Trends: Shopping

Articles on shoppers and shopping trends.

  1. Shopper & Customer

What Kinds of Shopping Experiences Will Shape the Future of Stores? DSI

“When we talk about omnichannel native, what we try to think about is a seamless path for the consumer. “ — Stewart Samuel, Director of Retail Futures, IGD The pandemic fundamentally changed how we shop, with many people becoming accustomed to online and omnichannel shopping. Rather than eradicate shoppers’ interest in physical stores, though, this […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Holiday sales below year-ago levels as 2023 season begins

Key Takeaways Online Marketplaces like Temu and Amazon are outperforming Share of sales online is stable or rising across most categories Luxury and home goods are underperforming Holiday sales decline for first time in years Contact Sales for more details. Holiday sales are down 1.7% YoY in the first 8 days of the holiday season according […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Jason & Scot Show Episode 313 – Holiday 2023 Preview with Rob Garf of Salesforce

A weekly podcast with the latest e-commerce news and events. Episode 313 is a preview of the upcoming 2023 holiday retail season. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify Podcast RSS SoundCloud TuneIn iHeartRadio Google Play Music Overcast Pocket Casts Facebook Episode 313 is preview of Holiday 2023 with Rob Garf, Vice President and General Manager, […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Survey: Supermarket Shoppers Plan To Do More With Less For Holidays

 FMI-The Food Industry Association’s is out with its new U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends, Holiday Season report, concluding: •  “Cooking at home continues to be a key tactic used by shoppers to manage their expenses, with 31% saying they are preparing meals at home more often, and more than half planning to cook and eat more […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

FMI Report: shoppers optimistic despite rising prices

ARLINGTON, Va. — Despite concerns over high prices, shoppers across the country remain surprisingly upbeat about their financial outlook and their ability to provide food for their families this holiday season. According to the latest U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends report by FMI—The Food Industry Association, consumers are finding creative ways to make ends meet and […]
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  1. Holiday & Events

Five Holiday Shopping Trends That Will Surprise You

It’s that time of year. The leaves turn color. So do the cups at Starbucks. And retailers lick their lips in anticipation. The media is already agog with all kinds of predictions about the holiday — some surprising, some banal, and some downright wrong. I’ve done the clicking and the reading and wheat-from-the-chaff-separating so you […]
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  1. Holiday & Events

Christmas Shopping Trends in the UK

Christmas Food Spending Habits Grocery Budget Retailers See Big Spending Boosts In the UK, the cost of living crisis had a tangible impact on food spending around the festive period. Consumers are looking more closely at their bank balance when spending money on festive groceries, with discount supermarkets seeing major growth in their sales. In […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Retail Traffic Trends #148: Consumer Confidence 2023

Over the last few years we have witnessed shopping patterns take many twists and turns. This week, we’ll look at the latest insights on shopping trends and how they impact holiday forecasts and Predictions for 2023. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS Amazon hot seat: FTC, 17 states sue Amazon for ‘exploiting its monopoly power’. Doorcounts is becoming […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Retail Traffic Trends #137: Data behind the customer

Over the last few years we have witnessed shopping patterns take many twists and turns. This week, we’ll look at the latest insights on shopping trends and how they impact holiday forecasts and Predictions for 2023. THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS Carbon neutral: Eco-friendly online shopping to top $100 Billion.Doorcounts is becoming Trakwell.ai: Click HERE to learn […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Wiser Insights: Navigating 2023’s Online Back-to-School Retail Trends

The back-to-school season signals change and growth for students and presents a significant sales opportunity for retailers. It’s not just about selling basic school supplies anymore. The emergence of eCommerce has transformed traditional shopping habits, with a growing number of parents and students turning to online platforms to fulfill their annual back-to-school shopping needs. This […]
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  1. Data & Insights

How To Handle The Holiday Rush With Post-Purchase Order Tracking

The holiday shopping season means an entirely different thing for shoppers and merchants. For the latter, it’s not just about festivities, gift-giving, and visiting places but the busiest time of year, when they have to work amidst the incoming rush if they’re looking to stay ahead of the competition and maximize sales.  In the case […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

All Saints founder Stuart Trevor unveils new fashion brand, powered by Stored payments technology

All Saints founder Stuart Trevor is introducing a new eponymous brand that creates clothes solely from discarded material, and taps technology from Stored, a mobile payments startup. “I am excited to see our payment technology align with Stuart Trevor’s visionary approach. This partnership exemplifies our commitment to redefining the shopping experience, where sustainability and convenience […]
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  1. Data & Insights

VMS Category Performance and Insights: Mid-Year Update 2023

Key Takeaways Supplements are maintaining gains from thriving years but slowing accretions Active Nutrition continues to drive the category New weight loss drugs can reshape the way consumers shop weight management Social media plays a major but hard-to-predict role in elevating ingredients The Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements (VMS) industry has witnessed explosive growth over the […]
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  1. Data & Insights

What Retailers Can Do Now to Get Ready for Holiday 2023

Discerning consumers expect more from their online shopping experiences, especially during the busy holiday season when timely delivery, readily available products, and seamless checkout and return policies are more important than ever. In fact, the holiday season is often a “make or break” time for most retailers, particularly smaller ones eager to make a big […]
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  1. Trends & External Forces

