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What the Pet Adoption Boom Means for Retailers

The adoption of dogs and cats during the pandemic “provides retailers and brands with the opportunity to identify and provide value for the ongoing needs of their customers—and their pets,” Quotient CEO Steven Boal says.

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Natural Health, Beauty Products Gain Ground

Retailers and consumers are paying more attention to nontoxic wellness.

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Grocery Retailers Continue to Emphasize Sanitization

Sponsored content from our partner GOJO Industries, the inventors of the PURELL brand on Jun. 30, 2021

As more and more shoppers resume their pre-pandemic food shopping patterns, they will likely remain highly aware of the cleanliness of the stores they patronize, and are likely making this an even higher priority than before the pandemic.

Products

IRI’s Top Nonfood Products of 2020 Highlight Pandemic Trends

By Kristina Hurtig on Jun. 09, 2021

Household cleaning products had a good year as consumers cleaned more, and pet products also had a strong showing with adoptions of dogs and cats on the rise.

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What’s Hot in General Merchandise?

By Amanda Baltazar on May 14, 2021

The pandemic drives sales in cookware and cleaning products for consumers confined to, and investing in, their homes.

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CBD Products Gain Acceptance

By Amanda Baltazar on Mar. 26, 2021

Beverages, topicals and gummies are popular, despite lack of FDA approval.

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Education Is Key to Capturing CBD Sales

By Amanda Baltazar on Mar. 26, 2021

An informed staff is the starting point for educating consumers on the uses and potential benefits of cannabidiol products.

Retailers

Hy-Vee Gets in the Nail Business

By Kristina Hurtig on Mar. 03, 2021

Retailer partners with The W Nail Bar to open in-store salons as it continues to bring experiential experiences to its stores.

Wellness

How Meijer Met the Home Fitness Demand

By Kristina Hurtig on Jan. 27, 2021

To bolster supply and address the 300% increase in demand it saw across its stores for fitness equipment, the Midwest retailer embarked on a local partnership to manufacture hand weights for its Meijer Active brand.

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Greeting Cards Benefit From Fewer In-Person Gatherings

By Tina Caputo on Nov. 24, 2020

As consumers seek human connections amid the pandemic, greeting cards are seen as a safe way to connect. Meanwhile, COVID has sparked the greatest cleaning frenzy in the home care industry has ever seen.

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