The pandemic that took the U.S. retail market by storm in March changed how consumers shop and will have long-term effects on the retail industry. Some of these behavioral shifts were a long time coming for an industry that is […]
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What does Ulta stand for? Up until about seven years ago when Ulta was tucked away in Bolingbrook, Illinois, it might have been the world of beauty\’s best-kept secret. Or worse, beauty consumers might have defined it as an acronym
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If it feels like the 47th month of the pandemic, you\’re not alone. Sure, there were those who said they were \”made\” for Covid and had no issue holing up and avoiding people. But, according to sources, those same individuals
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If it feels like the 47th month of the pandemic, you\’re not alone. Sure, there were those who said they were \”made\” for Covid and had no issue holing up and avoiding people. But, according to sources, those same individuals
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Remember when the Paradox of Choice was published? Sociologist Barry Schwartz\’s thesis was that consumers were stunned by the sheer staggering number of product category options, and thus defaulted to making no choice. Scores of CPG clients began the laborious
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There was a reason Bed Bath & Beyond was one of the most — if not the most — shorted stock on Wall Street for the past couple of years. The Big Box home furnishings retailer was in a free
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The pandemic provided select essential businesses an open field to rake in billions of consumer dollars. Shoppers moved purchases from thousands of shut-down nonessential stores, as well as a huge expenditures in travel, entertainment and other nonessential services to the
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Curbside pickup at many major retailers isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Yet this hasn’t prevented customers from using the service during Covid-19. The allure of allegedly “contact-less” shopping is more than most can resist during a pandemic. In
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Much has been written about the gradual demise of the golden era of department stores. With the growing monopoly of e-commerce and the added catalyst of a pandemic, the future of brick-and-mortar stores looks beyond grim. Much has also been
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I\’m no Andrew Sorkin, who given the chance, could probably make another blockbuster book, Too Big to Fail: JCP the Sequel. However, he would probably have to give the story a massive spin. While the notion of \”too big to
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