Retail TouchPoints

JULY 25, 2023

Any retailer that’s attempted to provide pickup and delivery services knows how fraught (not to mention expensive) they can be. But it’s how those stores operate that allows them to effectively serve as fulfillment hubs. Fast, efficient store fulfillment also made advances in Walgreens’ delivery services possible. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 27, 2022

The demand for grocery omnichannel ecommerce has been fueled by the pandemic, specifically consumers’ desire for convenience. To keep up with this demand and consumer expectations, grocers will have to invest in the right forward-looking technology to evolve omnichannel offerings to meet customer needs.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Associates play a crucial in the omnichannel customer experience. They create a face for the brand and use their personal experiences and opinions to guide shoppers seamlessly through the decision-making journey. If shoppers begin their journey in a store, they can easily finish it online. Photo courtesy of Harry Rosen.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

To prove the value of these experiences, Buzek cited results at retailer Sam’s Club , where stores that offered a self-checkout option registered sales 18% higher than those without it. Buzek, who has studied and quantified retail technology for decades, shared the top 10 contactless trends to watch for in the coming months and years.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

The Save Mart Companies , a 194 -store supermarket chain operating in California and western Nevada, has partnered with Flashfood to offer high-quality groceries at up to 50% off and, not incidentally, divert food waste from landfills. SNAP EBT payment capabilities are built in to the Flashfood platform, benefiting the 4.6

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2022

Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty.

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Inside Retail

JULY 11, 2023

In this year’s global edition of the Omnichannel Leadership Report from NewStore – a retail survey that audits around 275 brands across several key international markets – Australia has emerged as a frontrunner in providing consumers with outstanding omnichannel experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Broadcasters then could look to get more out of their product by extending the customer experience beyond the TV show. As with any first-party data collaboration, it is paramount that media owners ensure they have the technology in place to facilitate security and privacy. Lucy Cunningham is Enterprise Sales Director at InfoSum.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 12, 2021

Enter low-code, which abstracts away many of the hurdles from the consumer-facing app development process. With the popularity of low-code development increasing month by month, the prevalence of low-code platforms has grown apace to fulfill this need. Low-Code Development Advantages. The Transformation for the Taking.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 26, 2021

If you’re a wholesale retailer or brand owner and you haven’t already launched a direct-to-consumer sales channel, you’d better be thinking about it. You will need their talents when it comes to: Design Customer experience (CX) Search engine optimization (SEO) Web maintenance Customer engagement Product returns.

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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.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

As consumers increasingly adopt hybrid and omnichannel experiences, retailers must adapt to meet changing consumer expectations. Consumers expect brands to provide seamless access to products and services via mobile apps. Location-Powered Experiences Drive Results. How do These Strategies Drive Results?

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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. By automating this process and creating a cross-border catalog, Under Armour was able to double the ROI of its social campaigns.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

The statistics show that more and more retail businesses are implementing IoT solutions to explore new ways of connecting with customers, boost sales and streamline business operations. region or individual stores, reducing energy consumption and utility costs without negatively impacting the customer experience.

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Retail Bound

APRIL 13, 2024

From the manufacturers to the distributors, to your retail store – there are many factors and unexpected costs to consider during the shipping process that can be often overlooked. When a customer places an order, the retailer forwards it to a third-party supplier, who then ships the product directly to the customer.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Rather than being limited to a jam-packed four to five weeks from Black Friday to Christmas Eve, consumers are beginning their shopping as early as October (with a few doing so even earlier than that). The return to offices and social events is inspiring consumers to level up their wardrobes and focus more on apparel and footwear.

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Retail Bound

JANUARY 12, 2023

Therefore, to be successful, eCommerce retailers and eCommerce order fulfillment services need to understand the new trends in consumer shopping behavior. They also need to adopt business strategies that meet the current expectation of an online customer to improve the customer’s experience.

