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How Ecommerce Retailers Can Prepare Now for Back-to-School 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Regardless of your customers’ age demographic, it’s a smart idea to offer digital wallet payment options at checkout. Digital wallets address both issues by storing card data for shoppers and by shielding it from retailers at checkout. Customers who can pay easily without security fears are more likely to complete checkout.

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The Future of Retail and AI

Retail TouchPoints

This includes adjusting store hours to fit peak shopping times, reallocating inventory to different locations to increase sell-through, and adjusting planograms to remove bottlenecks that lead to longer checkout lines and wait times. Which impulse items are people buying at checkout? What to Expect from AI in Retail Over the Next Year.

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Revolutionising Retail: refive Showcases Innovative In-Store Touchpoints at London’s Retail Technology Show

365 Retail

As the retail landscape evolves, refive is leading the charge in enhancing revenue and customer retention for brick-and-mortar stores. Join them at the Retail Technology Show at London’s Olympia on April 24 & 25, 2024, where they will demonstrate pioneering solutions designed to transform customer engagement.

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Planning to sell online in the US? Here are some tactics to ensure success

Inside Retail

Localise your home page and checkout experience and invest in some marketing so you can start to assess demand. You need to really lean into understanding your customer and their value and create personalised experiences that minimise wasteful spending for you as a retailer and that also drive customer retention.”

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The State of Gamification in Retail: How Brands Can Take Advantage

Retail TouchPoints

It allows brands to create a game-like experience in a real-life setting, enhancing customer engagement and the overall shopping experience. Focus on customer retention. Alternatively, it can be a built-in incentive to purchase through rewards programs that offer free products after purchasing a certain amount.

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Salesforce Predicts Just 1% YoY Online Sales Growth for U.S. Holiday Season

Retail TouchPoints

To maximize both sales and profitability this holiday season, both retailers and brands will need to focus on customer retention and loyalty: “A lot of switching happened over the past few years, and now consumers are looking for value and quality,” said Garf. In fact, 74% of associates’ time is on non-checkout functions.

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How Retail Returns Influence Customer Retention

Retail TouchPoints

For Colorado-based Beflax Linen , a luxury natural bedding company, customers can opt to add a nominal fee at checkout for the cost of return shipping. Kat Rothman, Owner of Beflax Linen, considers the quality of her linen as one priority, but ensuring that customers are happy with the overall experience is equally important.