Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2023

It’s no secret that retailers and brands have become obsessed with driving conversion in their quest to recover the more than half of shoppers who abandon checkout before completing their purchase. Maximizing that combination of factors can be accomplished at checkout, as long as it’s not stripped of all its goodness.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

The service, which Sephora is now rolling out across all of its freestanding stores, will allow customers to pay for their purchases anywhere there’s WiFi or cellular service available. Associates will need to install the mobile Point of Sale App on their iPhones to use it.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2023

“We believe the future of grocery will lean heavily into personalization — whether it’s achieved through in-store smart carts or by providing the best possible ecommerce experience for our customers,” said Chace MacMullan, Senior Director of Digital Experience at Schnucks in a statement. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Amazon spokesperson Carly Golden, quoted by CNBC , said “We’ve heard from customers that while they enjoyed the benefit of skipping the checkout line with Just Walk Out, they also wanted the ability to easily find nearby products and deals, view their receipt as they shop and know how much money they saved while shopping throughout the store.”

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Walmart has unveiled a reimagined store design, with a new look and feel that focuses on a digitally enabled shopping experience. At the entrance, clean, colorful iconography and a store directory welcome customers and encourage them to download and use the Walmart app while they shop.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

Technology — specifically edge computing — provides the foundation for a better customer experience, real-time inventory management, enhanced security and loss prevention and in-store analytics. Computer vision at the edge would create more personalized shopping experiences that synchronize in-person, online and mobile interactions.

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M19 Retail

JULY 5, 2023

MIAMI, FLORIDA, July 5, 2023 – Mi9 Retail, a leading provider of Retail Software, is pleased to announce that the Aubuchon Company has successfully piloted Mi9 Store Self-Checkout in their hardware and home improvement stores. said Jeni McKewon, Mi9 Retail POS Product Manager. About Aubuchon Founded by William E.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Vivek Malik, Senior Vice President of Store Systems. Zippin , a provider of checkout-free technologies for brick-and-mortar retail, has hired veteran retail executive Vivek Malik, formerly Senior Director of Infrastructure and Store IT at 7-Eleven , as its SVP of Store Systems. . Malik brings nearly 20.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

New research from Capterra finds that tip fatigue — exhaustion caused by the pressure to tip more money to a widening array of workers — is a serious problem affecting most consumers who use checkout tablets at restaurants and other businesses. This should give pause to any business that uses checkout tablets.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Stripe will be the first payment platform to offer the service to business customers, including the Shopify Point of Sale app this spring. With Tap to Pay on iPhone, millions of businesses using Stripe can enhance their in-person commerce experience by offering their customers a fast and secure checkout.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The Worcester R e d Sox (the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox) has teamed up with Standard AI to open an autonomous fan store at the team’s newly constructed stadium, Polar Park. Fans enter the store, grab the items they want and then, using the Standard AI checkout app, simply tap their phone to walk out.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2023

There’s an art and science to using customer data to capture shopping behaviors and trends and activating that data along with the right shopping features. Instant answers about product sizing or shipping details can greatly influence the shopping experience and make or break a sale. Tip 3: Optimize navigation and search.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Whether it was inspiration from this “summer of sport” or keeping up with the ever-changing weather, the increasing unpredictability of consumers’ shopping habits was on display this summer. The cost-of-living crisis is undoubtedly driving buying decisions, so simplifying the consumer journey is essential for closing the sale.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2024

But while AI is already delivering big changes to retailers’ bottom lines, it hasn’t yet truly transformed the way consumers shop. AI agents will shop for you. Retailers are readying auto-shopping bots that allow consumers to enter very detailed preferences (styles, brands, materials, sizes, prices, etc.)

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

With positive feedback from customers and arena executives, the new technology will now be deployed at Lumen Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks, at the new Seahawks Pro Shop Outlet for the 2023-24 NFL season. This means products like clothing need to be packaged in bags or boxes — but that’s not always the way people shop for soft goods.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

Such RFID data is critical when goods are stolen to be resold and also gives valuable insights into which stores require more attention in terms of security. Adopting advanced technology in retail stores makes the shopping experience more engaging. Self-checkout. Exceptional customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

Appointments for high-end fashion brand shopping have been a long-time standard, but they’ve begun to trickle down to fast fashion brands like H&M and Zara too. Customers book an appointment online and then shop in-store, creating a more curated feel while making life easier for associates to manage.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

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. 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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Inside Retail

