Pop-Up Shops
Generations are often shaped by common experiences and major historical moments, and the COVID-19 pandemic is sure to leave an indelible mark on current and future generations for years to come. Millennials and Gen Zers who endured the global health crisis will be shaped not just by the grief, loss and financial damage they faced,…
Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic created many challenges for e-commerce and retail stores globally. Faced with unfavorable debt burden and a customer base hunkering down from government orders, retailers felt the pain as consumers stopped spending money. E-commerce companies were faced with vendors going out of business and supply chains disrupted. Yet the pandemic…
Party City will open about 90 percent fewer Halloween pop-up stores than last year as the coronavirus pandemic makes many traditional Halloween celebrations scarier than usual. Earlier this week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended avoiding door-to-door trick-or-treating and crowded indoor parties or haunted houses to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. The retailer is…
Beauty products subscription service Birchbox will expand its partnership with Walgreens for the holiday season by displaying fixtures inside 500 of the drugstore’s locations in 44 states. The Birchbox displays will be available from this Friday through the end of December. The displays will include limited-edition travel-themed Birchbox Beauty and Birchbox Grooming boxes, an Advent…
b8ta, the experiential retailer and pioneer of retail as a service (RaaS), is launching a new community-driven fashion and lifestyle retail concept focused on discovery and meaningful engagement. The store, called Forum, is opening in Los Angeles on Nov. 15, and will connect the modern consumer with forward-thinking brands that prioritize quality, design and sustainability.…
It's an exciting time in retail, that's for sure. In fact, some might say it's never been easier to open a store (be gone retail apocalypse!). While at one point stores seemed like a thing of the past, the rise of the pop-up has dramatically shifted how the industry thinks about physical retail. Similar to…
In episode 202 of Total Retail Talks, Executive Editor Joe Keenan interviews Julia Babina, vice president of operations and customer service at Brooklinen, a direct-to-consumer brand selling luxury bed sheets, pillows, comforters and blankets. Listen in as Babina discusses the story of Brooklinen's growth, and why the launch of a pop-up shop was a test…
Wayfair, the Boston-based seller of home goods, said this week that it will open its first full-service physical retail store in early fall. The store, which will be located in the Natick Mall in Natick, Mass., is designed to extend the way Wayfair customers shop. Customer service and home design experts, for example, will be in-store to…
Shopping has become so easy these days even a parrot can make a grocery list. Rocco, the African grey parrot, did so with the help of Alexa. Whether the list was made by you or your pet, the ease of shopping has reached new heights. Over the last few years, we’ve seen large retailers innovate…
Amazon.com is shutting down all 87 of its U.S. pop-up stores in April, ending the retailer’s years-long experiment with these small shops as it tinkers with an evolving brick-and-mortar strategy, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Amazon has pop-ups inside Whole Foods locations, Kohl's stores and malls around the U.S. The shops let customers try…