The Art Of Promotion
One of the enjoyable aspects of my job is the opportunity to write about the constant flow of new products and the ever-changing retail marketplace.
BLOG: GREG SLETER, EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Inspire Consumers By Taking A New Approach To Merchandising
The long history of the housewares business has revolved largely around a simple thought process. Retailers want new and product suppliers are happy to show retailers what is new.
Bed Bath’s Store Remodels The Latest In A Growing Trend
Bed Bath & Beyond’s efforts to test new store layouts and merchandising techniques is the latest move by a major retailer to update its stores.
The True Value Of Trade Shows
There is always talk about the number of trade shows in a given year. But in today’s digital age, trade shows offer something that is quite valuable.
Kohl’s/WW Partnership Another Sign Of Store Relevance
In recent years, we have discussed the need for retailers to rethink how each uses their physical space to keep their brick-and-mortar stores relevant as digital commerce continues to grow.
Target Scores With Latest Store Remodel Effort
If you haven’t gone shopping recently, do so. Shopping at a store, that is. Several retailers are investing in their stores and rolling out major remodel programs.
For Retailers Stores Remain In The Fore
Summer 2018 is now in the rearview mirror and the holiday season is on the horizon. And despite predictions to the contrary just a couple of years back, most consumers will be shopping for their holiday season needs in stores.
The Lost Art Of Conversation
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had several discussions with my friends on the PR side of the world regarding what feels like a decrease in marketing efforts across the housewares industry.
The Amazon Effect On Shipping Products
If there are two topics of discussion many in the housewares segment are tired of talking about, Amazon and Millennials may top the list for most.
Unique Experiences At The Home + Housewares Show
The Housewares Show. Utter that phrase to anyone who worked the annual event held recently in Chicago and it will conjure up a multitude of feelings that range from excitement in seeing new products to exhaustion after a long week at McCormick Place.
Keeping Pace With The Retail Evolution
Few would argue that 2017 was a strange year at retail and a time of significant change.
A Back-To-Basics Wish List For Retailers
Throughout 2017 there has been much discussion about the future of retailing, with the crystal balls of some showing a future without stores and a consumer base using their digital devices to buy what they need from the comfort of their living rooms.
Retail Challenges Open Doors To New Opportunities
Retail in 2017 has been a mad, mad, mad, mad world. But with the madness also comes a host of opportunity for retailers and suppliers alike.
The Holiday Shopping Season Starts Early
The clock had barely ticked past midnight on November 1 and several retailers, in announcing holiday season sales, were tripping over themselves like Black Friday shoppers trying to buy a new television.
The Grocery Wars Are Getting A Bit Silly
So Walmart wants to stock my refrigerator? Really? There’s something off-putting and a bit creepy about a Walmart employee entering my home and putting away my groceries. I don’t even go into my mother’s refrigerator without first asking.
Home Proving To Be Retail’s Shining Star
The first eight months of 2017 have been focused on the retail apocalypse (overblown), the growing impact of Amazon and the struggles of department stores.
Wanting Macy’s To Be Something More
If imitation is indeed the most sincere form of flattery, then there are a few retailers that should feel good about themselves.
Lidl Could Have Big Impact On U.S. Retailing
Music in America during the 1960s forever changed when the Beatles led a host of bands from the U.K. to the U.S. in what would forever be known as the British Invasion.
What We Learned In Q1
As the spring weather warmed much of the country in mid-May, the housewares industry digested the first quarter earnings reports from a host of retailers.
There’s No ‘Retail Apocalypse’
There’s no retail apocalypse, but long-standing retailers need to find new ways to stay relevant with today’s modern consumers.