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

MAY 16, 2024

I’m conscious about everything I buy, and it’s why I shop preloved on Ebay. Coinciding with Recommerce Day on May 21, Ebay will release its fourth annual Recommerce Report showing that consumers are increasingly shopping preloved goods. Throughout the day, starting at 9 a.m.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

In the realm of online shopping, retailers often perceive returns as an unavoidable inconvenience that presents them with logistical hurdles, financial burdens, and the threat of customer dissatisfaction. In today’s competitive retail sphere, customer satisfaction is paramount.

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Customer Experience Returns Management Location 130

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.

Customer Experience 240

Customer Experience Inventory Management Fulfillment Inventory Turnover 240

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.

Customer Experience 221

Customer Experience Customer Retention Payment Services Advertising 221

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? This Plan and Order Point will also have a Pick Up Point for customers onsite.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

To conclude, brands that aimed at investing more in the social variable have replicated the experience of shopping with friends through devices, like squad shopping and group buying. . Retail formats in an omnichannel context ensure a seamless experience . Engaging the senses. What lessons can be learned?

Customer Experience 246

Customer Experience Management Payment Services Clienteling 246

Inside Retail

JANUARY 4, 2024

As the driving force behind a new era of hyper-personalisation, efficiency and sustainable retail experiences, its impact on the way we shop cannot be understated. And how will it shape the way we shop? Today’s consumers are craving a truly unique shopping experience.

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Consumer Customer Experience Department Stores Shopping 267

Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 21, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of ecommerce, retailers face the ongoing challenge of adapting their cloud infrastructure to meet the demands of unpredictable consumer behavior. That’s why retailers must find ways to optimize their cloud resource planning strategies ahead of a time of demand. So Who’s Doing It Well?

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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

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

David’s Bridal will showcase personalized service and inclusivity with a new store format in approximately 30 locations, including 12 all-new shops, in 2023. The planned upgrades follow soft launches of the concept earlier this year in Torrance, Calif., West Chester Township, Ohio, Lexington, Ky. and Cool Springs, Tenn. ”

Customer Experience 223

Customer Experience Clienteling Boutique Accessories 223

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 15, 2024

Traditional shopping malls are poised for a dynamic transformation, presenting attractive real estate opportunities as more spaces become vacant and accessible. Floor plans of the existing building or previous historic drawings are great reference materials.

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Shopping Department Stores Location Outdoor 266

Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

Localise your home page and checkout experience and invest in some marketing so you can start to assess demand. Making the whole international shopping experience seamless is a journey that takes time, so don’t expect everything to be perfect right away,” she continues. A clear and seamless returns experience is critical.

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Planning Shipping Returns Customer Retention 291

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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Planning Grocer Supermarket Shopping 272

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

During a peak holiday shopping period in November 2021, bad bot traffic increased by 73%, negatively impacting customers’ online experiences in the process. For retailers, inventory hoarding by bad bots has become a critical challenge to manage during the holiday shopping season.

Customer Experience 263

Customer Experience Management Checkout Shopping 263

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 15, 2024

Nvidia surveyed more than 400 retail professionals at all organizational levels and found that while AI adoption is still in its early stages, more than 60% of respondents are planning to boost their AI investments in the next 18 months.

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Loss Prevention Planning Customer Experience Inventory Management 303

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. and New York’s Times Square.

Payment Services 221

Payment Services Shopping Planning Fulfillment 221

Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2023

As Australians adopt the latest digital payment methods, the future of frictionless, automated transactions will offer a completely new customer experience. Consumers, too, preferred to use contactless payments or to shop online. Consumers, too, preferred to use contactless payments or to shop online.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Customer Experience Point of Sale 130

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data highlights a significant deceleration in inflation, now standing at half of last year’s peak. This moderating trend in inflation is an encouraging development, but it is not without its caveats, particularly within the dynamic and complex terrain of the retail and consumer goods industries.

Consumer 218

Consumer Payment Services Supply Chain Management Store Layout 218

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Ingka Group , parent company of Ikea Retail, has debuted an AI-powered home design inspiration and shopping tool on the OpenAI GPT Store. only, but Ikea plans to expand to more markets where ChatGPT is available during 2024. Ikea’s is just the latest customer-facing generative AI solution to hit the market.

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Shopping Marketing Location Planning 269

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.

