by | Feb 5, 2019 | Customer Experience, Marketing, Store Execution
February is here, and it’s time to be bombarded by flower and chocolate displays. Valentine’s Day is an active time for retailers, chocolate companies, and flower companies, especially when they coordinate. Consumers will go to buy the flowers, and think, why not...
by | Feb 5, 2019 | Business, Customer Experience, Marketing, Reporting & Analytics, Store Execution
Humans evolved with two forward-facing eyes. What does this evolutionary detail have to do with retail merchandising? Just about everything. When consumers are considering products on store shelves, they typically face forward and focus on one spot directly in front...
by | Jan 8, 2019 | Customer Experience, Technology
Cashierless Stores: The Future or a Fad? Retail technology is rapidly advancing to increase productivity and save retailers money. A major change in recent years is the reduction of cashiers by using both self and automated checkout, but retail experts are wondering...
by | Dec 4, 2018 | Business, Customer Experience, Store Execution
Low Unemployment, Fewer Holiday Workers, and Poor Store Execution Air is cooler, trees are thinner, and hiring signs are in every window—the holiday season is here. Furthermore, the unemployment rate is at an all-time low, and consumer spending is at a high. So where...
by | Aug 13, 2018 | Business, Customer Experience, Distribution, Retail
Years ago, the same big brands lived in the pantry of every home in the United States: the Heinz ketchup bottle, the stacks of Campbell’s soup, the Kraft Mac-and-Cheese boxes, and more. Now these brands are becoming obsolete within the average home. Instead, novel...
by | Aug 13, 2018 | Business, Customer Experience, Marketing, Retail
After months of entertaining energetic children, parents all over the United States are excited for the school bell to ring once again. As children head back into school hallways, parents head into grocery stores in an attempt to pack lunches that their kids will...