Pamela Danziger, author and market researcher who studies the world’s most powerful consumers — the American Affluent — will present at BERNINA University in Chicago June 30-July 1. In a talk custom-tailored to the BERNINA dealers’ needs, entitled How to Make Your Sewing Store POP!, she will cut the pattern for extraordinary retail success. A […]
Wegmans Food Markets Are Shops that POP!
Wegmans Food Markets, the Rochester-based regional grocery chain with just over 90 stores and reported $8.3 billion in sales, is more than just a good place to shop and work. It is hands down the most beloved supermarket in the country among its customers and employees. It’s a shop that POPs! If you’ve never had a Wegmans shopping […]
Luxury’s Online Future Revealed in 5 Brands
Online is the next frontier for luxury brands. It’s where luxury brands can find their next path to growth, but for a variety of reasons they have been notoriously slow to follow it. As an industry steeped in heritage and tradition, change doesn’t come naturally to it, but in today’s dynamically changing consumer market, that […]
If I Owned a Jewelry Store…
I’d want it to be an extraordinarily different kind of jewelry store. I’d want it located on an active ‘Main Street’ surrounded by other extraordinary shops, boutiques, pubs, restaurants and other places that attract guests with fun things to do and see. I’d want my store to be an exciting place where people can experience […]
Is a Wedding A Luxury too Few Millennials Can Afford?
It isn’t easy to succeed in today’s wedding market, as bankrupt bridal gown company Alfred Angelo and struggling David’s Bridal have discovered. Once an evergreen market where businesses could depend upon a steady demand for products and services, the wedding market hit the skids during the recession and has yet to recover. With a total […]