Customer Experience 244

Customer Experience Merchant Services Inventory Management Grocer 244

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Three of the country’s biggest retailers are taking significant steps to get consumers into the holiday shopping groove — and to do so (much) sooner than later. As we approach the holiday season, guests are excited to shop early,” said Christina Hennington, EVP and Chief Growth Officer at Target in a statement. Beginning Oct.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It’s easy to understand, emotionally, why consumers would want to shop from a store that tailors its product assortments to the neighborhood they live in. For large chain retailers, it’s a way of letting the community know that consumers are seen and that the store wants to be part of the community. said can impact sales.

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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. iVend helps retailers analyse data for an enhanced customer experience.

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Customer Experience Checkout Planning Promotions 98

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Building connections with consumers is one of retail’s most enduring challenges, and highly tactile brands faced extra difficulty when the pandemic limited traditional in-person efforts. The word that comes to mind when we talk internally about customer experience and the customer journey is fluidity,” said Lande-Shannon. “In

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Customer Experience Consumer Planning ATS 234

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2023

The company plans to host the Prime Big Deal Days shopping event this October to consumers across 19 countries. Amazon hosted Prime Day in the fall for the first time in 2022, unofficially marking the official (earlier) kickoff of the holiday shopping season. consumers spent a total of $12.7 In addition to the U.S.

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Shopping Promotions Fashion Consumer 203

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2023

In 2022, a National Retail Federation/Prosper Insights and Analytics survey indicated that 56% of consumers had started their BTS shopping by early July, with 81% planning to shop sales the week of July 11. Want to Expand Back-to-School Shopping Baskets? in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

Shopping 244

Shopping Consumer Planning Inventory Management 244

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In response to evolving consumer behavior, many retailers are pivoting from malls and large-format stores in city centers to neighborhood locations that aim to serve the work-from-home population. Not surprisingly, many have found the data points to residential enclaves in and around cities where consumers live.

Consumer 250

Consumer ATS Location Apparel 250

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Brands and retailers are feeling mounting pressure — from consumers, shareholders and even their boards — to be more inclusive. More and more, that means rethinking product development and expanding their sizing and assortment planning to represent a wider range of sizes and body shapes.

Consumer 289

Consumer Merchant Services Markdowns Fulfillment 289

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

That is driving the customer to come and shop, and now, we’re investing to make sure that when the customer comes to shop with us, either online or in store, that they don’t have to make the tradeoffs.” Now, the company is using the $1 billion to invest in improving: Digital capabilities.

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Planning Merchant Services Inventory Management Consumer 212

Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2021

But supply chain pressures and ongoing uncertainty surrounding the pandemic means that consumers are focusing less on how immersive and entertaining in-store shopping experiences are and more on how safe and efficient they are. Do you foresee one taking precedence over the other during the holiday season?

Consumer 256

Consumer Loss Prevention Fulfillment Store Layout 256

Retail TouchPoints

JULY 28, 2023

Accenture surveyed more than 10,000 consumers in 16 countries and found that although we’re living in a time of “lasting uncertainty,” the “ resilient consumer ” is uncovering new ways to protect and control what is most important to them. As a result, consumer behaviors are becoming more complex.

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Consumer Finance Marketing Planning 213

Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

The retailer also expects to benefit from the trend of electric bikes, and it has two national expos this year to showcase the company’s fleet to consumers. He opened one in Melbourne a month later, and another in Brisbane just two months after that, and by the end of the year, he had nine shops employing 50 people.

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Returns Planning Specialty Retailers Customer Experience 130

Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2023

is expanding its existing slate of design tools and services with the debut of an Interior Design Service, offering consumers and businesses the chance to connect virtually with an interior design expert to help develop any space. In true Ikea form, the service is priced affordably, starting at $99 for consumers and $299 for businesses.

Consumer 226

Consumer Home Furnishings Planning Shopping 226

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 16, 2024

AI is helping us not just meet expectations but exceed them by showing our customers we’ve got their back at every turn.” Plan recommendations, product offers, service upgrades and more, all will be tailored based on customer insights, and served proactively based on past purchases and behaviors.

Customer Experience 229

Customer Experience Consumer Planning Shopping 229

Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

New to this year’s event is the Consumer Product Showcase , offering SMB brands the opportunity to show off innovative customer-facing products. Nearly one in four ( 24% ) expressed interest in shopping in the metaverse, and that figure is likely to rise as more retailers add it as a touch point.

Consumer 265

Consumer Beauty and Health Returns Location 265

Retail Focus

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Sensormatic Solutions , the leading global retail solutions portfolio of Johnson Controls , today announced its predictions for the UK’s busiest shopping days of Peak Trading 2023. This compares to 38% of shoppers who planned to buy Christmas gifts online on Amazon Prime Big Deals Day last week (10 and 11 October).

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