by Mike Duff | Jun 6, 2025 | Retail Articles
A pair of market research studies confirms that consumers and retail executives expect tariffs to have a significant effect on spending as 2025 progresses. In its “Tariffs & Trust: Why Retailers Risk Loyalty with Price Hikes” study, market researcher...
by Mike Duff | Jan 23, 2025 | Retail Articles
Product improvement and evolution are more critical than ever, given endless shelves and the endless suppliers working to fill them, so Walmart is adding a new consumer insight initiative, In-Home User Tests, to help suppliers advance the merchandise they’re...
by Mike Duff | Apr 9, 2024 | Retail Articles
A survey by Coresight Research and Simbe found retailers across multiple channels report losing 4.5% in revenue on average because of in-store inefficiencies. The Coresight/Simbe survey addresses the do-it-yourself/home center, drugstore, grocery, mass merchandise...
by Peter Giannetti | Jan 24, 2024 | Retail Articles
Datavations, Inc., a developer of data analytics software for the retail home improvement business, named consumer durables market research veteran Peter Greene vice president of strategic business development. Greene has more than 30 years of sales and business...
by Mike Duff | Aug 14, 2023 | Retail Articles
This week is National Bargain Hunting Week with Burlington Stores and Ollie’s announcing their own celebrations of the event. For its part, Ollie’s has released the results of a poll to point up the importance of bargain hunting during the week celebrating the...
