Consumer Trends: Page 52


  • Women plan to shop online, on mobile this holiday season

    Survey results from daVinci Payments show women intend to keep holiday spending consistent with last year's.

    By Lisa Rowan • Oct. 11, 2019
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    Retail Therapy: Best friends on the lam edition

    If you are suspected of funneling foreign funds to politicians you are going to need some products to support those life decisions.

    By Oct. 11, 2019
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    How retailers are thinking about in-store experience

    Complementary shop-in-shops, age-appropriate experiences and integrated technology are just a few ways retailers are reworking stores to suit shoppers.

    By Retail Dive staff
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    Adidas partners with Universal Standard on size-inclusive collection

    The performance collection is the latest sign that merchandising for all body types is becoming a must in the apparel industry.

    By Oct. 9, 2019
  • Gen Z spending falls to 8-year low

    However, when teens do shop, Nike is the preferred brand for apparel and footwear, according to a Piper Jaffray survey.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Oct. 9, 2019
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    Private label sales growing four times faster than national brands

    A looming recession will only fortify private labels at a time when mass merchants and grocers have upped their game, says Coresight Research.

    By Oct. 9, 2019
  • Consumers looking for 'responsible' retailers this holiday season

    Eighty-five percent of shoppers will spend the same or more than last year, per Accenture's 2019 Holiday Shopping Survey.

    By Lisa Rowan • Oct. 9, 2019
  • PwC: 54% of consumers to shop online for the holidays

    Amazon continues to lead product searches, but its influence is declining, according to the report.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Oct. 8, 2019
  • NRF: Gen Z influences over one-third of household purchases

    Additionally, nearly half of purchases made for that demographic by parents are influenced by the children, according to a recent report.

    By Lisa Rowan • Oct. 8, 2019
  • Victoria's Secret turns to UK's Bluebella in brand refresh

    The company appears to be tweaking its sexy image to one of empowerment as it stakes its comeback in part on collaborations.

    By Oct. 7, 2019
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    Who really killed Blockbuster?

    With one store left in the world, the video rental chain's approaching extinction is a reminder of all the things that can go wrong in retail.

    By Oct. 7, 2019
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    A timeline of Blockbuster's ride from megahit to flop

    In less than 30 years the video rental chain opened its first store, roared to ubiquity and all but disappeared.

    By Oct. 7, 2019
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    6 lessons from Blockbuster's demise still relevant to retailers today

    Unmanageable debt, shallow consumer knowledge, unsophisticated pricing — the video retailer's bumpy path to liquidation has a familiar ring to it.  

    By Oct. 7, 2019
  • NRF forecasts strong holiday season, despite tariffs

    The retail trade association expects holiday sales to grow between 3.8% and 4.2% over last year.

    By Lisa Rowan • Oct. 4, 2019
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    Could shoppers' money troubles spoil the holidays?

    Consumers are wobbling financially, and their debt doesn't help.

    By Oct. 4, 2019
  • Over half of shoppers use subscription box services

    Dollar Shave Club leads the pack as more retailers and brands introduce subscription services.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Oct. 4, 2019
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    Retail Therapy: Skechers is the younger sibling that can't stop copying Nike

    The Oregon-based sportswear retailer is suing the casual footwear brand, alleging it "Skecherized" its designs.

    By Oct. 4, 2019
  • Mall vacancy rate at 8-year high

    A report from Reis underscores mall challenges in a year when retailers have closed nearly 7,300 stores.

    By Oct. 3, 2019
  • CCIM Institute: The state of retailing in 2025

    Expect more partnerships with hotels, pressure on supply chains and multiuse redevelopments to retail spaces, according to Chief Economist K.C. Conway.

    By Oct. 1, 2019
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    SKU'd: J. Crew is your ex who had 'potential'

    There is nothing more infuriating than having something you deeply love disappoint you again and again.

    By Oct. 1, 2019
  • Tariffs threaten to dampen holiday spending

    Retailers have little room for error at a time when consumer confidence is showing cracks, an AlixPartners study finds.

    By Sept. 27, 2019
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    Retail Therapy: Hefty's new product is hot garbage

    The brand unveiled limited-edition trash bags with phrases like "Feeling like garbage today" so consumers can channel their trashiest selves.

    By Sept. 27, 2019
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    NYC retail vacancies doubled over 10 years

    Rent spikes and red tape are pushing retailers out, and are especially devastating to mom-and-pop stores, according to the city's comptroller.

    By Sept. 26, 2019
  • Despite economic concerns, shoppers to spend more on 2019 holidays

    Millennials plan to spend 15% more than the average shopper and 25% more than baby boomers, an OpenX Technologies report found.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 24, 2019
  • In-store shopping still popular across age demographics

    New research from Blackhawk Network shows 28% of consumers are shopping in stores more often than last year, while only 9% are shopping less.

    By Lisa Rowan • Sept. 24, 2019
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    Are DTC brands disrupting the original furniture disruptor?

    Ikea years ago changed the way consumers shopped for goods by flat-packing products. Now, direct-to-consumer brands are doing the same thing.

    By Sept. 23, 2019