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Halloween 2020 is Really BIG!

October 30, 2020 By Michelle Lamb -

The National Retail Federation’s annual purchase intent survey, fielded in September, revealed that Halloween celebrations will be fewer this year. Compliments of the pandemic, only 58% of Americans planned to participate, down from 68% a year ago. Still, a Harris poll conducted on behalf of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: COVID-19, Halloween, Halloween Decor, Outdoor Decor, Scale, Trendcurveteam

Retail Energy in Paris

June 23, 2020 By Michelle Lamb & Leigh Ann Schwarzkopf -

Over the past three years, we have teamed up on a number of seminars and webinars about best practices in retail visual display. If attendance at our June AmericasMart’s Apparel Mart webinar program is any indicator, audiences are appreciating our unique perspective. They are drawn to our combined … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Michelle Lamb, Retail Trends, Trend, Trend Spotting   Tagged With: Halloween, Paris, Polka Dots, Retail, Retail Optimism, Retail Reconnaissance, Signage, Trendcurveteam, Visual Merchandise, Visual Merchandising

Holiday Trends Q&A

May 7, 2020 By Michelle Lamb -

A week or so ago, Tom Mirabile of Springboard Futures and I were interviewed about fourth-quarter seasonal trends. The venue was a webinar hosted by Lenise Willis, Editor in Chief of Gifts & Decorative Accessories magazine. The timing was perfect. My fourth-quarter seasonal forecast, The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: #springboardfutures, #tommirabile, Christmas, Color, Gifts&DecorativeAccessories, Halloween, Harvest, Thanksgiving

Interview Topic: Seasonal Trends

April 21, 2020 By Michelle Lamb -

On Thursday April 23, consumer trend analyst Tom Mirabile of Springboard Futures and I will be interviewed by Gifts & Decorative Accessories’ Editor in Chief, Lenise Willis. In the webinar, “New Seasonal Realities for a Post-COVID World,” our conversation will focus on how today’s health crisis … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: Christmas, Color, Halloween, Harvest, Seasonal Trends

Halloween, Harvest and Christmas Will Still Come

April 20, 2020 By Michelle Lamb -

Are fourth-quarter celebrations at risk, given the current Coronavirus crisis? That’s a question I’ve been hearing for the past several weeks. It was top-of-mind as I prepared The Return to Happy Holidays™, my seasonal color and trend forecast for Halloween, Harvest and Christmas assortments. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Michelle Lamb, Retail Trends, Trend, Trend Reports   Tagged With: 4th Quarter Trends, Christmas, Color, Design, Halloween, Harvest, Seasonal Trends, Thanksgiving

Halloween Trend: Gold Metallic

March 16, 2020 By Michelle Lamb -

Move over, orange! There’s a new player in town for Halloween. Gold metallic is one of the freshest emerging color trends for October 31. The idea of swapping orange for gold in your Halloween mix may seem odd at first. After all, Halloween is casual and fun, while gold is considered as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Color, Haute Halloween and Fall, Michelle Lamb, Trend, Trend Reports   Tagged With: Black, Color, Gold, Gold Metallic, Halloween, Texture

A Mix of Horror and Fun Midsummer Scream

November 6, 2019 By Michelle Lamb -

Because I forecast color and design trends, consumer shows are not normally on my radar. After all, the products shown at consumer events come way too late in the trend cycle to be of any use to forecasts for the industry. But I have learned that this is not necessarily true of Midsummer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Domestic Shows, Haute Halloween and Fall, Michelle Lamb, Midsummer Scream, Trend   Tagged With: Halloween, Midsummer Scream

SoCal Halloween

October 28, 2018 By Michelle Lamb -

Since moving to Southern California from Minneapolis a few months ago, I have discovered that many elements of décor remain consistent across the miles, yet some things are different. Take Halloween decorating, for example. It turns out that kids here in SoCal love decorating their homes just as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Haute Halloween and Fall, Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: Halloween, Kids, Thanksgiving

Lessons Learned from Halloween 2017

December 31, 2017 By Janice Carlson -

Those who create retail assortments rarely get a full view of what happens to products they develop and select at the fateful point of purchase. Which items really made cash registers ring? Which in-store displays actually swayed customers to buy? Not knowing the answers to these questions can feel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Retail Trends, Trend, Trend Reports   Tagged With: Cats, Color, Dogs, Halloween

Halloween 2017 in a Few Words

December 21, 2017 By Michelle Lamb -

I recently finished writing a retail reconnaissance report, along with my licensing-genius colleague, Leigh Ann Scharzkopf of Lookout Marketing. While we have created an entire series of these store-check reports, called Taking Stock of Retail™, the subject of this version was Halloween … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Michelle Lamb, Trend   Tagged With: Halloween, Taking Stock of Retail

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