With retailers looking to entice shoppers back through their doors after months of disruption, Black Friday is the perfect time to get them excited. Despite the uncertainty of the Delta variant, many consumers plan to do their holiday shopping at brick-and-mortar storefronts this year, so get ready to supply a lot of in store promotions! […]
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What Consumers Want From Your Holiday Marketing
For many retailers, the last few months of the year are some of the busiest. Between stocking up on holiday products, decorating your stores, and finding ways to target new customers, the list of tasks seems endless. No matter how busy you get, holiday marketing should be one of your biggest priorities to help break […]
3D Printing Technology is Evolving the Fashion Industry
For many years, new manufacturing methods have significantly evolved fashion accessories’ designs and capabilities. Recently, high-end designers have been leveraging 3D technology to unlock a new level of customization, enable design innovation, achieve sustainability, and increase the speed of production. Designers like Christian Tse and EAC Metal Ornaments, who create the ornaments seen on Louis […]
The Key to Getting Closer to Your Customers
by Andy Randall In an Amazon-driven market, how can specialist retailers get closer to their customers? They have something that the growing mass of online conglomerates just cannot offer — their domain expertise. In many cases a customer needs more than just picking an item off the shelf, or opening a box left on the […]
Survey Reveals Consumer Marketing Preferences
by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company A new study released by R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD), a leading global provider of marketing and business communications, reveals that traditional marketing channels, including word of mouth, direct mail, and in-store signage, are largely untapped by marketers. The study, based on surveys of both marketing professionals and […]
Black Friday & Cyber Monday 101
by Charlie Casey Autumn is upon us, and so many consumers enjoy the rituals of this season — apple picking, leaf peeping, and pumpkin spice lattes. As we get closer to Thanksgiving, many shoppers still make their holiday gift lists in anticipation of the deals to be had on Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM). […]
The Competition Creating the Future of Retail
2020 was certainly a year that called for innovation and new thinking, but due to travel limitations, many brands struggled to connect with the early-stage startup companies that are most likely to bring real innovation to retail. In response to the disruption of the pandemic, GMDC|Retail Tomorrow launched the Startup Mic-Drop series, a 2021 program […]
Trending CBD Products
CBD represents one of the fastest growing merchandise categories, and more retailers are beginning to take the plunge into the marketplace. From moisturizers and patches to drinks and cookies, there are so many different ways to take CBD, making it easier for consumers to try and experience the benefits of the substance. Pain relief has […]
Boosting Store Profitability Post-Pandemic
MerchLogix, a leading provider of space planning and merchandise operations software, and DM Buck Advisory, a research and financial consultancy, today published a research report, Retailers and Shoppers Turn Attention (and Investments) to Stores: A Financial Analysis. The findings are based on six years of SEC filings by public retailers and an online survey of […]
5 Retail Technology Trends of the Future
by Shannon Flynn It is no secret that COVID-19 has directly impacted the way consumers browse, shop, and purchase goods and services. The pandemic accelerated some of the changes that were already underway, such as the digitization of retail processes, the closing of brick-and-mortar stores, and the need to personalize the shopping experience. Retail technology […]
