Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

That’s why these immersive experiences need to be a near-term goal, and not part of retailers’ five-year plan. But while augmented reality shopping experiences are still in their infancy and may sound complex, they really don’t need to be. Experiential Effects: Give Your Customers a Gift. What does that mean?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The letdown customers experience when their orders don’t arrive on time, or at all, results in uncertainty and distrust that’s difficult — if not impossible — to remedy. Retailers can expect that customers will turn to other vendors; once this happens, they’ve lost both the sale and the customer’s trust and loyalty.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

With its innovative Smart Parcel Lockers, Smartech offers a comprehensive solution that not only resolves return hassles but also enhances the overall customer experience. Ank Sobti, e-commerce director at Smartech, underscores the significance of elevating customer experience in today’s fiercely competitive retail landscape.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Throughout my career as a customer experience (CX) practitioner, I’ve seen brands make the same mistake time and again by believing that metrics alone improve customer experiences and loyalty. Too many organizations are content with merely managing their experiences and setting better metrics as their only North Star.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The landscape of commerce and delivering customer experience changed dramatically over the past year, as millions of shoppers found health, safety, social distance and remote work taking center stage in their daily lives. So what are the customer experience and commerce trends that will continue, or become more fully realized, in 2021?

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Inside Retail

JUNE 22, 2022

Improving the customer experience has been an important point of focus for retailers for quite some time. Happy customers are happy spenders, who then go on to share their experiences with other potential customers – so investing in their positive impressions of a store makes good business sense.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 8, 2021

“We had to operate on overdrive,” Michelle Yanez-Olivares, Accent Group’s head of customer experience (CX), told Inside Retail. To help the CX team keep up with this increased demand, the company has opened a new CX hub at its head office in Melbourne. The rise of virtual selling.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Senior retail consultant at Univers Retail | Published author | Visiting lecturer. As consumption is becoming less focused on the product and more focused on the experience of accessing the product, new brand management practices are being shaped, whether at luxury or mass industry levels. Ghalia BOUSTANI, PhD.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2021

As digital-first shopping is here to stay, retailers must invest in connected experiences — and success hinges on frictionless operations. Creating cohesive customer experiences. Today’s consumers expect more than just personalised experiences. Unifying customer data. And consumers can feel it.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 11, 2022

If we were to sum up what brands need to know about Gen Z customer experiences preferences (and employee experience preferences) in a few words, it would go something like this: they’re different. Tip #1: Seamless and efficient experiences are a must. Revolutionary even.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S., We are always looking for new ways to delight our customers and improve the shopping experience,” said Leandro Balbinot, CTO at Whole Foods Market in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2024

That’s why retailers must find ways to optimize their cloud resource planning strategies ahead of a time of demand. Scalability Is Key One key aspect of effective cloud resource planning is being able to dynamically scale infrastructure. Here are three key components of a well-managed ecommerce cloud strategy. So Who’s Doing It Well?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 16, 2024

At the same time, Ebay has introduced a new integration with digital IDs from Certilogo that will make it easier for sellers to list their items on the resale platform. Throughout the day, starting at 9 a.m. Slated for May 21, the holiday will be celebrated across the Ebay platform as the company unveils its latest Recommerce Report.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 15, 2024

Artificial intelligence dominated headlines and water cooler conversations in 2023, and 2024 is looking to be no different (if the conversations and showcases at CES and NRF’s Big Show are any indication). Nearly all (95%) of respondents in the Google survey said that generative AI will have an impact on the customer experience.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Earlier this year, Foot Locker unveiled a plan to drive long-term growth in the business by investing in new store formats and technology, right-sizing its retail footprint, embracing sneaker culture and deepening its relationship with customers. or ‘How should I approach the technical maintenance of [something]?’,

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The new “Triple Shot” plan builds on the original reinvention strategy introduced by former CEO Howard Schultz at the company’s Investor Day in September 2022. said Michael Conway, Group President of International and Channel Development at Starbucks in a statement. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 21, 2023

Staples has launched tiered Total Support Plans to provide customers with access to 24/7/365 computer support. The new plans were developed to protect customers from viruses, identity theft, crashed laptops, accidents and other problems with a live agent available at any time of day. Retail in a statement.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

During her time at Lululemon, which spanned 13 years from 2012 to 2020, Shaughnessy led over 40 stores and oversaw the brand’s national wholesale and community presence in ANZ. Its 10th store will open at Sunshine Plaza on March 10, and its 11th store at Pacific Fair on May 4. It also took home the award for outstanding growth.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Citing its actions following previous corporate mergers, Kroger said it plans to lower prices when its planned merger with Albertsons is finalized. The supermarket giant will invest $500 million to lower prices on “day one” following the transaction’s close, and also plans to invest $1.3

