Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

More than nine locations at NFL venues, including Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium and Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., Using the Zippin Lane turnkey technology, retailers can implement the prefabricated tools in as short as one week to offer easier single-lane retail destinations for a brief, one-way customer journey. “The

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The desire is still there to do touchless, but for different reasons than COVID safety,” he said during a presentation at the 2021 retailX conference in Chicago. margin points when their customers’ journeys are not optimized, but when they are optimized, they can recover about 70% of that margin loss,” explained Buzek.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

On the one hand, retail sales trended upward in August 2021 , with specific economic stimulus measures apparently to credit. We know, based on our State of the In-Store Experience 2021 Report , that there remains strong consumer demand for brick-and-mortar retail experiences. trillion in retail sales in 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

And 2021 was itself a record year for foot traffic. It’s also why retailers are spending billions on new store openings, up 13% versus 2021. Checkout is moving to frictionless. About half of all checkout lanes are self-checkout and this percentage is growing weekly. Location, location. The bad news?

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I Vend

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Customer experience is the retail ‘holy grail’ – the all-important goal that retailers must achieve to be successful. I’ve written about customer experience on numerous occasions this year – citing it as one of the top four priorities for retailers in 2021. I’m not telling you anything new there.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The new concept was tested in select stores and will be implemented in more stores this fall, evolving based on customer and associate feedback. Contactless Checkout and Payment: Stores will include self-checkout kiosks as well as contactless payment solutions, including Walmart Pay, to limit contact between associates and customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

At the store level, the funds will go toward: Renovations to nearly one-third of its locations; Expansion of curbside pickup ; Piloting “micro fulfillment centers” within supercenters to speed up fulfillment of pickup and delivery orders ; and Deploying digitization, robotics and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies to make stores smarter.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 13, 2021

And then on the other side you have ecommerce technology advancing enough to be able to power headless capabilities, like a headless checkout within someone else’s app. But that’s a big systems challenge for merchants because [to do that] they’ve got to have multi-location inventory awareness. Can it be shipped to me?

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

The 2021 Connected Consumer Series reflected the challenges retail (and society as a whole) have faced during the past year, but also the growing sense of optimism that is taking hold this year. 5 Social Advertising Trends for Retailers to Know in 2021: Featuring Under Armour. Retail CX Trends 2021: New CX for a New World.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In fact, average transaction values in-store were 10% higher in July 2021 than in March 2019. As research firm McKinsey puts it, “the in-store customer, going forward, will be someone who is hitting all the different channels and touch points that a brand or retailer has.” .

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Actionable data can also help retailers with inventory management across all locations. If the customer needs more information or help, these systems are particularly good at alerting retail managers to know quickly that a customer service action is needed. and content can scroll through several ads, messages and videos.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

Available to retailers that also sell on the Amazon Marketplace, the expanded seller offering will see Amazon associates pick up and deliver online orders from retailers’ stores to Prime members who select the option at checkout. Seattle and Washington D.C. It’s like DoorDash for retail, with the Amazon logo on top. “We

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

It wasn’t even necessarily a scan and pick-by-location system, it was almost paper-based. It launched a local online offering in the UK in March 2021, after a previous foray ended with the closure of 30 bricks-and-mortar stores in 2016. Improving the customer experience. The US market could be next on the list.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2024

[Update from 3/6/2024] Over the next decade, Target plans to build more than 300 new stores and upgrade the vast majority of its brick-and-mortar fleet, with projects ranging from full remodels to adding Ulta Beauty locations, upgrading fixtures and supporting same-day services.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 21, 2023

The store will feature two floors with both H&M and H&M Home and will offer a world-leading interior look and feel for the brand, including new click and collect lockers and self-service checkouts. We cannot wait to welcome our Milton Keynes customers to the new store on April 1st at 10am.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

billion annually, and retailers looking to earn their business need to make their shopping experience as pleasant as it is for any other customer. “ For example, an easily navigable checkout page does little good when the product pages are frustrating for people with certain disabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Ideally, of course, omnichannel retailers will find ways to provide a seamless experience no matter what touch point a shopper uses or where they are in their purchase journey. ecommerce is expected to continue in 2021, according to eMarketer , which also projects that digital sales in the U.S. will surpass $1 trillion in 2022.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 24, 2021

Today’s consumers are enjoying better standards of e-commerce than ever before – recent figures show 56 per cent of Australians now prefer to make purchases online, while 85 per cent are likely to purchase more at the digital checkout in 2021 over last year. Retailers’ prior investment in going digital has well and truly paid off.

