by admin | May 16, 2022 | Commercial Real Estate, Resources, Retail Strategy
Don’t look now, pundits, but those dire predictions of the collapse of malls are crumbling. I visited the Garden State Plaza in New Jersey Saturday around noon. It took me about ten minutes to find a parking place. Once inside, I found the mall packed with shoppers...
by admin | May 12, 2022 | Retail Strategy, Social Commerce, Social Media
Social Media plays such a huge part in brand growth, but unless you use it properly, it will not help you gain any extra exposure. There are many different factors that go into creating successful social media accounts, and one of the biggest ones is posting at just...
by admin | May 11, 2022 | Commercial Real Estate, Community, Corona Virus, Resources, Retail Strategy
Credit: iStock.com by dragana991 Online shopping might be easy, convenient and prolific, yet it hasn’t erased the need for flagship brick-and-mortar retail establishments. In fact, retail real estate is undergoing a phenomenal — and some might say surprising...
by admin | May 8, 2022 | HR, Resources, Retail Strategy
Retailers are getting shoppers back in droves. That’s great news. For the most recent period, while online retail sales fell for the third straight month, visits to stores were up. In fact, NRF’s annual forecast predicts that retail sales for 2022...
by admin | May 7, 2022 | Community, Outdoor, Retail History, Retail Strategy
Seed Peoples Market won an Outdoor Retailer Innovation Award in January 2020, but when I visit the Costa Mesa, California-based shop, I don’t walk out with anything I saw in the aisles at that Show. Instead of a recycled polyester Patagonia jacket or a technical...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | m-commerce, Retail Strategy, Retail Technologies
While many industries have embraced short message service (SMS, or more commonly referred to as texting) as a meaningful way to communicate with customers, many retail brands still haven’t adopted the practice with regularity. As retailers consider changes in...
