Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Customer experience (CX) has long been a strategic focus for business-to-consumer (B2C) retailers who understand its role as a key driver of customer acquisition, conversion, and retention. Despite this understanding, many retailers still under-invest in their B2B customer experience.

Customer Experience 130

Customer Experience Payment Services Accounting Target Market 130

Tokinomo

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Taking into account the Pandemic and the way the retail industry has changed in the past years, customers are demanding more from retailers. 2022 is just a few days away and it’s important to prepare your strategy for next year.

Customer Experience 206

Customer Experience Accounting 206

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

Price scraping, account takeover and gift card abuse are just some of the ways bad bots impact the retail industry. A Roadmap to a Bad Bot-Free Holiday Shopping Experience. By taking a few proactive steps, brands can deliver a world-class customer experience while managing the impact of malicious automated traffic.

Customer Experience 272

Customer Experience Management Checkout Shopping 272

Hyken

JANUARY 2, 2024

This means they no longer compare you to your direct competitors but to their best experiences with their favorite companies. Employee experience is as important as customer experience. How employees feel in your company directly affects the experience they provide your customers.

Customer Experience 71

Customer Experience Accounting ATS 71

Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Others need to scale up contactless Click & Collect operations to account for multiple pick-up bays and timeframes. Usage of click & collect has been accelerated over the last year with several Localz customers seeing 200-300-per cent growth year on year. For more information visit Localz.

Customer Experience 147

Customer Experience Checkout Location Fulfillment 147

Hyken

AUGUST 13, 2021

This week we feature an article by David Tattersall, Head of Client Relations at Handpicked Accountants , an online network housing the best-performing accountants across the UK. He writes about how successful, global brands use social media to deliver outstanding customer service experiences.

Customer Experience 118

Customer Experience Management Accounting Technical Support 118

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The National Retail Federation (NRF) has updated a report that had attributed “nearly half” of 2021’s $94.5 billion in retail shrink to organized retail crime, saying the data point was part of two-year-old testimony to a U.S. Senate committee by Ben Dugan, former President of the Organized Retail Crime Resource Center.

Accounting 253

Accounting Sporting Goods Store Operations Customer Experience 253

Hyken

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Grey Idol is the marketing director at altLine by the Southern Bank, a trusted provider of invoice factoring and accounts receivable financing. He shares six ways companies and their brands can deliver an exceptional customer experience. Here are six ways you can deliver an exceptional customer experience. .

Customer Experience 120

Customer Experience Management Finance Accounting 120

Hyken

AUGUST 4, 2023

This week, we feature an article by Srushti Shah, a digital marketer focused on effectively helping her clients and customers achieve their desired results. She writes about how artificial intelligence and machine learning technology can help businesses automate processes and put more focus on delivering amazing customer experiences.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Accounting Consumer Marketing 52

I Vend

JUNE 15, 2022

Customers took to social media to vent their frustration about price differentials of up to 40%, and the confusion of some items being more expensive online than in-store, and vice versa. For a retailer that has enjoyed an enviably strong reputation with the shopping public, this retail customer experience was a big blow to its reputation.

Customer Experience 98

Customer Experience Shopping Accounting Consumer 98

Hyken

DECEMBER 3, 2021

He shares the four key areas that lead to elevated customer experiences while growing rapidly. This is often a tough act to balance: rapidly scaling up business while still providing personalized customer service. Happy Enabled Employees = Happy Customers. Voice of Customer. Closing the Operational Gap.

Customer Experience 114

Customer Experience Drop-Shipping Employee Engagement Accounting 114

Hyken

JUNE 8, 2023

This week, we feature an article by Sage , an international company that helps organizations of all sizes with accounting, payroll, and payment solutions. It discusses customer experience gaps that hinder profitability and how to close them. Are you providing as good of a customer experience as you think you are?

