The birchbox sampling concept needed a physical store to support trial – which, in the digital retail world, might be the most important role for a beauty retailer (as selling and service can be easily replaced). The store offers sample boxes for men and women,...
Can you take the excitement and impulse purchase effect of subscription boxes into traditional industries? Barnes and Noble (our home away from home) certainly thinks so. The retailer has recently introduced the Mystery Box concept in stores, describing the genre and...
The Schieber Research Volley team is monitoring retail innovation in NYC to understand the Future of Retail: exceptional service, digital tools, omni-channel, pop-up stores and other innovations. If you want us to check out and report a certain store – let us...
Ikea created an immersive kitchen experience through a pop up shop, urging people to get together, prepare food and eat it together – to “re-discover the joy of the kitchen”, which is Ikea’s marketing mantra....
Snacking is the new meal. Consumers say that they are snacking more then ever, substituting “official” meals with snacks. If this behavior was limited to the office or on the go, today’s consumers snack whenever and wherever they want to,...
