Insights on Leading Retail Growth Platforms
Sprouts Farmers Market is the leading “pure play” high growth, value-priced, specialty food retailer, with a primary offering being farm-fresh produce at an extreme value. Earlier in 2012, Sprouts completed a merger with Sunflower Farmers Market, giving Sprouts the #2 spot in the natural organic retail market, behind Whole Foods Market. What’s most interesting about [...]
What a difference a few years can make. It was only five to six years ago that supermarkets were rushing to add high-end amenities to their stores to communicate the “quality” of their offering and grow their business by attracting the upwardly mobile, time-starved middle class. Safeway invested $2 to $4 million per store to [...]
There has been a lot of discussion of the role and responsibility of retailers in the obesity crisis. Does Walmart make unhealthy food too cheap? Are American portions too big? Should retailers be responsible for policing ingredients to discourage unhealthy foods? Solving America’s obesity problems are impossible responsibilities to put on retailers. We have found [...]
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 [...]
In devising a strategy around a store’s entrance, there is no one solution that meets the needs of retailers across all channels. So, it is interesting to analyze the strategies that have become staples in the industry. A retail store’s entrance is strategically designed to set the tone for the trip. The façade entices passers-by [...]
Merchandising strategies at the entrance to the store sets the tone for the rest of the visit. The last few steps before the shopper opens the front door, and the first few after the shopper lets go of the door handle are the moments when realization occurs. Retailers who are using this space effectively are [...]
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 [...]
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