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 In early 2009 Microsoft announced it would be opening retail stores in a similar vein to the wildly popular Apple stores. In fact they planned to open them right next door to Apple’s retail outlets. The public response had all the trapping of the Republican / Democrat debate over health care legislation! This grand plan has been [Read More] The best independent retailers know how to become integrated into the local lifestyle of their customers. From the merchandise they select, to the way they display it, from their store design to the way they advertise, they use every bit of local knowledge and intuition to weave themselves into the everyday local life of their community [Read More] Wal-Mart, “Your source for crummy plastic stuff”, has taken on the mantle of environmental leader with their Sustainable Product Index. The project, initiated by Wal-Mart, is actually managed by a consortium of industry leaders, NGO’s and university researchers. Alternately called “audaciously innovative” and “self-serving greenwashing” the jury is still out on the true motivation behind the [Read More]  Here it is straight from the horse’s…comScore’s… mouth RESTON, VA, February 9, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its Q4 2009 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, which showed that online retail spending reached $39 billion, up 3 percent versus year ago. Total retail e-commerce spending reached $129.8 [Read More] Retail construction continues to stagnate and slow even as overall natioinal employment, and retail jobs in particular, begin to improve. Crains Chicago Business reports a 25 year low in retail construction activity. The report focuses on retail mall development, highlighting the recent transfer to receivership of the Block 37 mall project, however it is unclear if smaller non-mall [Read More] If you are selling organic, health related or nutritional products you should take a look at this recently offered four part series of one page visual merchandising guides. These one page “cheat sheets” provide a wealth of visual merchandising ideas and information specifically focused on selling organic nutritional products. Creating engaging and impactful window displays with [Read More] The always engaging and informative KUOW Weekday program, hosted by Steve Scher explores the current state of Seattle’s commercial real estate environment with a focus on storefront retail. Our neighborhoods are full of empty storefronts and office buildings. Stalled development projects have left holes in the ground. How is commercial real estate fairing? Will developers be [Read More]  Are temporary stores part of your marketing or expansion strategy? Maybe you already missed the boat! The keen observers at Racked suggest the pop-up store will go the way of the Dodo as the economy improves. There are plenty of reasons to open a pop-up shop: building buzz, introducing new products, inspire impulse purchases, or to try [Read More] Here is a great look at trends impacting retail in 2010 from our friends at TrendSpotting. Consumer Trends 2010 contains over 30 slides featuring the distilled insight and wisdom of a dozen trend watchers, entrepernuers and futurists. There is a lot to take in, use the Full Screen icon to get the slides full size. [Read More] |
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