Flash Over Substance Fails in Retail
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Guest post written by our friend and retail consultant, Flora Delaney. It was March 2015, and my client needed help. The home improvem...
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Shoppers Want Retailers to Match Their Values
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Sustainability. Philanthropy. Community service.
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Worried About an Economic Downturn?
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Is the longest, consumer-led economic expansion in U.S. history running out of steam?
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Back-to-School Shopping is a Two-Headed Beast
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While we would never compare the gift-seeking festiveness of the holiday season in December to the back-to-school shopping frenzy of la...
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Miller Zell Design Saves Time and Money
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Fram oil filters created a classic TV commercial in the 1970s that concluded with a catchphrase: “Pay me now… or pay me later.” Either ...
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Searching for Innovation in a Midwestern Retail Hub
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The idea began casually enough at Miller Zell’s Atlanta headquarters. Someone noted that a good number of “stores of the future” and “l...
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Not Just a Piggy Bank: Why Banks Still Need Branches
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Bank and credit union customers more and more perform basic financial transactions over mobile, online or ATM channels, in large part b...
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Three Lessons From Committed Green Retailers
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Going green is no longer an option. Based on what consumers want from brands, it’s now a necessity to remain competitive. In its “Globa...
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Creating a Unique Customer Experience to Drive 2019 Success
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The retail industry spent the last decade investing in and expanding “how” a customer can shop. Many were successful with what became t...
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3 Ways to Keep the Personal Touch in Brick-and-Mortar Retail
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The good news is the so-called “Retail Apocalypse!” narrative is turning out to be another ghost story. It’s a dramatic, scary idea but...
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Retailers Enhance Shopper Journey Through Storytelling
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A J.P. Morgan analyst told CNBC that we could have the "best back-to-back [seasons] that the consumer has seen in five-plus years.” Sho...
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What Does Prime Day Mean for Retailers Other Than Amazon?
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When Amazon decided to invent a new holiday, we wondered if it would become the next thing in online shopping. Three years later, the a...
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Boomers or Bust
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Facing greater competitive pressure, retailers are transforming the Store of the Future into a modern reality. Tactics such as a more f...
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Reach 100% of In-Store Customers
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Every week, more than 100,000,000 people walk through Walmart’s doors. And, as they do, each of those millions pass through through the...
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