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Payment Services Accounting Checkout 52

Cisco Retail

JUNE 13, 2022

If you don’t know, Lifecycle Advantage is a leading customer experience management program for partners that leverages insights and automation to drive retention and growth. Improved customer satisfaction. In May, we went a step further, releasing enhanced telemetry in Cisco Lifecycle Advantage Success Program Insights.

Customer Experience 98

Customer Experience Accounting Management ATS 98

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2024

In today’s increasingly globalized market, multilingual support is no longer a luxury but a necessity for online retailers to deliver exceptional customer experiences (CX), successfully serve and grow their customer bases, increase sales and thrive in a competitive landscape. The true differentiator is CX.

Customer Experience 302

Customer Experience Clienteling Customer Retention Accounting 302

Cisco Retail

AUGUST 4, 2022

However, our partner experience team has found some Cisco partners are still leading customers manually, with little or no customer success practices in place, when the opportunity is there to take a more digital approach with Cisco Lifecycle Advantage Success Program Insights (SPI). All this, at no cost to the partner.

Customer Experience 122

Customer Experience Management Accounting Planning 122

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 6, 2024

Walmart has simplified the process for shoppers who want to support their local schools with the new Connected Accounts feature on the Box Tops for Education app. Shoppers can now give back by connecting their Walmart account with the Box Tops app, without needing to scan or submit receipts.

Accounting 202

Accounting Management ATS Customer Experience 202

Hyken

APRIL 8, 2022

He shares how retailers can understand the digital customer experience in the retail world. Did you know that 70% of consumers have stopped doing business with a brand following a poor customer experience? An experience through the customer’s buying journey is quite crucial and must be addressed by the retailers.

Customer Experience 62

Customer Experience Payment Services Home Furnishings Fulfillment 62

365 Retail

JUNE 8, 2022

The past two years has seen customer experience go from a nice to have to an absolutely essential element of business strategy. Retailers need to be one step ahead of their customers, recommending actions, suggested products and services at the point they are needed.

Customer Experience 58

Customer Experience Payment Services Fulfillment Shipping 58

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2023

Specifically, bot operators continue to siphon retailer profits with increasingly sophisticated automated threats — including account takeover, web and API scraping and more. According to the 2022 State of Bot Mitigation Report , nearly 70% of companies using anti-bot solutions lost revenue to bot-driven account fraud.

Merchant Services 301

Merchant Services Payment Services Accounting Checkout 301

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

billion, accounting for a record 18.9% Traditional Passwords are Ruining the Customer Experience. Traditional password systems deliver a grueling customer experience that often ends in frustration. Industry studies report nearly 90% of consumers are less likely to return to a website after a poor user experience.

Merchant Services 277

Merchant Services Shopping Customer Experience Accounting 277

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The retail industry had to reimagine ways to reach customers that sparked a digital transformation. The industry experimented with new approaches to how we do business in order to streamline the customer experience. One of the most common complaints customers have is waiting too long in checkout lines.

Payment Services 242

Payment Services Shopping Checkout Customer Experience 242

Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2023

To take this further, a significant 93% of shoppers consider the post-purchase experience to be important, but only 40% of retailers believe that their post-purchase experience is fully optimized. 59% of customers will stop doing business with a company after several bad experiences, and 17% will do so after just one bad experience.

Checkout 251

Checkout Customer Experience Consumer Shopping 251

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2024

Collaboration and Accountability Investing in improved recycling infrastructure and consumer education on proper recycling practices is critical to closing the loop on packaging waste and promoting a culture of environmental stewardship.

Consumer 162

Consumer Accounting Promotions Shipping 162

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

When members of the restaurant’s loyalty program hover their palm over the reader, associates can pull up their MyPanera account information, greet the guest by name and provide a customized experience, including palm-based payment.

Payment Services 229

Payment Services Planning ATS Supermarket 229

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

can link eligible accounts to earn 2% cash back from Bank of America (on top of the rewards and benefits they already earn on qualifying purchases) and one Star for every $2 spent at Starbucks. Customers can either link their accounts through the Bank of America or Starbucks site to start collecting rewards.

