Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Now may be the perfect time for more DTC brands to explore physical retail — in a post-COVID-19 landscape with prime real estate more affordable than ever, and shoppers seeking social interaction as they become comfortable visiting retail stores again. An Emerging Retail Trend. shoppers between February and March 2020.

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Shopping Returns Location Consumer 207

Indigo 9 Digital

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Nearly a decade ago when Best Buy was trying to turn its business around one of the things it did that was quite effective was to allow Apple, starting in 2013, to set up store in store selling areas within Best Buy locations becoming one of the first retailers Apple partnered with. After that Samsung, Sony and Microsoft followed.

Beauty and Health 97

Beauty and Health Returns Location Advertising 97

Indigo 9 Digital

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This is because the vast majority of retail sales still happen in stores with online sales representing only 14.6% of retail sales in 2022 in the United States. Consumers like to touch and feel products and let’s be honest returning online orders can be a hassle. Explore unconventional and creative marketing.

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Advertising Returns Consumer Promotions 98

Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 9, 2023

For many years analysts were saying stores are dead but if Walmart didn’t start testing grocery pickup back in 2013 its grocery pickup services would not have performed so well when put to the test during the pandemic. Walmart had this foresight and a decade ago in 2013 it started testing a grocery pickup service. I do it naturally.

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Drop-Shipping Advertising Fulfillment Consumer 98

Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 28, 2022

It’s not unlike Amazon’s entrance into the eCommerce market in the 90s. If you didn’t return your movie rental on time you were charged a dollar a day. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Poor execution.

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Kiosk Returns Retail Trends ATS 122

Indigo 9 Digital

MARCH 17, 2022

Explore unconventional and creative marketing. While these are not the kinds of marketing moves that everyone is talking about these vehicles often have more captive audiences than a fast-moving social media feed. Free samples are really just another form of marketing retailers use to generate more sales.

Beauty and Health 90

Beauty and Health Promotions Marketing Shopping 90

Indigo 9 Digital

JANUARY 12, 2023

Walmart saw a future in discount retailing and aggressively went after that market chipping away over time at consumers that once would have shopped at Sears. Most mid-priced retailers like Sears or JCPenney or Gap are struggling not just because of poor assortments but due to consumer economics. billion and $32.6

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Merchant Services Consumer Management Department Stores 111