by Mike Duff | Aug 6, 2024 | Retail Articles
According to ICSC’s 2024 Back-to-School Consumer Survey, 54% of shoppers in the United States expect to purchase most back-to-school items in physical stores and 46% say that browsing and shopping in-store has the most influence on what products they buy. Despite an...
by Mike Duff | May 23, 2024 | Retail Articles
This article was updated May 29, 2024, to include more images, including the housewares and tabletop selections, from the first Wayfair store, which opened recently in Wilmette, IL. Wayfair has opened its first large-format store in Wilmette, IL, near Chicago, as part...
by Mike Duff | Dec 14, 2023 | Retail Articles
In the report, The Halo Effect III: Where the Halo Shines, which quantified the impact of opening or closing physical stores on digital sales and retailers’ overall performance, ICSC stated that online sales increased following the opening of a store and decreased...
by Mike Duff | Feb 17, 2023 | Retail Articles
As the holiday season fades into memory, Placer.ai decided to take a look at what kind of visitation trends major mass market and warehouse club stores are experiencing as 2023 begins and determined that Walmart is lagging. Target and Walmart were major retail...
by Mike Duff | Feb 13, 2023 | Retail Articles
After extensive store closings after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2020, Sur La Table, the leading kitchen and culinary retailer, announced that it will be expanding its footprint with new location openings throughout 2023. Sur La Table will re-enter...