APRIL 11, 2022

The pandemic has greatly shifted consumers’ preferences for shopping, whether this be physically or online. The increased prevalence of omnichannel solutions has forced businesses to rethink their approach to keeping consumers engaged when shopping in-store. An example of this is using a QR code system.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As a proud classic movie buff, I thought I’d do a little reflecting on shopping scenes from memorable films made about 40 years apart. Thank goodness this was set in the days before self-checkout, which would have robbed Lithgow’s character of the chance to help a lady in distress. Cashier: I don’t think I was treating her badly.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

Things like ecommerce will soon eclipse brick-and-mortar, retail is facing an apocalypse or delivery to home will become the norm in grocery shopping. Shoppers are returning to stores, again. In the ChaseDesign Q1 Shopper Sentiment Survey, 85% of people said, “I plan to shop in physical stores more in 2022 than last year.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

Non-staff members can use credit cards, mobile wallets, QR codes or the Amazon One palm payment system to enter and shop at the checkout-free stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As a proud classic movie buff, I thought I’d do a little reflecting on shopping scenes from memorable films made about 40 years apart. Thank goodness this was set in the days before self-checkout, which would have robbed Lithgow’s character of the chance to help a lady in distress. Cashier: I don’t think I was treating her badly.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Connectivity is critical to driving in-store traffic, providing a seamless shopping experience, fostering a robust brand connection and creating lasting memories. In short, the wow factor for the store depends heavily on the store’s network connection. You get the drift. Tractor Supply Co.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After years of lockdowns and digital-driven behaviors, consumers’ actions have shown how crucial the store experience is to how they shop and interact with brands. As a result, all hands are on deck to implement new technologies and procedures — even store design teams.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

With respect to optimizing employee efficiencies, generative AI could be used by store associates on handheld devices to think up product recommendations when advising customers, and AI will hopefully be deployed in order to achieve the most ideal sales floor schedules. Shopping should be rewardingly seamless for everyone involved.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The mall, which opened after a years-long delay in October 2019 , struggled (as many retailers and malls did) with COVID-19’s impact on in-person shopping. The concept was developer by Triple Five Group and is billed as the “first-ever modest clothing department store” (i.e. The “AD” in the store’s name refers to “American Dream.”)

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The digitization of brick-and-mortar stores is nothing new, but up until recently it has primarily been focused on surfaces in the store that are already digital: point-of-sale systems or back-of-house tasks like inventory management. Here are three examples of retailers already doing it today.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 26, 2022

For those not familiar, it’s an enormous structure, and like most auto-centric suburban shopping centers, it’s surrounded by acres of parking spaces. Supreet Barhay: Even before the pandemic, we were looking at ways shopping centers could draw more foot traffic by creating additional places for community and engagement.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Instead, consumers are more likely to embark on fewer but more intentional shopping trips, making more purchases per visit. Affirming evidence came from recent research by CBRE, which found consumers in Italy and Spain spending 10% to 15% more per store visit since reopening. Post-pandemic, leisurely sprees might be left in the past.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The point-of-sale (POS) system has always been the one truly indispensable technology for any merchant, large or small. Features like AI-powered recommendations and dynamic pricing are personalizing shopping experiences. Simply asking ‘How was your shopping experience today?’

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Panelists shared insights from the Salesforce Shopping Index , which collected responses from more than one billion consumers worldwide, and the annual Sixth Edition: State of Marketing Report , which was released this May. Given the proliferation of shopping platforms, retail marketers are striving to make the checkout experience easy.

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M19 Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Alterra, known for its commitment to providing exceptional outdoor experiences, sought to enhance its retail operations across multiple facets as well as to centralize systems across all their resorts. With enhanced visibility into real-time data, store associates can make informed decisions and improve customer service.

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Independent Retailer

JULY 29, 2022

The versatile solution increases inventory traceability to the item-level, and as a result, facilitates smart mirrors in fitting rooms, checkout-less shopping, social media integration, and indoor mapping through smartphones. The adoption of RFID technology also allows retailers to reduce the friction at checkout points.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

At its 350+ stores in 11 countries, Crocs has implemented customer engagement and merchandise management solutions for POS, merchandising, audit and operations management and analytics.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

On the diversity, equity and inclusion front, Stephen Wicks of BlackBusinessList.com and Deborah Biddle, Founder and Chief Consultant of The People Company, will examine the state of how DE&I strategies are executed at the store level. The ins and outs of livestreaming. 16 from 3 to 3:30 p.m. 17 from 1:20 to 2:10 p.m.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 9, 2024

This is the second part of our two-part series, “From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out: A Look at Autonomous Retail Experiences.” In part one we went beyond the headlines to uncover the reality of the self-checkout situation. In part two, we’re examining the feasibility of fully autonomous checkout solutions like Amazon’s Just Walk Out.

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