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

While many holiday shoppers favor online experiences to avoid waiting in endless checkout lines or battling over parking spaces, many now face competition from a new challenger: automated bad bots. The bot operators then resell the goods at a higher margin to make a profit. A Roadmap to a Bad Bot-Free Holiday Shopping Experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

Former Walmart exec and Jet.com founder Marc Lore and his newest company Wonder Group have raised $700 million from various investors to support its Vision, Capital and People (VCP) plan , which is designed to support the business’ execution and scale, Lore revealed in a LinkedIn post. both of which are scheduled to open this year.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2023

The acceptance of cash has started to trend upwards again, but payment technology is helping businesses to deliver consistently better experiences, so what does the future hold? Cashless transactions grew significantly at the start of Covid-19 but, over the past year or so, cash acceptance has rebounded slightly.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

Tara Daly, senior director of product marketing at Loop Returns , shares with Inside Retail advice on getting started in the US market, some tips on cross-border shipping and logistics – including managing returns in a way that builds customer loyalty – and how to drive repeat business. The post Planning to sell online in the US?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The planned upgrades follow soft launches of the concept earlier this year in Torrance, Calif., The revamped stores will feature a new layout designed to support one-on-one customer experiences. West Chester Township, Ohio, Lexington, Ky. and Cool Springs, Tenn.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Ikea will open a Plan and Order Point as its third store in the Dallas-Fort Worth market on Nov. 29, 2023, offering design consultations as well as a location where customers can pick up their online orders. In April 2023 the retailer revealed plans to invest more than $2.2 in a statement. billion to enhance U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 16, 2022

Third-party marketplaces have emerged as one of the biggest growth opportunities for retailers this year, with companies from Macy’s and Bed Bath & Beyond to Giant Food and Michaels launching marketplaces (or announcing plans to do so) in the last six months alone. Second Time’s the Charm? The value of a marketplace is in the curation.”.

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Small Biz Trends

JULY 8, 2021

However, human interaction is still key in creating a positive customer experience. Taking into account of the last year, with companies forced to rapidly digitize, many business leaders have grappled with the challenge of humanizing customer experience with the new technologies that have been implemented.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2023

Amazon is planning to eliminate 9,000 jobs over the coming weeks, mostly in its AWS, People Experience and Technology (PXT), Advertising and Twitch businesses.

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Hyken

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Customer service and customer experience (CX) are more than what happens after the sale. It actually begins long before a customer ever makes a purchase. Then, there’s the experience during the sales process and what happens after the sale, which could include a typical customer support call and more.

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I Vend

MARCH 17, 2023

Ask any retailer and they’ll tell you that an enhanced customer experience is at the top of their ‘must do’ list. Improving customer experience is the key to winning new customers, keeping existing ones happy and bumping up revenue and profit.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 22, 2022

The upgrades are aimed at benefiting retailers as well as customers. Some of the planned improvements include barcode scanning, more efficient inventory management, easier options for adding product images and real-time support to fix any issues that come up.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 25, 2024

By 2026, Mango plans to open 500 stores in key markets such as Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. The country is one of our international growth key markets with an ambitious expansion plan to become one of Mango’s top three markets in terms of sales in 2026. In 2024 we aim to open a total of 30 new stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Madison Reed responded by building out its omnichannel experiences: in the last 18 months , the retailer has launched virtual hair coloring parties, added video consultations and introduced video screens at its Color Bars. Madison Reed plans to have the screens installed at 50% of its Color Bars by the end of 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Rent the Runway has lowered its revenue expectations for 2023, now saying it plans to at least match 2022 revenues of $296.4 We made significant progress in Q2 across the bottom line, exceeding our profitability guidance, and with Adjusted EBITDA margins hitting a historic high at 10.2%. 8, 2023. “We

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Hyken

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Top Takeaways: Businesses use advanced technology like search and generative AI to create better customer experiences. When customers visit a company’s website and use the search bar to find information, the technology behind it can provide relevant and helpful results, making it easier to get the answers they need.

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Inside Retail

JULY 3, 2022

A deep focus on your customer to offer maximum personalisation is the best use case for any platform. When faced with a new channel, the first question we should all ask is how will it benefit our customers? The post The new personal: How retailers are shifting focus onto customer experience appeared first on Inside Retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2023

Walmex , Walmart ’s Mexico and Central America business, is planning to spend nearly $1.5 Walmex plans to invest 45% of the funds to upgrade an unspecified number of existing stores. Walmex plans to invest 45% of the funds to upgrade an unspecified number of existing stores. billion in the region in 2023.

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