Paco Underhill is a name synonymous with the evolution of retail spaces, particularly malls. As an environmental psychologist, retail consultant and the author of “Why We Buy,” Underhill has dedicated his career to understanding the behavior of consumers and how the retail world responds to...
While Amazon and Walmart take a breather and process a fresh influx of returns, we thought we’d take a look into the interplay between online and in-store retail, which has been getting a lot of attention these days. As 2025 begins, what roles will physical...
While retail sales in Great Britain rose in November, analysts said the results were dampened by consumers waiting for bargains. Retail sales rose by 0.2% in November, marking the first increase since August, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a Friday (Dec. 20) press release....
America’s biggest retailers kicked off the holiday shopping season with record spending. However, the actual number of people shopping during the Thanksgiving-to-Cyber-Monday stretch declined slightly this year, according to data published Tuesday (Dec. 3) by the National Retail Federation (NRF). Still, the 197 million people who shopped this year...
January 03, 2025
Paco Underhill is a name synonymous with the evolution of retail spaces, particularly malls. As an environmental psychologist, retail consultant and the author of “Why We Buy,” Underhill has dedicated his career to understanding the behavior of consumers and how the retail world responds to those behaviors. In 1986, he founded Envirosell, a company that […]
January 03, 2025
While Amazon and Walmart take a breather and process a fresh influx of returns, we thought we’d take a look into the interplay between online and in-store retail, which has...
November 11, 2024
Zillennials — who were born between 1991 and 1999 — are reshaping the retail market with a blend of millennial values and Generation Z’s tech-savviness. A PYMNTS Intelligence report, “What...
October 23, 2024
Unexpected charges are a reality that 30% of consumers experienced in just the last 12 months. These charges could include either outright fraud or some level of ambiguity. For...
January 13, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said there is a need for more research into buy now, pay later (BNPL) after finding that BNPL borrowers held higher balances on other credit lines. “The importance of BNPL in the credit profiles of BNPL borrowers underlines the need for further research to understand how this growing financial product […]
December 20, 2024
While retail sales in Great Britain rose in November, analysts said the results were dampened by consumers waiting for bargains. Retail sales rose by 0.2% in November, marking the first...
December 04, 2024
America’s biggest retailers kicked off the holiday shopping season with record spending. However, the actual number of people shopping during the Thanksgiving-to-Cyber-Monday stretch declined slightly this year, according to data published Tuesday...
November 29, 2024
Early results from this year’s holiday shopping season reportedly suggest that consumers are waiting for deals before buying. Shoppers are focused on promotions and are frequenting some but not all...
