Brian Bullock, Author at Retail Science

Summer Catastrophes Show Importance of Disaster Plans

Disasters come in all sizes – from frozen pipes to hurricanes. This summer of calamities shows it’s a good idea to have a disaster plan.

Use of mobile point of sale and digital wallets gained a lot of traction during the pandemic. Stores should cash in on that popularity.

Shoppers are returning to the stores and, with them, so is impulse buying. It’s time to capitalize on your store’s prime display locations.

Finding employees and keeping them has never been quite so hard for retail businesses. Today, it takes a concerted effort to staff a store.

Roughly 75% of U.S. retail sales are made in brick-and-mortar stores. Now, shoppers cooped up by the pandemic are flocking back to the stores.