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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…
Consumers
Articles | Fashion & Apparel Trends
From Prep to Skate, Men’s Must-Have Trends for Spring
The runways around the world are quiet now, and buyers have had time to digest the myriad of looks from New York to Europe to Asia. And while so much…
Retail/Brands
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How Web3, NFTs, & the Metaverse Fit in With Fashion
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) recently announced it will be celebrating its upcoming 60th anniversary by “looking to the future” with a metaverse, Web3, and NFT exhibition…
Retail/Brands
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Despite Volatility, Outlook is Strong for Holiday ‘22
There are 73 days to go until Christmas. And until then, retailers will be watching inflation, supply chains, jobs reports, gas prices, the weather, and anything else (should we even…
Consumers
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Things to Know about Consumers & Inflation in China (Wave 2)
Things to Know about Consumers & Inflation in China (Wave 2)
Retail/Brands
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It’s True: Local Businesses Have a Reason for Optimism
With global recession fears, inflation worries, and drought conditions so bad dinosaur footprints are turning up in dried up rivers, it might be surprising to find small businesses and local…
Retail/Brands
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Meeting New Demands
After two-and-a-half years of dealing with a pandemic, nerves are frayed. That’s why anything retailers can do to make shopping easier isn’t just welcome, it can cement relationships and grow…