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The Future of the Mall: Why Developers are Rethinking Everything from Tenant Mix to Events and ‘Adjacencies’

Retail TouchPoints

In fact, analysis of Google mobility data by CoStar Advisory Services revealed that the number of visits to retail and recreation sites has nearly fully recovered to pre-pandemic levels as of early July 2021. “ Retail TouchPoints spoke with executives from shopping destinations across the U.S. Photo credit: Northwood Retail.

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The 8 Best Brand Communities and Why They're Successful

Smile.io

Using their Gymshark Central blog as a hub, they make it easy for new and returning customers alike to dive into their community without having to do any heavy lifting. This makes it easy for customers to decide to purchase their products as a way of strengthening their connection with the fitness community.

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24 best Wix apps for your store in 2023

Omnisend

Are you looking for Wix apps that can help you monitor the health of your Wix website? Lumar, previously called Deepcrawl, is one of the best Wix apps for maintaining the health of your website. It gives you actionable insights into your SEO health to help you refine and optimize your SEO strategies. Wix rating: 2.5.

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Celebrate World Mental Health Day with 10 Wellness Brands

Smile.io

Gone are the days where “mental health” or “mental illness” were taboo topics to be avoided at all costs. This October 10th is World Mental Health Day , initially created by the World Health Organization. Their blog is full of educational, inspirational, and lifestyle posts to help their customers.

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NRF 2021: High-Level Insights from Lowe’s, Chewy, Alibaba and Wayfair

Retail TouchPoints

Necessity forced the National Retail Federation Big Show from the physical world into the virtual one, but its reputation for insightful presentations from retail industry leaders drew a significant “crowd” despite the change of venue. Beauty Builds Lasting Customer Loyalty with Salesforce + Google.

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Cyber Week 2017: Black Friday Stats, Cyber Monday Trends + 25 Brands Reveal The Secrets to Their Success

BigCommerce

Automotive retailers saw the highest average order value ($235.10) , followed by retailers within the Sports & Outdoors ($143.50) and Home & Garden ($103.60) categories. Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday: +22.79%. Small Business Saturday: Mobile: 55%. Black Friday.

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The Ethical Shopping Journey

Retail TouchPoints

Where I lived The Body Shop was the only store of its kind for customers who were concerned about minimal packaging and products that weren’t tested on animals. Customers had very little choice. With more options available to them, customers can be more exacting. At the time, there was no online shopping.