consumer trends

Retail Trendcaster: Turning Hot Topics and Trends into Actionable Insights

Q1 is always a whirlwind for the retail space. Once New Year’s Day is behind us, analysts and industry experts get busy…

What Made the Stanley-Starbucks Collab Go Viral? The Psychology of Scarcity

Editor’s Note: As 2024 comes to an end, we’re highlighting some of our most-read content of the year. We look forward to…

How Hydra Health is Transforming the Hospital Gift Shop

Hospitals and medical campuses typically look at retail as an essentially insignificant element in their patient, visitor and employee experiences. That translates…

Anthropologie Partners with Pinterest for Wedding-Themed Pop-Up in NYC

Anthropologie has teamed up with Pinterest to showcase some of the year’s biggest wedding trends alongside its Anthropologie Weddings bridal collection in…

How Drew Barrymore Embraces the Intersection of Accessibility, Affordability and Innovation

Actress, producer and TV personality Drew Barrymore can certainly afford premium kitchen and home items — and she often looks to them…

Pinterest Showcases the Trends that will Shape 2024 at Shoppable NYC Pop-Up

What do jellyfish, cardigans, cowboy boots and SMEG toasters have in common? Nothing really, except they are all up-and-coming trends that will…

Travel CAMP: Marriott Bonvoy to Launch New Kids Club Experience

Marriott Bonvoy is collaborating with family experience company and retailer CAMP on a new “club experience” for toddlers and tweens. Reminiscent of…

How Bask Suncare is Leaning into the Newness of Instagram’s Threads

Like many other brands in the direct-to-consumer (DTC) space, Bask was eager to test Threads when it launched in July 2023. The…

3 Post-Purchase Fails…and How to Fix Them

Executive teams have historically looked at the customer journey as a funnel, aiming to bring consumers from an initial point of engagement…

Pricing Amid Inflation: McKinsey Partner Offers Data-Led Best Practices

Retail brands and consumers alike are feeling the pressure of inflation. But as we head into a new, elongated holiday shopping season,…

CCS 2022: Experts Provide Lessons and Best Practices from the Great Acceleration

While some brands and retailers are still adapting to some of the new realities established by the COVID-19 pandemic, others have established…

Survey: Physical Stores Offer Chance to Restore Consumer Desire for Control

The effects of the pandemic have left many consumers feeling powerless over their social lives, work lives, and their ability to shop…

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