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How Retailers Can Use AI to Improve Customer Experience and Build Trust

Retail TouchPoints

With the sector continuing to experience accelerated growth, major retailers are looking for ways to maintain and build trust while dramatically improving customer experience and orchestrating cohesive customer journeys. Consumers are only one click away from retailers at all times.

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Four Customer Experience and Commerce Trends That Will Define 2021

Retail TouchPoints

The landscape of commerce and delivering customer experience changed dramatically over the past year, as millions of shoppers found health, safety, social distance and remote work taking center stage in their daily lives. More than one-third of consumers now shop online each week, up from 28% pre-pandemic.

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Harnessing the Potential of Returnless Refunds to Improve Profitability and Customer Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Returnless refunds are improving the almighty customer experience, and in turn, their potential customer lifetime value. Image courtesy Ryder According to Ryder’s 2023 ecommerce consumer study of 1,077 U.S. Of course, no good deed goes unpunished.

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‘Cash or Card?’: Why More Financing Choices Drive Consumers’ Decisions on Which Retailers to Shop

Retail TouchPoints

The customer experience is paramount to the success of today’s retailers. This includes enhancing in-store inventory, delivery services and even the personalization of customer service. However, when it’s time to check out, how do payment options factor into that customer experience?

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3 Immersive Customer Experiences Using Augmented Reality

Retail TouchPoints

Global social commerce sales are expected to skyrocket from $492 billion in 2021 to $1.2 trillion in 2025, and this growth means that AR experiences will “have the potential to change the social commerce game for brands targeting tech-savvy consumer demographics,” according to a recent TIME report.

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5 Things Brands Need to Know About the Gen Z Customer Experience (and Employee Experience)

Retail TouchPoints

If we were to sum up what brands need to know about Gen Z customer experiences preferences (and employee experience preferences) in a few words, it would go something like this: they’re different. Tip #1: Seamless and efficient experiences are a must. Revolutionary even. Tip #4: Strong brand values are make-or-break.

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Retailers can’t afford to discount the customer experience this December

Inside Retail

billion for the four day event this year marginally above the predictions ahead of both the 2021 and 2022 events. Great to have the dollars ringing in the registers, but what is the impact of the chaotic and, for so many, frustrating, mega event on customer experience? Short-term gain for long-term pain?