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Holiday Shopping in a Post-Pandemic Era: What Retailers Need to Know

Retail TouchPoints

As retailers prepare for the holiday shopping season ahead, many may be thinking that now is the time to start preparing, wondering if we are gearing up for another extended, ecommerce-driven season. What will it take to make this year a successful holiday shopping season in the most unorthodox of times? Will the market bounce back?

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The Future of Experiential Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers are no longer satisfied with just making a transactional product purchase from a brand; they crave a purchase from a brand they can get behind , a brand that has purpose, that works to build a sense of community, that offers consumers an interactive shopping experience. But what does that really mean?

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The New ‘Pandemic Personas’: Defining the Seismic Shift in Consumer Buying Behaviors

Retail TouchPoints

She is unique in that she exhibited a previously unprecedented search-shop-buy behavior. She didn’t really engage much with online shopping pre-pandemic; in fact, she made her first online purchase ever within the first few weeks of the pandemic onset! Now, however, it seems to be all she knows.

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What we can Expect this Mother’s Day (Hint: It’s Going to be a BIG One)

Retail TouchPoints

We predict most of the shopping to happen in the three-to-five day window prior to the holiday, with May 5 and 6 forecast to be the busiest online shopping days. Fashion and jewelry won’t be the only market segments to experience an online shopping surge. What is Mother’s Day without a beautiful bouquet of flowers?

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Stockouts Are Costing You Money

Independent Retailer

If you are running a grocery, convenience store , liquor shop, or something similar, you should think twice about waiting until tomorrow to reorder your best selling products. In 2004, the Harvard Business Review interviewed over 70,000 shoppers to find out how they react to a stockout. by Joey Rubinstein.

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Integrated Systems Europe 2024: A Hub of Innovation and Insight for Retail Professionals

365 Retail

Mike Blackman – Integrated Systems Europe Since its inception in 2004, ISE has consistently grown, establishing itself as a cornerstone event in the pro AV and systems integration sectors. Retailers embracing technology are finding innovative ways to enhance the shopping experience and improve customer engagement and service.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

VMS

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, well before high-end shops and boutiques graced the iconic retail corridors of Fifth Avenue, Champs-Élysées and Via Monte Napoleone, consumerism and desire became a driving force in Western culture. Right, Left: An advertisement for decor references the return of American soldiers from WWI (left).