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Afends opens two stores in Sydney, including CBD flagship

Inside Retail

. “Afends has a big customer base from Sydney especially in the city, we wanted to give our consumers creative cool stores that they can visit and experience the brand and see it in action,” said founders Jonathan Salfield and Declan Wise. Afends at The Galleries. Afends at The Galleries.

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Sensory Enabling Technologies are Radically Reshaping the Future of Digital Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Today, it is possible to stimulate all consumer senses online. Sensory Enabling Technologies (SETs) enable consumers to feel textures, smell and even perceive the taste of a product. Key takeaways: SETs enable brands to craft exemplary customer experiences online by appealing to consumers’ multisensory perception.

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How the Y2K Revival is Expanding True Religion’s Shopper Community

Retail TouchPoints

But Wells knows that to successfully acquire this coveted group of consumers while also retaining its incredibly loyal base of millennial shoppers, the brand can’t simply live in the past. Starting as a Senior Designer in 2006, he worked his way up to VP of Innovation before he left the company in 2017.

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Case Studies of Successful Retail Product Launches: Lessons Learned

Retail Bound

Nintendo Wii In 2006, Nintendo launched the Wii, a revolutionary gaming console that changed the way people interacted with video games. Despite being a newcomer in the highly competitive mobile phone market, Apple’s innovative product design and user-friendly features quickly won over consumers.

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3 Post-COVID Benefits of Contactless Payments for Retailers (and 3 for Customers)

Retail TouchPoints

So what are some of the post-COVID benefits of these true contactless payment solutions for retailers and their customers? Maintaining payment terminals can be costly and time-consuming to purchase and maintain. Retailer bonus: A fast transaction doesn’t only benefit the customer but the retailer as well. Reduced hardware costs.

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Macy’s vs. HBC: Two Different Takes on the Ecommerce Spinoff

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers have moved on to a very digitally led lifestyle and mindset, whereas the retail industry, at least many legacy retailers, still think of digital commerce as separate from store commerce. . This strategy could hold water. And governance consultant Diligent expects investor activism to increase again in 2022.

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Five Pandemic-Driven Trends Reshaping Retail CX Strategy

Retail TouchPoints

Left with little choice, consumers have largely resigned themselves to waiting additional days or even weeks for their orders, but what they’ve become less willing to tolerate is a lack of information about order status. Prior to joining Linc, Stelter was the Chief Revenue Officer for Pypestream.

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