Posts tagged with ‘retail’
Mystery Bartenders, Floating Dessert: Klarna Introduces Retailers to its Brand
Today’s retail checkout experiences can be frustrating, but Swedish-based payment provider Klarna aspires to change that with a system that gives consumers more ways to pay for their goods over a longer period of time. The brand has already made waves in Europe, so to introduce U.S. retailers to its offerings, Klarna hosted an event...
Nike’s Retail Experience Combines Digital Features With Personalized Service
Nike opened its flagship, New York City retail experience mid-November with a promise of delivering a futuristic digital shopping experience in store that’s as seamless as making purchases online via the Nike app. So, to get a glimpse of what Nike is offering consumers, EM braved below-freezing temperatures and trekked to Fifth Avenue and 52nd...
How Toys ‘R’ Us Could be Saved by Experiential in Retail
Brick and mortar retailers have faced increasing competition from online retailers for some time, but Toys ‘R’ Us became a poster child for the issue, and its ripple effects across an industry, when in June it closed hundreds of stores in the wake of a bankruptcy filing and planned auction. Last week, however, investors announced...
Retail Blitz: Nickelodeon’s ‘Sunny Day’ Activation for Kids Hits Walmart Stores
To support the launch of a product line surrounding its “Sunny Day” TV series, Nickelodeon took a bright, interactive activation on tour that hit 50 Walmart stores May through August, where the products were being sold exclusively. The effort, a sales-driver and awareness play, kicked off at the Bentonville Film Festival May 1 in Bentonville,...