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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. In fact, 61% of consumers are willing to pay more for a better experience, while 55% would switch brands for better levels of service. In order to fulfil these demands, data is essential.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Understanding consumer behaviors will be key to building (or rebuilding) a successful retail business in a post-pandemic world. Data will fuel the shift to digital, according to expert contributors to the recent Retail TouchPoints (RTP) webinar, Analyzing The Shift To Digital From 7,000 Marketers And 1B Consumers Worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2021

Brands also need to own this entire journey, otherwise they run the risk of losing control and any chance of retaining their customers along with it. If a customer experiences downtime on a website or an outdated mobile app with a broken UX, they’ll bounce to a competitor. From Monolith to Microservices.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

To attract a new generation of shoppers, retailers are looking to redefine go-to-market strategies and reimagine the customer experience inside their physical store locations. To accomplish this, operational models need to be adapted quickly.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

In 2017, Polywood had a great product sustainability story (its outdoor furniture is made from 100% recycled plastic and comes with a 20-year guarantee) and a solid launching pad for direct-to-consumer sales (a 27 -year history of selling through big box, home improvement and specialty patio stores). It was an involved, intense process.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The 15 sessions covered a wide range of topics, so to make it easier to browse we’ve organized the sessions into four categories: Holiday 2021 forecasts and how best to prepare for 2022; Building loyalty with connected consumer experiences; Key ecommerce and digital marketing trends; and Embedding innovation within your retail organization.

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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 Minded

JULY 29, 2023

According to McKinsey & Company , 75% of consumers are exploring new shopping behaviors, indicating a significant change in their preferences and priorities. Understanding Changing Consumer Behavior The retail industry is undoubtedly no longer what it used to be; customer shopping habits and preferences are quickly changing.

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Retail Minded

JULY 29, 2023

According to McKinsey & Company , 75% of consumers are exploring new shopping behaviors, indicating a significant change in their preferences and priorities. Understanding Changing Consumer Behavior The retail industry is undoubtedly no longer what it used to be; customer shopping habits and preferences are quickly changing.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

After years of degrading consumer trust in platforms, brands and the influencers they hire, Agha’s premise is that his TikTok-esque social commerce platform — which features product reviews only from real, authenticated shoppers — will power the next wave of ecommerce discovery and online community.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Whether a crisis lasts for weeks, months or years, it is clear that the global response to the pandemic has fundamentally changed consumer realities and the retailers they do business with. As consumer behaviour continues to evolve, expectations for e-commerce, along with the blended, hybrid options for fulfilment, continue to gather pace.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Among consumers – and not just Millennials – social commerce is gaining significant traction, growing three times as fast as overall e-commerce. While social commerce can provide greater reach and deeper engagement with customers, it also presents issues around supply-chain management. Higher customer expectations .

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Cisco Retail

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Throughout that transition, retailers relied on brand loyalty for consumer retention. Online commerce generally existed in parallel to the in-store experience, effectively as a separate, and in some cases competing business to the physical stores, duplicating many of the lines of business. Attracting and Engaging Customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Many consumer companies were struggling before the arrival of COVID-19. The pandemic has accelerated the shift away from shopping in person, making it difficult for many brick-and-mortar retailers to sell products, service their debt load and pay vendors. It might mean reaching out to vendors and suppliers to renegotiate payment terms.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 23, 2022

The next step for the 112-year-old floral and gift brand is offering its partner florists updated features within its new MercuryOnline (MOL) platform, powered by Shopify , which FTD CTO Matt Powell describes as “ how digital commerce interfaces with store operations.”. Applying New-School Technology to Old-School Customer Service.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

Ikea have established themselves as an affordable and accessible homewares brand for Australian consumers but they are showing no signs of slowing down. IR : What are your expectations for consumer sentiment and spending in the year ahead? The rising expectations of customers are propelling our omnichannel strategy at lightning speed.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 3, 2023

stores and 12X digital revenue growth over the past few years — has required Snipes to reimagine the approach it took in Europe while powering operations with a strong technology stack. “ We are very focused on getting physically in front of our consumer, and i n Europe the strategy there is around very niche markets like dance, BMX, etc.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JANUARY 16, 2024

As we step into 2024, the retail sector is undergoing significant transformations in technology, supply chain dynamics, and consumer behavior. This trend not only enhances the overall shopping experience but also bridges the gap between online and offline retail.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 8, 2023

So the questions retailers should be asking themselves are: How loyal are your customers? And how are you giving them a value-added product or service for being loyal to you? That [retailer-loyal customer] interchange has never been stronger. What are you doing to nurture them?

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The overall objective of these solutions is to ensure operational quality and stability. Daraz focuses on innovating our services and adjusting our operations according to our markets’ demands; this includes optimising our distribution network in our markets,” Ahmed Tanveer, chief operating officer for Daraz Pakistan, told Inside Retail.

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