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The Home Depot Appoints New CIO, Creates Customer Experience Role

Retail TouchPoints

The Home Depot has tapped two technology veterans for high-level positions, naming of Matt Carey as EVP of Customer Experience, a newly created role, and Fahim Siddiqui as EVP and CIO.

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How Acoustic Solutions Can Enhance In-Person Shopping Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

It’s no secret that in-person shopping is a multi-sensory experience. While most know that it’s important to make a store visually appealing, including proper lighting and designing an interior layout that’s easy to navigate, many often forget the other senses that play a key role in the overall shopping experience — like sound.

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Bang & Olufsen re-opens Ealing showroom following refurbishment

Retail Focus

Having closed its doors in late March to undergo a comprehensive refurbishment, Bang & Olufsen is delighted to announce that the store is now ready to re-open to welcome new and loyal customers alike. We believe in providing interactive and memorable experiences for customers shopping for high-end audio and visual products.

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Sensory Enabling Technologies are Radically Reshaping the Future of Digital Retail

Retail TouchPoints

We’ll take a deep dive into emerging tech such as haptic imagery, conversational artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR), and see how innovative brands like Apple, Disney and Journey are applying SETs to create full or partial sensory experiences that increase brand recognition and build customer loyalty online.

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Five Pandemic-Driven Trends Reshaping Retail CX Strategy

Retail TouchPoints

With spur-of-the-moment “I’ll just run in to grab something” shopping trips becoming less frequent and online ordering on the rise, shoppers are making plans and orienting their schedules based on order delivery timelines to a degree that seemed unthinkable a year ago. Adjust to Return Reluctance.

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

Retail TouchPoints

This was partially attributed to the diminished capacity to shop in-store, but was also connected to the fear of viral transmission via both shared payment terminals and cash itself. A Fiserv study, conducted by The Harris Poll , found that 68% of customers say “speed and efficiency are important in determining how they pay.”.

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YOOX expands online marketplace with the launch of new Home Decor + Art category

365 Retail

Initially launched in 2006, the category offers a meticulous curation of art and design products from globally and locally renowned home and design retailers, including MOHD and DESIGN REPUBLIC. As part of the launch and for the first time, furniture will be available to purchase, unlocking a more complete lifestyle offering for customers.