils, no more books,” but the coming days will see Back-to-School (BTS) shopping kicking into high gear. And this season, despite any…
Retail/Brands
Articles | Retail Market Analysis
Why Transforming Stores is Essential to Keep Today’s Consumer
The COVID pandemic forced consumers to shop differently when stores were shut down for months on end. The issue for retailers now, though, is figuring out how to fulfill the…
Retail/Brands
Articles | Consumer Research
These Tech Firms Want to Lift Customer Loyalty
Retaining customer loyalty has been a concern for brands and retailers since, well, forever. But factors like online shopping and social media made things more complicated. And then COVID took…
Retail/Brands
Articles | Retail Market Analysis
Retail: Here’s How Holiday Performed & What to Expect from Shoppers in ‘23
After enjoying a strong holiday season, economists are predicting a slowdown in 2023 amid concerns about a recession. And they want retailers to be prepared. But first, the good news.…
Retail/Brands
Articles | Retail Market Analysis
Here Comes 2023 — What to Expect at Retail
Real talk: In December of 2019, nobody could have predicted what was to happen in 2020. But 2020 was a total outlier. Normally, people can rely on predictions. And right now,…
Retail/Brands
Articles | Retail Market Analysis
How Small Businesses are Capturing the Spirit (and Sales) of the Season
Small Business Saturday may have happened last weekend but shop owners everywhere can parlay the benefits of that American Express-founded holiday into gains during the rest of the Christmas season. It just…
Consumers
Articles | Consumer Research
Gen Z + Gaming = Fertile Retail Ground
While Gen X and Boomers may be struggling to figure out what the metaverse even is, Gen Z is fully immersed in it. Now, digital experts are pointing to gaming as a…
Consumers
Articles | Consumer Research
This is How Fashion Can Help America Recycle
The slogan “reduce, reuse, recycle” has been around for decades. But it’s only more recently that the fashion industry has begun examining how such actions could improve their sustainability efforts…
Consumers
Articles | Consumer Research
New Consumerism: Who Today’s Shoppers Are & Where They Spend Money
If the last nearly three years have taught the industry anything, it’s that change can happen in multiple areas very quickly — think pandemic, gas prices, inflation — and their effects can change customer…