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How Bark is Creating Products and Experiences that Pups (and Pup Parents) Love

Retail TouchPoints

The company was founded in 2012 with its core product offering, BarkBox. Interview with Bark CRO Suzanne McDonnell Suzanne McDonnell, Chief Revenue Officer, Bark Retail TouchPoints (RTP): What have you and the Bark team been able to learn about your consumers, the pup parents, since the company’s inception in 2012?

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Home Depot Strengthens Pro Offerings with 4 New Distribution Centers

Retail TouchPoints

Other recent moves by the company to better serve pro customers include: In October 2022 the retailer established a marketplace designed to connect skilled tradespeople with hiring trade professionals; Home Depot gave Senior Executive VP Ann-Marie Campbell responsibility for outside pro sales efforts in October 2023 ; and In January 2023 Home Depot (..)

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VR for Retail Training: How to Leverage the Tech to Land Stronger Outcomes

Retail TouchPoints

Or a retailer could want to strongly emphasize high-quality customer service based on recent, and repetitive, negative customer experiences in select stores. That retailer might leverage VR training technology to educate those retail associates on the importance of remaining hospitable in hot-button customer situations.

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Starbucks and Bank of America Link Loyalty Programs to Provide Extra Perks

Retail TouchPoints

. “This partnership is the latest example of how we are continuing to invest in our most loyal customers to deepen engagement and connection by offering benefits and experiences that can’t be found anywhere else,” said Ryan Butz, VP of Loyalty Strategy and Marketing at Starbucks in a statement.

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How Aussie menswear brand Peter Jackson is suiting up for e-commerce expansion

Inside Retail

While it was important to drive volume through e-commerce, it was important to improve the overall customer experience. Prior to this, we didn’t have the structure right, so it [the previous customer experience] really held us back in what we did,” he said. At the time the brand had 10 stores in Victoria. “We’re

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Home Depot Enhances Loyalty Program for High-Value Professional Customers

Retail TouchPoints

The Pro Xtra program, which launched in 2012, has increasingly focused on providing rewards that help members manage and build their businesses along with more traditional rewards. We’re focused on serving the Pro no matter where, when and how they choose to shop with The Home Depot.”.

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FTC Imposes 5-Year Ban on Rite Aid’s ‘Reckless’ Use of AI-Based Facial Recognition

Retail TouchPoints

The FTC complaint said that from 2012 to 2020, store employees using this technology erroneously accused customers of wrongdoing based on “thousands” of false positive matches with a database of shoplifters and other troublemakers.

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