Retail
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HealthWellnessThe Retail Healthcare Arms Race
Building a Health Ecosystem with the Consumer in MindWayfind -
What Do Retailers Have To Do With Electric Vehicles?
It's no secret that electric vehicles (EVs) are in, and not just Teslas. These days, practically every automaker offers an electric model, and they should!Wayfind -
Big Store, Little Store
How Retail Giants Are Getting Smaller and Going LocalWayfind -
3 Great Retailers That Know How to Get Customers Offline and Through the Door
Driving Foot Traffic to the Store With Retail ExperiencesWayfind -
Seana Strawn, Head of Home Furnishing Identity & Retail Design at IKEA: Big Store, Bigger Ideas
We spoke with Seana Strawn, Head of Home Furnishing Identity & Retail Design, on IKEA‘s quest towards a sustainable planetWDCast -
New York City Retail Is Back & We’re Totally Here for It!
Let’s Go on an Experiential Retail Tour in NYCWayfind -
Jamie Schisler, Chief Comfort Officer at UpWest: From Comfort Online to Comfort IRL
Specialty Retail is at a crossroads and a new brand is paving the way for innovation. Jamie Schisler, Chief Comfort Officer of comfort clothing brand – UpWest, is welcomed on to WDCast to discuss the brand’s business model, growth plan, and a new approach to resale retailWDCast -
Building a Sustainable Future
How Brands Can Act Today to Build a Better TomorrowWayfind -
The Evolution of Stores
How to Be Relevant in a Constant State of ChangeWayfind -
The Power of The Metaverse
Embrace It - It’s Here to StayWayfind -
Does Meta Matter?
You’ll Be Surprised to Learn What Customers Want from the MetaversePoint of View -
Julie DiNatale, Commercial and Strategic Partnerships Leader for Truterra (sustainability division of Land O’Lakes): Farmer-Driven, Sustainably-Focused
Julie is the Commercial and Strategic Partnerships Leader for Truterra, the sustainability business of Land O’Lakes, Inc., one of America’s largest farmer-owned cooperatives.WDCast -
Can Resale Save the Store?
How can a retail trend be so huge but still fly under the opportunity radar?White Paper -
HealthWellnessPets Are People Too
In the consumer-driven pet care market, the more customer friendly and accessible your practice is, the more you will have people come running to it.Point of View -
How to Treat Your BOH Like the Heartbeat of Your Store
The speed at which stores were forced to change how they operate has been unprecedented. And it doesn't appear to be slowing down anytime soonWayfind -
Go Beyond the Path to (re)Purchase
Too often, brands and retailers focus solely on what happens leading up to the purchase—affectionately known by most of us in the biz as the "path to purchase"Wayfind -
Follow the Yellow Brick Road to an Immersive Experience
Immersion. Wonder. Possibility. Just like when Dorothy and Toto first venture out into that candy-coated land of OzWayfind -
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 -
HealthWellnessWhy the Amazon Ecosystem is Primed to Disrupt Healthcare
With the recent acquisition of One Medical and Iora Health, Amazon seems intent to make their mark on the healthcare industry.Wayfind -
Anna Carlsson: Is Resale the New Retail? Ask Gen Z
Gen Z'ers have picked up on a shopping "trend" that is paving a new way of shopping for generations to come: shopping used/vintage/resale goodsWDCast -
Think Outside the Box
How To Use Your Entire Store as Selling SpacePoint of View -
Hey Metaverse Seekers… Been There, Done That
Design and Architecture Has Been Living With Oculus for YearsPoint of View -
HealthWellnessBrian Standage, CEO of Banner Health Urgent Care Services: Setting Sights on the Triple Aim
Brian has a unique career background, building his foundation in the retail sector before diving deep into the world of healthcare at Banner Health.WDCast -
The Truth Behind Greenwashing
What Consumers Told Us and How Brands Should RespondWayfind -
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 -
EchoPark’s Sustainable Approach to Design & Build
Climate change, a spotlight on EVs, and growing media coverage of such topics, have launched the topic of sustainability into the mainstream.Wayfind -
WDCast – Meet the (WD) Agents for Meaningful Change
We decided to turn to some real experts—people who are walking the sustainability walk on the daily.Wayfind -
Brian Bucher, Kari Engen & Mike Magee: WD Partners Sustainability Experts
Driving Real Change Through Sustainable Design
With sustainability so top of mind these days, we wanted to turn to some real experts on the topic.WDCast -
Kenny Endermuhle, Manager of Shopper Innovation and Experience (SI&E) at Nestlé Purina
QR codes and NFC tags, DTC products in CPG, VR and AR... there are plentiful acronyms to navigate when it comes to talk of modern technology in the consumer experience.WDCast -
Don’t Believe the Doubters; Retail is Winning
