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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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7 Reasons Why Outdoor Spaces Need Reliable People Counters

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The importance of people counting extends beyond the confines of indoor physical spaces, reaching into the great outdoors as well. Open spaces such as parks, gardens, and outdoor events often have a critical need for people counters – a need that is every bit as crucial as that of indoor retailers, if not more so.

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7 Reasons Why Outdoor Spaces Need Reliable People Counters

V Count

The importance of people counting extends beyond the confines of indoor physical spaces, reaching into the great outdoors as well. Open spaces such as parks, gardens, and outdoor events often have a critical need for people counters – a need that is every bit as crucial as that of indoor retailers, if not more so.

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Hoka’s head of Apac distribution and e-commerce on stepping up its presence

Inside Retail

The outdoor brand has plans for an aggressive retail expansion while simultaneously continuing its community-building initiatives. PB: Australia is a very important market for Hoka – where the outdoors is hugely accessible and staying active is a large part of the lifestyle. We will just have to wait and see.

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RICE 2022: Albertson’s Provides Sneak Peek at Plans for Upcoming Marketplace

Retail TouchPoints

Third-party marketplaces have emerged as one of the biggest growth opportunities for retailers this year, with companies from Macy’s and Bed Bath & Beyond to Giant Food and Michaels launching marketplaces (or announcing plans to do so) in the last six months alone.

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Fatboy Furniture Debuts Snap AR Lens as First Step in Wider AR Push

Retail TouchPoints

The new Snapchat Lens was developed by CGTrader and featured Fatboy’s latest line of outdoor furniture. ” De Vos and the Fatboy leadership team now plan to scale the company’s use of AR capabilities to enhance the brand’s larger online customer experience, both on social media and the Fatboy website.

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Beyond Parking: Planning Lots For Curbside, Events And Additional Use Cases

Retail TouchPoints

From a tenant standpoint, obviously being outdoors is much more palatable to customers than being indoors nowadays. “This time of necessity breeds invention, and I think we’re seeing it both from a landlord shopping center ownership standpoint as well as from a tenant standpoint,” said Lee.

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