Biome's Founder Tracey Bailey

Bricks are Back; 4 Trends Award Winning Retailers Are Using

Bricks are back, baby!  These award-winning retailers are using their physical storefronts to not only enamour and engage customers but to connect with their customer community in profound and experiential ways.   Global Experience Study Recently, the Freeman Global Brand Experience Study found that if data is the fuel that powers the marketing mix, then experience and…

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Using Experiential Retail to Boost Customer Engagement, Sales and Foot Traffic

Generally, the term ‘experiential retail’ refers to a store in which ‘stuff’ happens in addition to selling, and shoppers do things besides just buying.   In a previous post, I explained it as, “an experience given freely by a retailer to create some type of value for their customer. It may be educational, technological, emotional,…

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3 Strategies to Cash in on the Year of the Pig and Experiential Retailing

It’s true, 2019 is officially the year of the pig. Known for their chubby cheeks, pigs are the symbol of wealth in Chinese culture.   Perhaps it’s not a coincidence then, that Chinese Zodiac identifies pigs not as wasteful spenders, but rather enjoyer’s of life. They especially love entertainment and experiences, which is fitting for…

5 Steps to create more in-store experience, experiential retailing, customer experience

5 Steps to Create More In-Store Experience

In-store Experience is BIG news these days When I started researching in-store experience many years ago, I set up a Google Alert for ‘experiential retailing‘ and ‘in-store experience’, those alerts have remained mostly silent until, well…this year really.   Now, it ‘sounds-off’ like my Facebook notifications, ALL-DAY-LONG.     Direction to Create More In-Store Experience But, while…

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How Retail Experience Eats Old Metrics for Breakfast

Another retail CEO pressured into a popularity contest of who’s more important, his shareholders or his customers? Sure, I know their “first priority is to the shareholder”, but when the customers are happy so is the shareholders right?   In my opinion, retail experience eats old sales per square metre for breakfast and I’ll tell…

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Inside Retail’s Festival of Ideas….reflections after day two

Well, tomorrow is the final day of Inside Retail – Festival of Ideas, and I must say it’s been two exciting days of learning, innovation and really inspiring speakers. As the founding director of Retail Rockstars, I have the privilege of working with some of the best thought leaders and entrepreneurs in Australia…which I must say…