Remove Consumer Remove Home Furnishings Remove Marketing Remove Retail Sales
article thumbnail

No, retail-landlord relationships need not be combative: collaboration can work

Inside Retail

The future should be about collaboration, especially in an era where online is taking a growing share of total retail sales, she says. I think the market has been a bit slow off the mark in recognising the benefits. However, it is important that retailers strike the right balance between growth and risk.”

Strategy 130
article thumbnail

Opinion: Welcome to Walmart, where boring is beautiful

Inside Retail

It stays out of trouble by not taking sides on issues that don’t concern its business directly, and by not falling for trendy marketing ideas that will alienate its core customer base. Walmart believes it achieved market share gains among higher-income brackets, suggesting that more affluent households have been trading down.