Craig Flanders, CEO promoting agency Spinach, whose clients include Liquorland, Baby Bunting, and The Reject Shop, says, “Here on home soil, we can expect to see a renewed interest in merchandise grown and made domestically as nationalism around the world increases.” Brian Walker, founder and managing director of retail consultancy agency Retail Doctor Group, explains the purchasing expertise by means of emotional attraction. “The strains of communication have really improved in the digital world – from virtual try-on periods to communicating through Instagram, your Facebook page, your website, your newsletters.
If change is coming and it certainly will, then Signet Jewelers would seem to have probably the most to lose, being ranked the nation’s primary jewelry retailer on the National Jeweler’s Superseller record. It operates some 2,800 retail locations underneath its Kay, Zales, Jared, Diamonds Direct and Banter by Pierce Pagoda banners, plus DTC James Allen and Rocksbox jewelry rental, …