RetailSails

• What’s the difference between a consumer and a shopper? (Retailing Today)
• Does Revolutionary use of Kickstarter platform herald the future of shopping? (Business Insider)
• Retail sales probably cooled in April following pre-Easter buying spree (Bloomberg)
• Staples’ Uncomplicated Strategy for Success (Forbes)
• Will fast fashion revive NYC’s garment industry? (Crain’s NY)
• Study Shows Consumers Prefer Rapid, Live Customer Service Online (Oracle)
• Fuel Prices Overtake Unemployment as Retailers’ Chief Ecnomic Risk (BDO)
• Mobile Wallets Have Uphill Climb to Consumer Acceptance (eMarketer)
• Modest Retail Real Estate Expansion Continues as Economic Recovery Moderates (Colliers International)
• Top retailers in Harris Poll 2012 brand equity study (Harrris Interactive)
• U.S. April Video Game Retail Sales Tumble 32% (USA Today)
• Apple gains cult status in Hollywood as importance of product placement grows (Businessweek)
• High-end grocery store chain Fairway Market eyes IPO (Chicago Tribune)
• Moving Customers from Pinning to Purchase (HBR)

source: HBR

• Another nail in the coffin of big box stores? (Retail Customer Experience)
• Macy’s ties stores more closely to the web (Internet Retailer)
• Infographic: The Digital Lives of American Moms (NielsenWire)
• DDR Tries To Win Shoppers With Customer-Tracking Coupons (WSJ)
• Consumer sentiment highest in more than 4 years in early May (Reuters)
• Big Data in the Physical World: Will It Trump Online Analytics? (ZDNet)
• What retail is hired to do: Apple vs. IKEA (Asymco)
• Harnessing social media to shape consumer decision making in predictable ways (McKinsey Quarterly)
• Integrated Marketing Strategies to Effectively Overcome Fragmentation (Businessweek)
• A Monster Real Estate Paradigm Shift Demands A New Direction for Capital (Forbes)
• Infographic: Top 250 internet retailers on social media (E-consultancy)
• Big Data Solutions for Retail – They’re Flying Off the Shelves (SAP)
• Can Groupon Rewards Transform Local Commerce? (Fast Company)
• With Consumers Less Predictable, Retailers Look to New Technologies to Make Stores Relevant Again (RSR Research)
• How Dowdy Amazon Can Walk the Fashion Runway (Bloomberg)

source: Econsultancy

• Fewer stores, more digital shoppers in 2011 (Internet Retailer)
• UK lifestyle brand Superdry opens unique Times Square flagship store (Sacramento Bee)
• U.S. Retail E-Commerce Spending Up 17% to $44.3 Billion in Q1 (comScore)
• Word of Mouth Media Money Can Buy (ClickZ)
• Why Kenneth Cole Traded Live Models For Digital Doppelgangers (FastCo Design)
• Today’s millenial mom is constantly setting new rules for when, where and how she’s connecting (Meredith Parents Network)
• It Won’t Be Long Before We Fill Prescriptions At Dollar Stores (DailyFinance)
• Why China Might Not Save Luxury Retail If Europe Slows (CNBC)
• Gap’s online Piperlime unit opens first retail store (Crain’s NY)
• @WalmartLabs – Taking Big Data Into Retail (Business 2 Community)
• Largest drugstore chains continue to diverge on real estate expansion plans (CoStar Group)
• Stop & Shop’s Smart Use of Mobile Devices (WSJ)
• Study Finds 95 Million Americans Use Social Media To Shop (Leo Burnett Worldwide)
• Fab Emerges From Gay Social Network To Online Retail Phenom (Huffington Post)
• Rebound in Residential Investment May Propel Sales at Home Depot & Lowe’s (Bloomberg)
• Shopmox aims to create a mall on your iPad (TechCrunch)

• Disney Pilots $6 Billion Marvel Retail Merchandising Machine (Bloomberg)
• Relatively few online grocery shoppers, but offline shoppers still have digital needs (eMarketer)
• Retail spending continues slide despite rise in consumer confidence (Consumer Reports)
• More retail websites than ever achieve high customer satisfaction scores (Foresee)
• Bed Bath & Beyond to buy Cost Plus for $495 million (Reuters)
• How retailers can harness SoLoMo to reach the ‘always addressable customer’ (Shop.org)
• Affluent American consumers to spend $244 billion this year (Luxury Daily)
• Shoppers Making More Purchasing Decisions In-Store Than Ever Before (POPAI)
• Are Fossil Earnings Sounding an Alarm for Luxury Retailers? (CNBC)
• How Supermarkets Turned Pain at the Pump into a Positive (Robin Report)
• Well-Established Digital Channels Should Be Top Priority For Shopper Marketers In 2012 (MarketingDaily)
• We’re All E-Commerce Companies Now: Integrating online & in-store marketing (HBR)
• Money-strapped lingerie brand Frederick’s of Hollywood wants to $educe investors (NY Post)
• Smartphone-Friendly Grocery Store Adorns Walls of Chicago Subway Station (Time)
• Is ‘geofencing’ the best defense against showrooming for physical stores (WSJ)
• Home Is Where the Tablet Is: Just over one-third of tablet owners likely to use devices in-store (eMarketer)

source: Wall Street Journal