Insights on Leading Retail Growth Platforms
Build-A-Bear Workshop has updated and is rolling out its store experience platform designed for greater brand engagement and more hands on and interactive experiences. Build-A-Bear will have six of these new prototypes open by the end of 2012. The new prototype was two years in the making to merge B-A-Bear’s hands-on bear-making experience with innovative [...]
Ethnic retailers are gaining share and particularly relevance in the United States as population growth becomes more dependent on immigration and as all shoppers seek fresh healthy fare. Here we explore how H Mart thrives in the changing retail environment and demographics to become the biggest ethnic chain in North America. Targeting the 5.3% Asian population [...]
The Chicago Whole Foods creates a unique shopping environment centered on experience, both within the store and with the products it sells. Services like the Wellness Club, in-store restaurants, and social events serve to differentiate Whole Foods from other retail outlets and to drive shoppers back into the store by educating and creating a bond [...]
RNG analysts recently visited the Mega Box store in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mega Box is a Cash & Carry “atacarejo” format selling both wholesale and retail. The format targets bridge shoppers, shifting them from the traditional to modern trade. It is a banner of grocery retailer Zona Sul Atende, which operates a chain of [...]
Store-based retailers can create a memorable, entertaining, learning experience much better than any e-commerce based retailer can. Regardless of whether the store-based retailer is a brand store, a department store, or a grocery store, making the shopping trip more of an experience than a chore is an idea that should be leveraged. How are retailers [...]
Couples go shopping together, the wife wants to browse, and the husband wants to sit. This dynamic can be seen in many large retail stores. The question becomes, how does the retailer keep both sides entertained long enough to maximize the number of impulse purchases? The more items a shopper sees, the more likely they [...]
Friendship is defined as an accumulation of shared experiences, and retailers are beginning to understand what it means to be a friend. Stores like Extra (Brazil), Lululemon (USA), Whole Foods Market (USA), and the Mall of the Emirates (UAE) are including space devoted to building social connections between shoppers. These stores offer fun classes, or [...]
. Primary research is the name of the game. RetailNet Group’s team of highly trained retail analysts visit markets around the globe and gain insights on developing trends among the world’s leading retailers. We hope to relay our findings from the field to you through this blog. Today, we have narrowed the In-Store Trends down [...]
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