Cross-Shopping Trends in Bathroom Renovation

Since the start of 2022, there has been an overall decline in the share of bathroom renovation customers who purchase across various subcategories at the same retailer. Menards and Walmart have experienced the most significant declines – each merchant’s share of cross-category shoppers has nearly halved since the start of 2022.  This implies that today’s […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

BTS spending expected to exceed $41 billion

WASHINGTON — Consumers are expected to spend record sums this year on back-to-school and back-to-college shopping, according to the annual survey from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. BTS spending is expected to reach $41.5 billion, up from $36.9 billion last year and the previous high of $37.1 billion in 2021. […]
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  1. Data & Insights

Effective SEO Techniques To Drive E-Commerce Traffic This Thanksgiving Weekend

Four months might seem like a long time to go when you’re excited about something.  But that’s not the case for e-commerce businesses, who are running like clappers to meet their holiday season requirements.  If you’re an e-commerce merchant or part of a business, then four months ahead is the perfect time to make the […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Back-to-class shopping expected to reach record levels

WASHINGTON – Consumers are expected to spend record amounts for both back-to-school and back-to-college shopping this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Back-to-school spending is expected to reach an unparalleled $41.5 billion, up from $36.9 billion last year and the previous high of […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

From Frictionless to Seamless: How Retailers are Reimagining the In-Store Experience

Meaningful Customer Experiences Commerce is being reshaped on all fronts – leaving many retailers struggling with how to create meaningful consumer experiences. During the pandemic, shoppers quickly adapted to the ease of shopping online with curbside pickup and contactless deliveries. As restrictions were lifted, a ‘new’ consumer was born – one that blends their online […]
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  1. Channel: Ecommerce & Digital

Amazon Offers “Peek” At Its Shoppers’ Not-Very-Special Buying Habits

Amazon yesterday issued something it is calling its “Cart Report,” which seems to be the first in a series of reports that will lay out what its customers are shopping for, built around certain themes.  In this case, it is a “summer grilling shopping forecast based on last summer’s best sellers,” based on purchases made […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

FMI: Food shoppers are widening their concept of value

ARLINGTON, Va. — The latest consumer research by FMI – The Food Industry Association indicates that consumers are approaching grocery shopping with a new, broader concept of value than the traditional focus on price and quantity. Understanding the shift, which appears to be related largely to generational change, is essential for the food industry, says […]
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  1. Department & Category

FMI issues statement on food inflation

ARLINGTON, Va. – FMI – The Food Industry Association Vice President, Tax, Trade, Sustainability and Policy Development Andy Harig issued the following statement on the May 2023 Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers that reveal another month of moderating food price inflation. “The May CPI report reveals grocery prices continue to level off, with food price inflation […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Grocery shoppers expand perception of value

ARLINGTON, Va. — Grocery shoppers are considering a wider range of factors beyond just price when they evaluate whether the items they buy offer “good value,” according to a recent survey conducted by FMI – The Food Industry Association. The survey, part of FMI’s  U.S. Grocery Shopping Trends 2023 series, sheds light on the evolving […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

FMI: Consumers respond to high prices by seeking deals

ARLINGTON, VA — Shopping around to find bargains is a more popular way to cope with inflation than buying fewer items, according to a new survey of U.S. grocery shoppers conducted for FMI — the Food Industry Association. Among shoppers concerned about rising food prices, only 32% reported buying fewer items as a strategy in […]
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  1. Data & Insights

How Product Intelligence Supports the Retail Shopping Experience

Product Intelligence helps ensure retailers know as much—or more—about the products they stock as the shoppers that buy them. Properly applied, this helps create memorable shopping experiences that help increase shopper loyalty and frequency. This is possible because modern Product Intelligence solutions break product data into its component attributes making it easy to understand how […]
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  1. Technology & Innovation

The Price of Eggs Isn’t the Only Thing Grocers Are Managing These Days

According to FoodIndustry.com, the U.S. food market is worth $1.5 trillion annually, or roughly 4 percent of the domestic gross product. $800 billion of that revenue is from supermarkets and food stores. Compare this to the U.S. apparel market, which is estimated to be worth $318 billion (Statistica). And while the retail industry often focuses […]
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  1. Shopper & Customer

Don’t Ignore Email and SMS: Consumers Surely Haven’t

Looking for a marketing edge? Of course you are, but little did you know that the elusive edge may be closer than you realize. Omnisend’s recently released yearly email and SMS marketing benchmark report analyzed more than 17 billion marketing emails and 107 million SMS sent by brands in 2022. It showed how deeply consumers […]
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NRF Retracts Claim that Organized Retail Crime Accounted for ‘Nearly Half’ of Retail Shrink

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has updated a report that had attributed “nearly half” of 2021’s $94.5 billion in retail shrink to organized retail crime, saying the data point was part of two-year-old testimony to a U.S. Senate committee by Ben Dugan, former President of the Organized Retail Crime Resource Center. The NRF report was […]
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