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I Vend

MARCH 14, 2023

During the 2022 holiday season, 74% of shoppers visited a shopping centre, up from 70% ** in 2021, which translated to 39% of spend being in brick and mortar stores, up from 34% in 2021. Mobile POS allows store associates to get alongside customers as they are making their buying decisions.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2021

When the pandemic took hold, Seattle-area Town & Country Markets (T&C) went to work ensuring their customers still felt safe and well-cared-for. As 2020 came to a close, the company wanted to confirm that the changes made (and those being planned) set them up for success in 2021 and beyond. The Research. What We Learned.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Account takeover fraud, which is driven by impostor scams, increased by 50%, with no signs of slowing down in 2021. However, by understanding how fraudsters target different age groups, merchants can tailor their fraud prevention programs to fit the risk profiles for their customer demographics. Don’t rely on 2FA to stop fraud.

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Mass Relators

OCTOBER 25, 2023

According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), retailers lost $112 billion due to shrink in 2022, up from nearly $94 billion in 2021. Eight in 10 favor a blend of online and in-store shopping, and 75% choose to shop with online retailers that have a brick-and-mortar location.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Traditionally, merchandising has been more of a back office function, with teams focused on finding and buying the right products and putting them in the right locations in-store. Prioritiz e profitability and customer experience to help retailers fight the impact of inflation.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

Salesforce also addressed support for building and sending AMP emails in 2021. Provide location-based or only current, live content to offer the most up-to-date information. AMP elevates customer experiences, making emails more powerful, useful and engaging. Add animation to emails. That’s where the opportunity lies.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Labor shortages, stressed supply chains and a major emphasis on ecommerce have turned fulfillment into one of the biggest challenges retailers will face in the 2021 holiday season. Improve the process with dedicated people and dedicated in-store locations that don’t interfere with in-store shoppers,” said Driscoll.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

From early 2020 to mid-2021, the percentage of retail chains offering curbside pickup surged from a miniscule 7% to a staggering 51%. Additionally, 66% of retail executives who responded to design:retail’s survey indicated that they spent time and capital updating the fronts of their stores to accommodate in-store pickup experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

With traditional trading methods restricted by pandemic restrictions, an inability to sell through physical locations and a sharp downturn in demand, we saw merchants around the world taking an unprecedented leap and embracing innovation and digitalization in a bid to maintain their retailer-shopper relationships.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 8, 2022

With traditional trading methods restricted by pandemic restrictions, an inability to sell through physical locations and a sharp downturn in demand, we saw merchants around the world taking an unprecedented leap and embracing innovation and digitalization in a bid to maintain their retailer-shopper relationships.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 20, 2022

In mid-2021 rumors also surfaced of plans for large-footprint department stores , although Amazon hasn’t formally announced anything along these lines. With everything seemingly managed by the customer through the app, one wonders what exactly store associates will do, and indeed whether there even will be humans on-site.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 29, 2021

There was a time when automation in the retail space meant autonomous point-of-sale checkouts, and chatbots were reserved solely for the ecommerce ecosystem. A study by Retail Dive showed that 62% of customers prefer physical stores because they can feel, touch and see the product.

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A1 Retail

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The store, located on Cheapside, is set to open in Autumn 2021. This allows guests to browse items in the store through the app and order for collection in store in half an hour, as well as the ability to book fitting rooms and locate items easily.

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Retalon

APRIL 27, 2021

This frees physical stores to serve as showrooms for the broader assortment, or better yet, provide customer experiences and events. The instant a customer hits the checkout button the AI technology evaluates every viable fulfillment option and recommends the optimal choice. Customer experience optimization.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Hudson worked with landlords — airports, commuter hubs and travel destinations — to decide which locations it made sense to reopen based on travel demand. The company is now operating approximately half of its locations. One aspect of that project is to support contactless mobile payments and self-checkout. and Canada.

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Mass Relators

APRIL 28, 2022

billion in last year’s first quarter 2021. Prime members can shop directly from participating merchants’ online stores using their Prime member benefits, including fast and free delivery, a seamless checkout experience, and free returns on eligible orders. with the first location in Mill Creek, Washington.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The agenda for the virtual 2021 Retail Innovation Conference , taking place Nov. Brick-and-mortar locations are still essential parts of the shopper journey, but they need to be reconfigured to accommodate both shopper discovery and functions like flexible store-based fulfillment. Reimagining and reconfiguring the physical store.

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Indigo 9 Digital

AUGUST 2, 2022

In the United States Amazon has made the most significant advances in creating tech enabled retail stores with its Just Walk Out technology that allows customers to skip the checkout. It is an initiative aimed at connecting online and offline retail and digitizing stores in order to provide a better customer experience.

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Indigo 9 Digital

MAY 30, 2022

In the first quarter of its 2021 fiscal year (the three months ended August 30, 2020), Nike’s direct business was up 82%. Fast forward to 2021 and sales generated through Nike’s wholesale channel made up 61% of Nike’s sales. eMarketer estimates only 18% of consumers believe brands offer an exceptional customer experience.

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