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Loyalty Drives Impact This Season
Holiday Pajamas: Insights That Delivered
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How Gen Z Fashion Brands Shein and Temu Exploit a Legal U.S. Tariff Loophole
Shein and Temu are transforming the way we shop with ultra-low prices, but their success relies on a tariff loophole, sparking concerns about fairness, sustainability, and the future of retail.
Loyalty programs are seeing increased influence, with a 64% rise in shoppers drawn to their benefits. This creates a prime opportunity for retailers to strengthen customer retention and drive lasting loyalty beyond the holiday season.
Retail returns are expected to reach $890 billion in 2024, with retailers improving processes to balance customer convenience and rising costs, including tackling fraud and bracketing.
Off-Price Retailers Aren’t Too Worried About Tariffs
Off-price retailers remain unfazed by tariffs, relying on domestic sourcing and flexible buying to maintain their value edge. Analysts suggest tariffs could even boost their inventory pipeline, creating new opportunities.
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Dollar General topped Q3 sales estimates despite hurricanes and plans nearly 4,900 real estate projects, including 575 new stores in 2025.
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HOLIDAY PAJAMAS: INSIGHTS THAT DELIVERED
A retailer used First Insight’s platform to identify the best patterns for their holiday-themed pajama collection.
The goal: Determine whether there was a market for winter/holiday-themed family pajama sets and identify which patterns would resonate most with customers to maximize sales.
The result? Insights revealed the top prints that appealed most to customers, leading to a product launch that drove nearly a 20% increase in holiday pajama sales compared to the previous year.
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WHAT SETS FIRST INSIGHT APART? FIND OUT AT NRF 2024
You may be wondering, how is First Insight different from other retail AI-driven platforms?
Two words: Value Score™.
Our Value Score™ is a proprietary metric that some of the world’s largest retailers are using to make informed decisions about which products to invest in, how much to stock, where to allocate inventory, and how to price products based on customer demand.
By combining advanced AI with real-time human insights, First Insight is retail's only forward-looking decision platform.
First Insight is the global leader in Voice of the Customer retail solutions, transforming business decision-making through actionable consumer insights and AI. Our platform enables retailers and brands to boost revenues and profitability by informing strategic decisions with consumer data and removing guesswork. Trusted by hundreds of leading retailers, vertically integrated brands, mass merchants, and wholesalers, First Insight leads in optimizing strategy, product, pricing, and marketing decisions.
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