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More People Than Ever Are Exploring the Outdoors. Here’s the Opportunity for Brands and Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

While COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of many new shopping behaviors and expectations, there is another trend that the pandemic has pushed forward: interest in the outdoors. Participation in outdoor activities increased by nearly 25 million people over the past decade, and nearly half that number visited the U.S.’s

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Retail sales suffer sharpest monthly drop since 2023 as spending cools

Retail Gazette

Related Story Younger Brits boost consumer confidence while wealthy cut back 20/06/2025 x 8:06 AM Deloitte head of retail Oliver Vernon-Harcourt said: “For the first time this year, retail sales fell more than expected, as two bank holidays and further good weather were not enough to entice spending. The ONS said total volumes remain 2.7%

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Meet the outdoor start-up that hit its crowdfunding goal in four hours

Inside Retail

When most people think of outdoor brands, you’d forgive them for thinking of a sherpa climbing inaccessible peaks, or thrill junkies leaping out of helicopters to propel themselves down a snow-banked mountain. However, there’s a new breed of outdoor lifestyle brands seeking to bring the joy of the outdoors to the everyday person.

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Squad shopping and self-improvement: Five consumer trends to watch in 2023

Inside Retail

Recent years have seen rapidly evolving changes in all areas of consumer behaviour and there is little doubt it will continue in terms of the products and services that people want, who they want them from, and where and when they want to access them. Rather than talking about what we do when we’re out there, it’s about how it makes us feel.”

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Why retail needs a whole new strategy to target Gen Z

Inside Retail

Despite all the stereotypes about Gen Z, this cohort of consumers can not be oversimplified into a cliche, and Pelot drove home the point that “they are anything but a homogenous group”. This makes conversational commerce a tool that retailers cannot overlook if they are trying to reach and convert a Gen Z audience.

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Why the future of Australian retail lies in unified commerce

Inside Retail

Speaking to merchants in Australia, it’s clear that the retail landscape is more competitive than ever, intensified by the influx of global e-commerce players and price-conscious consumers. Outdoor and camping gear wholesaler Darche taps into the same Shopify backend to sell to DTC and B2B customers.

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Thanksgiving Weekend Recap: Foot Traffic, Mobile Usage Rise as Nearly 200 Million Shoppers Seek Deals

Retail TouchPoints

Black Friday was a very big day and this continues to be an incredibly important bellwether, reflecting both the consumer psyche as well as the strength of our economy.”. I think it’s turning out to be even bigger than we expected in terms of seeing enthusiasm across consumers and the shopping public.”.