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How Streamlining Digital Checkout Boosted Polywood Conversions Nearly 50%

Retail TouchPoints

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).

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5 Real-World Ways 5G Will Transform Retail

Retail TouchPoints

There are an almost infinite number of answers, but the long and the short of it is that 5G will enable merchants to perform intricate digital tasks faster and on a much larger scale. “5G This often goes hand-in-hand with cloud computing (data processing that happens in the cloud as opposed to servers on site). “5G

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Combat Inflation’s Impact by Streamlining Conversational Commerce Channels

Retail TouchPoints

And how are you giving them a value-added product or service for being loyal to you? That could be a bot that the brand has put forward to interact with you, or [a consumer] scanning a QR code in a retail store to begin a loyalty journey that happens over WhatsApp and continues after you leave the store.

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The 2020 Holiday Shopping Season Promises to be a Tale of Two Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

On one hand, personal safety and security are still top-of-mind for consumers, driving changes in everything from online shopping to brick-and-mortar store layouts and delivery models. A starting point in approaching retailing in the time of coronavirus is to understand that it’s currently a tale of two consumers.

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2022 Retail Success Guide

Independent Retailer

Meet Consumers Where They Want to Shop. “I In agreement with Rodier, Phil Lore, Chief Revenue Officer at Affinity Solutions , advises retailers to look at the messaging that is happening across channels and driving offline engagement for consumers. Crypto Payments Help Deliver a Competitive Advantage.

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Super Bowl LVII Ads: Temu Debuts, Rakuten Time-Travels to the 1990s

Retail TouchPoints

shopping app is akin to the more familiar Wish or Shein , connecting consumers directly with Chinese manufacturers and thus able to offer shockingly cheap prices. The next question curious consumers have to ask is, how does a five-month-old company have the money for not one but two Super Bowl ad spots? The new U.S.

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How Malaysian department store Pavilion is connecting with customers

Inside Retail

The retail industry in Malaysia has struggled during Covid, but shopping centre Pavilion in Kuala Lumpur has continued to find a way to reach consumers. JY: Consumers and their needs have rapidly evolved in the past year. It is clear that consumers don’t limit themselves to a single channel, and therefore neither should we.