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Socioeconomic factors associated with uptake and satisfaction with a post‐hospitalization meals benefit in Medicare Advantage
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT None of the authors have conflicts of interest with the paper. Supporting Information Filename Description jgs18907-sup-0001-Tables.pdfPDF document, 105.8 KB Supplemental Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients excluded from the uptake cohort. Supplemental Table 2. Baseline characteristics of survey non-respondents. REFERENCES 1, , , , , . Association between receipt of a medically tailored meal program and health care use. JAMA Intern Med. 2019; 179(6): 786-793.
New Data Reveals the Most Popular Menswear Items in Each State This Summer
Men’s shorts are the most in-demand fashion item this summer. This is followed by men’s bracelets, men’s sunglasses, and men’s earrings, and men’s sandals. The study analyzed national and regional online search data over the last 12 months. New research reveals this summer’s most sought-after menswear items in America. The study, conducted by clothing experts boohooMAN, analyzed Google search data to determine the most in-demand menswear items across the country.
Evaluating disease control following belimumab treatment in patients with SLE enrolled in the US OBSErve study
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2768-0272Jacob N Hunnicutt1, Jolyon Fairburn-Beech2, Mary Elizabeth Georgiou2, Anna Richards2, Yun Irene Gregan3, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1659-0004Holly Quasny4 and Deven Chauhan2 1Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA 2Value Evidence and Outcomes, GSK, Brentford, UK 3Clinical Science Immunology, GSK, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA 4Research and Development, GSK, Durham, North Carolina, USA Correspondence to Dr Jacob N Hunnicutt;...
60% of beauty shoppers opt for stores rather than social to buy, but turn to online for inspiration
Beauty shoppers prefer to go in-store (Image: AdobeStock) In-store beats social when it comes to beauty and personal care. Six in ten (59%) UK consumers cite it as their favourite way to shop for make-up, as well as for experiences such speaking to consultants on the shop floor influences almost four-in-ten (39%). The findings come despite shoppable functions and AR try-ons launched by platforms such Pinterest and show only 15% prefer using a brand’s social media page for make-up.
Online grocery sales drop 3.7% this Christmas, but sales still way above pre-pandemic levels
In-store grocery dominates Christmas 2021 (Image: Fotolia) Despite rising Covid cases and the emergence of Omicron, UK online grocery sales dropped 3.7% in December compared to 2020, accounting for 12.2% of the £11.7bn spent on food this holiday season. According to figures from Kantar, while overall Christmas grocery sales were just 0.2% shy of their 2020 level, online sales struggled to grow.
TikTok: How retailers are making use of the social media sensation
It’s frequented by Justin Bieber, Will Smith and Liverpool Football Club. But is there space on TikTok for retailers? With over a billion downloads and around 800 million monthly active users, the social media app has proven it has the scale to offer an effective marketing channel. Content on the app mainly comprises short, comical, user-made videos. It has built-in video editing software and the ability to add a range of popular songs as background music.
EDITORIAL From hybrid lifestyles to the metaverse: how retail is preparing for a change in shopping habits
How will shoppers buy in the future? Image: DC Studio/Shutterstock How shoppers are now buying and what we can expect in the year ahead is the question being asked in today’s InternetRetailing newsletter. We report as the first multichannel and ecommerce retailers report their figures after a Christmas that was marked by supply chain issues, staff shortages – and changing customer behaviour.
PREDICTIONS 2022: Shifts in consumer behaviour
In the latest in our series of ecommerce and multichannel predictions for the year ahead we bring together industry views on the consumer and changing expectations for the coming year. Hybrid lifestyles will be consolidated in the next year, and we expect to see an increased reliance on digital communications for older demographics remote over 30s. “The move from pandemic to endemic is an important shift and will have a notable impact on customer engagement.
China’s JD.com opens first European shops - Ochama robotic collection shops in the Netherlands
Shoppers in the Netherlands can now pick up online orders with the help of robots. Image courtesy of JD.com Chinese retailer and technology company JD.com has opened its first shops in Europe – in the Netherlands. It has opened two robotic pick-up shops under the name of Ochama, a new brand, in Leiden and Rotterdam, with two more to follow in Amsterdam and Utrecht.
Made.com full-year sales grow 38%, despite supply chain disruption and factory closures
Made says up to 20% of its best-performing products were unavailable ahead of Christmas. Image courtesy of Made.com Made.com sales grew by 38% in its latest year, even though supply chain disruption meant up to a fifth of its best performing ranges were unavailable during peak trading, the digital furniture brand says in an end of year update today. Covid-19 restrictions meant that factories in Vietnam were closed for periods, while global supply chains were also disrupted.
Next online sales drove growth ahead of Christmas - but inflation expected to push prices 6% higher by autumn
Sales were stronger than expected ahead of Christmas – but rising costs may hit future demand. Image courtesy of Next Pent-up demand meant sales grew despite stock and staff shortages that reduced delivery standards Next sales grew quickly online in the run-up to Christmas, despite lower than usual delivery standards and staff and stock shortages, while in-store sales fell.
GUEST COMMENT Agility shouldn’t end at the finance team
Fran Quilty, CEO and founder of Conjura Effective data-led campaigns require quick decisions. These are typically micro dials to tune up performance in relation to emerging behavioural trends, whether these relate to existing customers or prospects. The financial implications of these smaller adjustments can usually be accounted for within the scope of seasonal budgets, which are generally set in stone.
EDITORIAL Happy New Year: what will 2022 deliver for retail?
Is physical retail picking up? (Image: AdobeStock) Happy New Year? That very much remains to be seen: the impact of Omicron on retail is really yet to be fully seen, but as data from how shoppers shopped over Christmas and New Year start to dribble in, some early trends may be emerging. With restrictions on people’s movements greatly lessened from last Christmas there has been a distinct move back towards store shopping.
GUEST COMMENT Hybrid Selling: How to provide a blended retail experience for your customers
Anna Richards works with Mobile Mini The pandemic encouraged business owners to rethink their methods of operation. One of the ways businesses adapted to the growing online market was hybrid selling, where you sell products both online and in-store. This switch has been a stark wake-up call for some British companies, as the UK is considered to be five years behind Chinese ecommerce, which achieves 80% of all its sales through online mobile apps.
2021 ends on a small high for High Street retailers as footfall picks up
Footfall saw a small bump on last week of the year (Image: Shutterstock) For physical retailers, the last week of the year ended on somewhat of a high, with footfall up 5.2% on New Year’s Eve compared to Christmas eve. However, footfall dropped by -15% across all UK retail destinations last week versus the week before (the run up to Christmas), by -11.8% in high streets, -17.5% in retail parks and -19.2% in shopping centres.
Boots online sales at double pre-Covid levels - while fewer people visit its shops
Boots is seeing fewer in-store visits but more online shops. Image courtesy of Boots Boots online sales were almost double the level they were before Covid-19 in the first quarter of its financial year, the retailer’s parent company said this week. However, fewer people are visiting its stores than did before the pandemic. Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) first quarter figures, reported this week, show that Boots’ like-for-like retail sales were 16.3% ahead of the the same time last year.
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