Lee Peterson
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The Department Store Dilemma
Exploring the Disconnect Between Department Stores and Consumer Preferences in the Age of TechnologyWayfind -
ONE HOME, ONE PLANET
Working Towards Sustainability with IKEAWayfind -
Everything In Retail Has Changed. Have Stores Kept Up?
Retail has transformed with the rise of e-commerce, but have brick-and-mortar stores adapted to shifting consumer behavior and online shopping trends?Wayfind -
No Greenwashing Available Here
When it comes to people and the environment, IKEA means businessWayfind -
Get Local
How Lasting Pandemic-Era Shifts Are Redefining the Future of RetailWayfind -
Stores are the New Media
Forget AI Mannequins—The Future of Stores Lies in ScreensWayfind -
Should Gap Have Resale Only Stores? Absolutely.
Reviving Vintage Fashion and Sustainability to Drive Traffic to StoresWayfind -
Big Store, Little Store
How Retail Giants Are Getting Smaller and Going LocalWayfind -
Is the Mall Dead?
A Conversation with Easton Town Center Creator Yaromir Steiner at RetailSpacesWayfind -
Can Resale Save The Store?
The bottom line: In the [15+] years WD Partners has conducted surveys on consumer sentiment, interest, and taste, we've never seen results like this.Wayfind -
4 Steps for Rethinking Experiential Retail
The importance of in-store experiences is obvious, but how is it actually done?Wayfind -
3 Game-Changing Insights from WD Partners’ NRF ’25 Presentation
How Retailers Can Win Back Online Shoppers with Quality, Fundamentals, and What We’re Calling the Slow Retail MovementWayfind -
Retail 3.0
The Continuous Evolution of Stores and an IndustryWayfind -
How WD, Ingka and IKEA are Turning Climate Ambitions into Action
One Home, One Planet and the Action Speaks ConferenceWayfind -
What Shoppers Want by 2050 (Hint: Not Robots)
Retail 3.0 ContinuedWayfind -
Slow Retail; A New Way Forward
The Customer Wants Things Fast, but to Compete With Speed, Give Them Something BetterWayfind -
NRF ’25 – State of the Global Retail Nation
"If we got a dime every time we heard the letters AI, we’d have been at the inauguration sitting next to Zuck"Wayfind -
Will Circular Commerce Drive Traffic to Stores?
Resale is enormously popular, and only growing more so; the US market is projected to be valued at over $353b by 2030, up 154% from 20201.Wayfind