After you do your organic produce shopping, is getting a tat on the way out the next thing on your mind? Whole Foods certainly hopes so. The company is planning on launching new, smaller format stores – 365 by Whole Foods Markets, and they appear to be experimenting with some unique ideas.
Whole Foods has an entire website dedicated to these new 365 stores and is mulling over a potential “friends list” of businesses that might be interested in making a joint venture by setting up their shop inside the new 365 locations. Whole Foods appears to be pretty open about what they are willing to experiment with. The company is not limiting their “business friends” to food related businesses. Almost everything appears to be a possibility including body and hair care products, sandwich shops, music stores, even tattoo parlors!
While the company has yet to announce any hard and fast choices, company spokesperson Emily Wright states that they are not ruling out “lifestyles and services” as potential partners.
Whole Foods is facing some very steep competition as competitors such as Kroger offer customers more organic and fresher options. Trader Joe’s appears to have found their niche, offering customers organic or unique items at very low sale prices.
The new 365 stores are intended to bring in the younger consumer, who are often on a tighter budget, but still want quality, organic goods and produce. Some people, however, feel that opening up tattoo parlors inside Whole Foods is not compatible and might backfire. Most people think Whole Foods and health go hand in hand, tat’s and music stores? Not so much.
Perhaps Whole Foods would be better off taking on Peet’s, Starbucks, or The Tea and Leaf Company before they consider tattoo parlors. A coffee bar and organic teas sound much more compatible, not to mention profitable, than outside vendors pushing non-organic stuff on young consumers.
Source: Herald and News
xAfter you do your organic produce shopping, is getting a tat on the way out the next thing on your mind? Whole Foods certainly hopes so. The company is planning on launching new, smaller format stores – 365 by Whole Foods Markets, and they appear to be experimenting with some unique ideas.
Whole Foods has an entire website dedicated to these new 365 stores and is mulling over a potential “friends list” of businesses that might be interested in making a joint venture by setting up their shop inside the new 365 locations. Whole Foods appears to be pretty open about what they are willing to experiment with. The company is not limiting their “business friends” to food related businesses. Almost everything appears to be a possibility including body and hair care products, sandwich shops, music stores, even tattoo parlors!
While the company has yet to announce any hard and fast choices, company spokesperson Emily Wright states that they are not ruling out “lifestyles and services” as potential partners.
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Whole Foods is facing some very steep competition as competitors such as Kroger offer customers more organic and fresher options. Trader Joe’s appears to have found their niche, offering customers organic or unique items at very low sale prices.
The new 365 stores are intended to bring in the younger consumer, who are often on a tighter budget, but still want quality, organic goods and produce. Some people, however, feel that opening up tattoo parlors inside Whole Foods is not compatible and might backfire. Most people think Whole Foods and health go hand in hand, tat’s and music stores? Not so much.
Perhaps Whole Foods would be better off taking on Peet’s, Starbucks, or The Tea and Leaf Company before they consider tattoo parlors. A coffee bar and organic teas sound much more compatible, not to mention profitable, than outside vendors pushing non-organic stuff on young consumers.
Source: Herald and News
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