Inside Retail

MARCH 25, 2024

In an era of fierce competition to attract consumers’ tightening budgets, customer experience has become the key edge retailers can deploy to stand above the competition. The post Mobile POS tools are a vital tool in elevating in-store customer experiences appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Customer experience (CX) optimization is a necessity for ecommerce retailers and other online businesses that want to convert visitors, drive sales and cultivate customer loyalty. That way, as consumer preferences and technology change, your site will deliver what your customers are looking for.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

trillion in 2025, and this growth means that AR experiences will “have the potential to change the social commerce game for brands targeting tech-savvy consumer demographics,” according to a recent TIME report. Your advertising creative needs to give your audience — in this case your target customers — something they find valuable.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2023

Many brands are getting so caught up with trends like AI or the latest social media platform, they’re overlooking the importance of the customer experience, contends an expert in experiential retail. As a shopper, a consumer like everybody else, it’s all about getting back to the basics: Just make things easy and convenient.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2022

Brands have always focused on personal touches and customization for consumers, yet a recent eMarketer report found growing concerns around data privacy, with nearly nine out of 10 consumers saying it’s important to them. This has led to extreme distrust, fear and even anger.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

At a time when brand interactions bridge both digital and physical shopping, it is increasingly important for retailers to leverage technology to improve customer experiences and create value. Here are a few examples of how technology enhances customer experience and strengthens brand value.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2021

In today’s new normal, the shopping experience is no longer defined by the boundaries of bricks-and-mortar, but by the customer journey as a whole. Consumers now expect retailers to engage them whenever and wherever they want, with a shopping experience tailored to their individual needs. And consumers can feel it.

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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. More than one-third of consumers now shop online each week, up from 28% pre-pandemic.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In a landscape saturated with marketing messages vying for consumer attention, personalisation has emerged as a beacon guiding brands to foster deeper connections with their audience. The post Creating customer experiences that drive ROI appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Inside Retail

MAY 7, 2023

In a world where customers are bombarded with information as brands try to get more exposure, data silos continue to stand in the way of good customer experiences, according to Emarsys’ APAC VP of Revenue, Kristyn Wallace. Of course, the customer must always be at the heart of that decision-making process.”

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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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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Albertsons Media Collective will integrate rewards app Fetch into its retail media network (RMN) offerings, using Fetch Points to incentivize consumers to try products, add more to shopping carts and maintain relationships with their favorite brands. The Albertsons RMN expanded its onsite offerings by partnering with Criteo in January 2024.

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Retail Customer Experience

JULY 30, 2024

Focusing on Gen Z is crucial as the generation is setting trends that influence broader consumer behavior, according to Andrea Sengara, VP of marketing at Campari America.

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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. This new space will give us the ability to work collaboratively, be innovative, thrive as a team and bring all the Customer Experience ideas to life,” Yanez-Olivares said on LinkedIn last month. “It’s

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2024

The study of 12,000 people across 14 countries found that consumers will reward brands that embrace humour with loyalty, advocacy and repeat purchases. A whopping 41 per cent of customers would walk away from brands that don’t make them laugh and smile on a regular basis. And what brand doesn’t want to improve its consumers’ recall?

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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. Tip #4: Strong brand values are make-or-break.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Because while they may feel they are communicating something weighty, it doesn’t mean consumers will hear it, let alone act. Additionally, consumers still have pandemic-related and sustainability concerns, ranging from reluctance to shop in crowded stores to environmental issues around the use of cardboard and plastic-heavy displays.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 4, 2024

The customer experience is paramount to the success of today’s retailers. This includes enhancing in-store inventory, delivery services and even the personalization of customer service. However, when it’s time to check out, how do payment options factor into that customer experience?

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Retail formats in an omnichannel context ensure a seamless experience . In an omnichannel retail environment, each retail format becomes an active contributor of a positive customer experience. They can easily trace their product to the store and then to consumers. What lessons can be learned?

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Confirming the cost-of-living impact on retail spending attitudes this year, the latest Westpac Bank consumer confidence monitor shows Australians are as pessimistic currently as they were at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and the global financial crisis of 2008. An example of the importance of the experience is in restaurants.

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Theatro

MAY 13, 2024

Enhancing Customer Experiences Through Improved Connections Effective communication within retail environments is vital for sustaining productivity and ensuring your team is enhancing customer experience. consumers stating that their shopping choices are swayed by these encounters.

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Theatro

MAY 13, 2024

Enhancing Customer Experiences Through Improved Connections Effective communication within retail environments is vital for sustaining productivity and ensuring your team is enhancing customer experience. consumers stating that their shopping choices are swayed by these encounters.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Brands, in their never-ending quest for relevance, must dive deep into human experiences, connecting with consumers at an emotional level. Each employee or consumer must feel that they are part of something bigger than themselves. What can you show, tell and teach the consumer? Purpose-Driven Design. ??The

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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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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In a climate where consumers are wanting more bespoke retail experiences on and offline, businesses are leveraging generative artificial intelligence (AI) to provide this in a way that is both economical and sustainable. Mys Tyler’s recently launched AI stylist is one such example.

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Retail Customer Experience

JUNE 17, 2024

Research reveals consumers are willing to pay a premium for products from companies that demonstrate a deep understanding of and care for their customers.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2022

A digitised era for Australian bricks-and-mortar retailers is here, and it’s transforming the customer experience by sending receipts directly to their bank app. Smart Receipts allow you to offer that same level of service, making more customers your best customers. Paper receipts are so 2021.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Xponent Ignite aims to deliver industry-tailored, pre-built customer journeys with pre-configured integrations that personalize and automate customer touchpoints to drive immediate value to the consumer.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 8, 2024

Due to the immense benefits of online retail in customer reach, cost-effectiveness, and service efficiency, multiple industries have shifted to e-commerce to revolutionise business operations. Vintage and sustainable selections Lastly, another online retailer meeting the demands of eco-conscious consumers is Peep Eyewear.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 17, 2022

Casual lifestyle brand Tom Tailor has launched a new mobile shopping experience through the NewStore omnichannel cloud platform’s Consumer App. Our new app puts the experience of a flagship store in our customers’ hands.”.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2024

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued an interpretive rule confirming that buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders are in essence credit card providers, meaning they will be required to provide consumers with legal protections and rights, including in cases of disputed charges and issuing refunds. 1, 2024.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Through the use of people tracking solutions, retailers can look for efficiencies and work to always enhance the full customer experience. He is a multifaceted executive leader with 15 years of experience in marketing, sales, and creative. In an ever-changing market, evaluation and positive action is always key.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2024

Today’s consumers are craving a truly unique shopping experience. We are only at the beginning, and as brands begin to scale their AI utilisation, its full spectrum of benefits for consumers and retailers alike will be uncovered. And how will it shape the way we shop? And one of the foremost concerns is security.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 14, 2023

But in a race to the bottom are we creating a battlefield that will only encourage consumers to shop around and switch? And the way to do this is by creating experiences for customers over and above discounts and sales. Existing customers tend to spend nearly a third more too. And it starts with your people.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Despite the “still-tough consumer backdrop”, as CEO Mary Dillon acknowledged in August, Foot Locker remains focused on its big-picture goal of growing revenue from $8 billion to $10 billion. and it’ll spit out the answer,” Quincey said at the Consumer Goods Forum’s global summit in Japan earlier this year.

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