Reflecting on the last 20+ years, the start of the 21st Century looks like a crisis-to-crisis machine moving at high speed, ripping up the road as it goes. Yet amidst the whirlwind of chaos an unexpected success story has emerged--Retail.Point of View -
Jodi Krangle, Voice Actor: Helping Brands Find Their Voice
This week’s podcast sounds a little different (literally!) as we invited on voiceover talent, Jodi Krangle, to discuss her journey into finding her voice and using it to help build an identity for the brands she works with.WDCast -
Jay Highland
EVP, Creative
Jay's work has been recognized by numerous industry publications, including Fast Company, Design:Retail, Interior Design, and VMSD, and he has led teams to two "Store of the Year" awards.Speaker -
Retail Supernova
The pandemic accelerated everything already in acceleration. Then we came out of lockdown and it was like the brakes failed—change came faster than everWayfind -
The End (and the Beginning) of Everything
Offices got sent into the vernacular of the "can you believe we used to..." world. In other words, offices, as we once knew them (like two years ago), are toast. Or at the very least, a totally new kind of toast. Stunning.Wayfind -
Unveiling the Success Story of Easton Town Center
We invited CEO of Easton Town Center, Jen Peterson, to share how the space has transitioned from a shopping center to a welcoming neighborhood that has something to offer every guestWayfind -
HealthWellnessTara Yavorsky
SVP, Marketing
Tara Yavorsky is an experienced marketing leader, with a passion for connecting business objectives to the stories and experiences that move people.Leadership -
Retail Revolution: The Explosive Evolution After Lockdown
The pandemic accelerated everything already in acceleration. Then we came out of lockdown and it was like the brakes failed—change came faster than ever. The idea of a self-contained, physical store no longer held.Wayfind -
The Macy’s Effect
It was February 28, 2005. The day Terry Lundgren, CEO of Federated Department Stores, announced one of the largest deals in retail history: The merger of 491 May Department Stores with 450 locations operated by Federated.Wayfind -
An Open Letter From A Millennial
So why am I writing this open letter to the retail industry? Out of excitement and optimism! I know that the industry is making great strides.Wayfind -
We Believe in Showroom Stores, So Does Dyson
The Dyson flagship showroom store in Manhattan is a product playhouse for appliance lovers and hair dryer fanatics. Bet you didn’t even know there were such people.Wayfind -
Amazon Be Slayin’ It!
The past year has been intense for our industry. Yet many brands, stores, restaurants, and chains have risen to the challenge and found a way to succeed amongst the chaos and change. In the words of the great Beyonce, they slayed it.Wayfind -
What Concept Would Increase Your Visitation to a Mall?
Digital has officially dominated. If you have been with us throughout the past few years, you know that we have been following the state of physical retail in the face of an e-commerce explosion.Wayfind -
DICK’S Sporting Goods: Revolutionizing the Sporting Goods Retail Experience
Turns out the grass may in fact be greener on the other side. Especially if your other side includes an outdoor turf field, rock climbing wall and batting cages.Wayfind -
Brit-and-Mortar Retail: An Interview with Toby Barnes
Recently we got to catch up with Toby Barnes – Retail Futurist and Former Nike Executive – about retail, his time at Nike and what it really means for a brand to be digital first.Wayfind -
How to Be Digital First
Modern shopping gets better and better and easier and faster and cheaper and smarter... for the consumer, that is. And because of these tools and their ease of use for everything, incredibly, shopping became intertwined with everyday life.Wayfind -
EVP, Creative at WD Partners, Jay Highland: A Creative Catalyst
Activating ideas, experiencing spaces, imagining the new, and pushing innovative solutions partially covers a day in the life of a creative. Brands are constantly facing new challenges given a hybrid environment and a changed (but not dead) retail world.WDCast -
How to Save Today’s Mall
The growth of e-commerce sales and the decline of in-store traffic are creating new challenges for traditional malls.Wayfind -
We Told You So: Why Wasn’t the World Ready for BOPIS?
If we had all paid a little more attention to what they were asking for and tested till we got it right, we wouldn't be scrambling around now, creating Franken-Designs for things we all should've done years ago.Wayfind -
The Store of the Future Is Not a Store
Although we've been talking about that statement for quite some time now, this year has really taken it to another level.Wayfind -
Stores as Fulfillment Centers
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