Future Retail Newsletter #134

Consumers are taking complete control over their shopping experience, holiday traditions reimagined, and Walmart’s new test stores to serve as rapid prototype environments.

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modernretail.co RETAIL // How Toy Retailers And Brands Are Preparing For A Whole New World As fewer people do their shopping in stores, brands and retailers are look for ways to recreate the experience of trying out a toy in store. Read More

cnbc.com RETAIL // 4 Ways Shopping For The Holidays Is Going To Be Different This Year The holiday shopping season is starting earlier than ever and Americans are expected to spend record dollars online. Here are four ways the 2020 holiday season is going to look a lot different than in years past. Read More

retaildive.com RETAIL // Brands Reimagine Halloween Festivities Reese’s and Kool-Aid created safer alternatives to trick-or-treating, while Reebok unveiled Ghostbusters-inspired shoes to get consumers in the spirit. Read More

frameweb.com DESIGN // Harmay Gives Customers ‘Complete Control’ Over Their Shopping Experience The CEO of the beauty brand Harmay shares his vision for turning stores into sensuous experiences, what makes him want to leave customers alone, and why he thinks offline shopping is here to stay. Read More

vogue.com TRENDS // Influencers Are the Retailers of the 2020s As brands divest from wholesale and consumers increasingly look to people, not corporations, for style advice and product recommendations, influencers could more or less replace the traditional store. Read More

coolhunting.com BRAND HIGHLIGHT // New Balance’s Latest Tokyo Store Made From a Repurposed Kura T-House New Balance used to be a 122-year-old kura (a clay warehouse and merchant home) that was located in Kawagoe, a town northwest of Tokyo. Read More

techcrunch.com TECH // Walmart’s New Test Stores Will Experiment With AR And More Walmart over the years has been working to turn its physical retail stores into online fulfillment centers, and now, with its latest set of test stores announced today, the retailer will try out ideas to make that transition more seamless. Read More

jingdaily.com BRAND HIGHLIGHT // Canada Goose Banks on Interactive Pop-Up Seeing Chinese consumers shopping locally, Canada Goose plans to double its retail footprint by opening four new stores in the country by March 2021. Read More

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