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Super Converters. How To Turn Your Stores into Super Converting Stores in Time for the Holiday
Brick-and-mortar retailers have a significant advantage over e-commerce to drive sales this holiday season but the vast majority of retailers do not have – or have even considered – formally developing conversion rate optimization (CRO) strategies for their physical stores. The fact that CRO is largely untapped by [...]
Free webinar offers insight on how to convert shoppers into buyers
Retailers work hard to understand what kind of store experience they're delivering for their valued shoppers. But their own traffic data will tell them precisely [...]
Do retailers have the right stuff for Christmas?
New research forecasts that imports to American ports will fall to the lowest level in nearly two years by the end of 2022. "This holiday [...]
Retail Commentary from HeadCount
Do retailers have the right stuff for Christmas?
New research forecasts that imports to American ports will fall to the lowest level in nearly two years by the end of 2022. "This holiday season is going to be hit-or-miss across the board. Consumers should shop [...]
Free webinar offers insight on how to convert shoppers into buyers
Retailers work hard to understand what kind of store experience they're delivering for their valued shoppers. But their own traffic data will tell them precisely where conversion sags occur every hour — a telltale sign that customers [...]
Super Converters. How To Turn Your Stores into Super Converting Stores in Time for the Holiday
Brick-and-mortar retailers have a significant advantage over e-commerce to drive sales this holiday season but the vast majority of retailers do not have – or have even considered – formally developing conversion rate optimization (CRO) strategies for [...]
H&M Case Shows How Greenwashing Breaks Brand Promise
“While the financial calculation of merely greenwashing away environmental issues may seem acceptable, this is a real threat to the long term success of companies like H&M who target a younger consumer,” says Mark Ryski, CEO of [...]
Retail Experts: Kohl’s Should Look Elsewhere For A Buyer
“I don’t see how Franchise Group can add a lot of value to Kohl’s business and the financing approach is concerning," says Mark Ryski, CEO of HeadCount Corporation. “I understand that Kohl’s management needs to review every [...]
Being Dumped By Nike Might Do Some Retailers Some Good
Amid Nike’s moves to consolidate wholesale accounts, a few affected retailers are expressing confidence they’ll be able to shift to other vendors to fill the void.“The bigger retailers are putting on a brave face, but Nike is [...]
Not every retailer is sold on curbside pickup
At RetailROI SuperFriday just before the NRF Big Show, a retailer roundtable hosted by Aptos discussed some of the trends that emerged in retail in 2020 and which ones appear to have staying power. Curbside pickup [...]
Why Amazon Grocery Catapulted To The Top Of America’s Favorites List
A recent survey finds that Amazon has become the preferred source of groceries for the largest number of Americans. “Amazon is a formidable competitor in virtually any category it pursues and I expect that it will build [...]
Chipotle’s Digital-Only Location Anticipates New Era For Quick-Serve Restaurants
"I have no doubt that the pandemic is causing many of the fast causal restaurants — if not all categories of restaurant — to think creatively about how they approach the dining experience in the future," says [...]
Will paying associates to get COVID-19 vaccines work?
Leadership at Dollar General and Trader Joe’s understands that associates can’t stock shelves and serve customers in stores if they are out of work because they’ve joined the growing list of Americans (23.3 million and counting) [...]
Should store associates deliver online orders?
Zumiez, the teen chain geared toward skateboarders and snowboarders, has launched a program that puts store associates to use delivering online orders directly to customers’ doors. Rick Brooks, Zumiez’s CEO says the overall goal of Zumiez [...]
Will vaccine reluctance slow the retail comeback?
Getting back to some semblance of pre-pandemic normalcy in the U.S. is entirely dependent on the nation’s ability to get a handle on the coronavirus. Medical professionals and public policy experts have been pointing to individual [...]
Is a labor storm developing at retail?
Management and labor unions have been at odds with very few exceptions for as long as the two have been around. This has certainly been the case in the retailing business. The question right now, however, [...]
COVID – What the experts are saying
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Driving Sales Performance with Conversion
There are really only two good reasons for retailers to invest in programs like traffic and conversion analytics: they help save money or make money. Traffic and conversion analytics can do both. Across every segment, from [...]
Walmart+ Getting Into Position To Take On Amazon
Walmart announced that members of its Walmart+ subscription plan will no longer be required to make a $35 minimum purchase to qualify for free next-day and two-day shipping on online orders. “Removing the minimum will help Walmart add [...]
Is it the right time to open an experiential, socially-distanced toy store?
The toy store and play studio, called Toyish Lab, opened in the borough’s Clinton Hill neighborhood earlier this week, according to an AM New York report. The studio is built around playing with the brand’s flagship [...]
Costco makes everyone mask up
Costco, among the first retailers to require face masks upon entry in early May, has taken its restrictions a step further by mandating that customers with medical mask exemptions wear face shields. The requirement applies to [...]