Sporting Goods 257

Sporting Goods Accounting Consumer Marketing 257

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2023

Walmart has launched a new ecommerce site and customer experience designed specifically for small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and nonprofits. The aim of the Walmart Business platform is to “remove complexity in purchasing, lower costs and give our customers more opportunities to serve their customers and communities.”

Payment Services 265

Payment Services Checkout Customer Experience Shipping 265

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

From signup to login to account changes and reviews, retailers face waves of opportunities to create a digital relationship with a customer. So how do we keep from alienating good customers while still filtering out bad actors taking aim from every angle — including false reviews, fake accounts and more?

Merchant Services 249

Merchant Services Payment Services Accounting Customer Experience 249

Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 2, 2023

Hot Topic has found that predictability — not necessarily speed — is among the most important aspects of the customer experience. The retailer has seen digital sales shift away from next-day deliveries, which now account for just 18.2% of orders, toward two -day or later windows, which account for 80%.

Inventory Management 264

Inventory Management Management Fulfillment Supply Chain Management 264

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Today, a savvy RMN recognizes the immense financial opportunities tied to delivering enhanced messaging, precise targeting and an exceptional customer experience through ad placements across diverse channels in our connected commerce world.

Accounting 262

Accounting Finance Marketing Consumer 262

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Users will be able to link their GNC accounts during the GNC Skill setup on their Amazon device or in the Amazon Alexa app on mobile devices. The skill will let GNC.com account holders repurchase products from their three most recent orders. While eMarketer projects that 47% of the U.S.

Accounting 249

Accounting Customer Experience Shopping Consumer 249

Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2024

The Iconic is the latest victim of ‘credential stuffing,’ a scam that resulted in customer accounts being used to place fraudulent orders, some totaling thousands of dollars, dating back to November last year. If customers are lucky, they may receive an unrelated item in the mail.

Payment Services 260

Payment Services Accounting Advertising Shopping 260

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 10, 2023

Insider Intelligence predicts that mobile commerce sales will account for 43.4% Although standard m-commerce sites offer ease and convenience, more consumers are spending more time in mobile apps, especially those that offer seamless and immersive brand experiences. of total U.S. retail ecommerce sales — and 6.5% of all U.S.

Consumer 238

Consumer Accounting Customer Experience Shopping 238

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 2, 2024

Over the last decade, retail brands like H&M, Zara and Urban Outfitters have anticipated this trend and launched apps to keep up with the ecommerce boom — a smart move considering it’s predicted that m-commerce (or mobile commerce) will account for 40.4% of ecommerce sales in 2024. However, building an app isn’t a quick-fix solution.

Customer Experience 242

Customer Experience Consumer Marketing Accounting 242

Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

RTP: Sephora is known for having a rich customer experience. Shoppers can interact in real time with a live beauty adviser — someone you can talk with and have that one-on-one experience. It’s one of the ways we incorporate the loyalty program into our experience.

Consumer 225

Consumer Drop-Shipping Customer Experience Accounting 225

Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Whether you’re looking to get paid faster, address current debtors or provide a better customer experience, implementing an integrated payment solution that delivers more ways for customers to pay their invoices, is a great solution for any business. Why should your business provide payment plans to business customers?

Payment Services 264

Payment Services Planning Finance Accounting 264

Cisco Retail

AUGUST 29, 2023

If there’s one thing that Raj Bhat, SDA for Premier Accounts in CX (Customer Experience) knows how to do, it’s how to create a bucket list, one that has taken him to Peru, Tanzania and beyond. But he … Read more on Cisco Blogs

Customer Experience 98

Customer Experience Accounting ATS 98

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Online shoppers have more options at their fingertips than ever and have developed a fickle tolerance for user experiences they consider clumsy, slow or just plain inconvenient. Passwords are at the heart of the issue and account for 30% of all abandoned online purchases.

Payment Services 257

Payment Services Shopping Accounting Checkout 257