New technologies, new products, new consumer preferences— change always threatens to disrupt the status quo, and the retail landscape is no different. The trick is to determine which trends are passing fads and which have real staying power. To help, we asked six experts from the Daymon Worldwide family of companies to share their predictions for trends that will have the biggest impact on the U.S. retail environment in 2016.
The holidays are a joyful time of year, but as we all know, they can also be stressful. Consumers have their plates full. Many are picking out gifts, decorating their homes, cooking holiday meals and adding holiday festivities to their already busy schedule. Shopping is central to much of their activities with the average consumer spending over $800 each holiday season on décor, gifts and food. This puts Sales Advisors in a prime position to show shoppers how the items they are demonstrating in stores can help make the holidays a little easier to manage.
For Sales Advisor Carolyn Adams, successful in-store demonstration events are all about creating a good experience for shoppers.
SAS Retail Services was recently awarded a major contract to serve as the in-store execution provider for Harris Teeter, a Southeastern grocery chain and subsidiary of The Kroger Company. The program—set to launch on January 4, 2016—will cement SAS’ position as a national leader in merchandising services, serving retail partners all across the country from […]
Historically, most supermarkets and mass merchandise stores have tried to offer a little something for everyone in order to have the broadest appeal. But some Japanese retailers are now turning that idea on its head—and getting ahead in the process. In the last couple of years, several Japanese retailers have opened general merchandise and grocery […]
During this time of year you see lists and rankings for everything from shopping trends to the latest technologies. Even in this very publication our experts weigh in this month on the trends we can expect next year. Over the past several weeks our teams have been especially busy as they are deep in the […]
The final months of the year are often the busiest for those in the retail industry—keeping shelves stocked for holiday shoppers and creating a magical in-store experience, all while planning for the coming year. We put together this latest issue of Retail News Insider to help cover all of those concerns, so you can finish […]
