Insights on Leading Retail Growth Platforms
Winning at Customer Experience is rarely a one shot effort, but as recent experience of some world class retailers tells you, it is also not about assuming you know what is most important to your shoppers. Ron Johnson had a vision for winning at JCP – improve the shopping experience faster and farther on the [...]
The retail industry is rapidly moving to a new normal. There has been enough research and analysis done in the past decade describing the factors of the small footprint movement, including: market saturation, and the increasing global urbanization rates. However, the most important need for change was driven by the consumers’ demand for convenience. Walmart [...]
The Russian discount retailer, X5 Retail Group, opened its first US store in Miami, Florida this month. The retailer, which now operates 10 different banners in four different countries, is going to be an interesting model for retailers & supplier looking for new growth opportunities. The US banner is branded Okey Dokey Grocery Markets. RNG [...]
RetailNet Group’s analysts recently surveyed a range of the major US chain retailers’ stores to get insight on the different 2012 Back-to-School merchandising strategies. Below are some sample examples from the RNG store tour database. RNG subscribers can click the links below each photo to see the full galleries on www.retailnetgroup.com. Walmart See Full Gallery [...]
I have detailed a number of the retail clinic models on the InStore Trends Blog, including the CVS, Walgreens, and Target models. After looking into each of these models it is interesting to note that the Walmart model is quite different. The two health and beauty retailers, CVS and Walgreens have acquired clinic businesses, Minute [...]
Last week, we looked at the retail formats that are opening the most stores in North America, a developed market where discount and proximity formats are the fastest growing. This week, we look south to Latin America, a region which is developing quickly. Five of the top eight (and eight of the top eleven) banners [...]
Can the small store really work and is it here to stay? There is no doubt that small stores are a growing trend in the North American retail market. Dollar stores and traditional big box stores alike are rushing to roll out more small footprint stores. While there are some key drivers behind why consumers [...]
As a result of the domestic consumption growth in China, multinational and local retailers are strategizing their multichannel operations to compete for the country’s 14% of GDP spent on groceries. Although foreign retailers led by Wal-Mart entered China 16 years ago, local players still dominate China’s food retailing space. To the multinationals, the rising middle [...]
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Order Online, Pickup In-Store: The Auchan Drive Way
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Four Innovations That Will Change the Store-Based Retail Experience
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ASDA Launches Collection Point
Auchan’s Drive Adds “Fresh”
Walmart Opens Kiosks Outside Mexican Supercenters
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