The world of private brand marketing includes many examples of striking creativity. Consider H-E-B’s solicitation of new product creations from consumers and small businesses across Texas.
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Italian lifestyle brand Paul S Shark has arrived in London with its first UK flagship store. Located In a Grade II listed building In the recently redeveloped St James’s Market on Regent Street.
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Background music that reflects a brand’s values evokes a wide range of positive emotions among customers, and increases overall satisfaction not to mention sales.
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In April. Iconic footwear brand Dr. Martens opened a new experiential store in what it calls its spiritual home of Camden, London.
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Perched above the Dubai Fountain and in the shadow of the Burj Khalifa is the new Foster* Partners-designed Apple Dubai Mall, the technology giant’s third store in the United Arab Emirates.
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Of all of the emerging technologies and marketing approaches taking root in stores, nothing is more complex or controversial than loyalty marketing.
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Dash’s Market, with four locations in the Buffalo area, goes directly after the Wegmans-type shopper while touting the differences: smaller stores, a carefully curated product line, fresh prepared foods and top-notch service.
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Independent retailers’ optimism may be down, but they’re well suited to a fast-changing marketplace.
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Paced by millennials and men, American shoppers continue to discover specialty foods as they become a more integral part of the American diet, according to “Today’s Specialty Food Consumer,” the annual report from the Specialty Food Association.
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While the economy finally seems to have recovered from the Great Recession, complete with discussion of full employment and rising wages, the memo must have missed the retail industry.