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From Clicks to Bricks: Expanding Brand Loyalty Through Physical Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Several years ago, a handful of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands expanded into the physical retail space. Now, dozens of others have followed suit, making the leap from entirely digital to opening brick-and-mortar locations. An Emerging Retail Trend. Now its brick-and-mortar stores provide half of its revenue.

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5 Lessons Learned from Shake Shack’s Strategy & Growth

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Since the hot dog stand was so popular Meyer decided to bring the stand back to the park for two more summers before deciding to open the first Shake Shack location in Madison Square Park in 2004. If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox 4.

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What Nordstrom’s Paul Smith pop-up says about the future of this retail trend

Inside Retail

One of the key trends that defined retail in 2023 was pop-up shops and how these experiential shopping experiences have taken hold over millennial and Gen Z consumers. Midway into the first quarter of 2024, there are no signs of this experiential retail trend slowing down. per square foot for a pop-up versus $32.12

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5 Ways to Make Your Retail Store Grow Faster

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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. Do you like this content? Start selling food.

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6 Reasons Walmart’s eCommerce Strategy is Winning

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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.

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The Downfall of Sears, 5 Reasons Why it’s Struggling to Survive

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If you do subscribe to our retail trends newsletter to get the latest retail insights & trends delivered to your inbox. Lampert has been accused in lawsuits filed by pensioners and Sears shareholders of picking apart the more-than-a-century-old retailer to enrich himself.” Do you like this content?

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The Top 15 Ways to Find New Customers in Retail

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After its first local radio ad placement in 2013 it had 1,500 website visitors in less than 10 seconds versus a normal level of traffic of 150-200 visitors. In 2014 Starbucks introduced a complete tuition reimbursement program for employees located in the United States who worked at least an average of 20 hours per week.