Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

And more importantly, how does this “native” status impact the methods brands use to engage these current and future consumers? A panel at the June 2023 Retail Innovation Conference & Expo provided answers and insights in the session titled Gen Z and Gen Alpha: Creating Impactful Brands for the Next Wave of Consumers.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2021

Offering items at a lower price than competitors was once an almost guaranteed method of increasing online conversion rates, but today’s consumers are increasingly prioritizing convenience across the entire shopper journey in making online purchasing decisions. In fact, the average consumer shopping journey now includes 7.6

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

It’s safe to say the platform has some winning strategies that keep consumers coming back. But beyond that, similar to other e-commerce platforms, using it isn’t entirely risk- or guilt-free. However, Temu’s consumers are beginning to view it as offering affordable products that do not necessarily compromise on quality.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And in today’s day and age, shopping online has never been easier — with targeted ads, free shipping, free returns, stores built into Instagram or TikTok, logins saved on your browser and payment information saved on your devices. Shopping is one of life’s simple pleasures.

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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. We don’t hold stock, handle payments or shipping. Mys Tyler’s recently launched AI stylist is one such example.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2022

The fundamental basics of retail lie in responding to consumer demand – put simply, providing everyday people with opportunities to buy the things they need and want. Similarly, online stores that reveal shipping fees as early in the checkout process as possible can address a major cause of cart abandonment.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 4, 2022

But as consumers, businesses and markets settle into something like a new routine, what changes will commerce experience in the year ahead? That helps customers customize and complete their orders, reduces abandonment and returns in addition to enhancing the overall customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With the growth of buy online, pick up in-store and expedited shipping options, consumers experienced firsthand the ease of digital shopping versus going to the store to make a purchase. This, coupled with the rise of social commerce, has indicated major potential for retailers to adopt social advertising into their marketing mix.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

JANUARY 23, 2023

Brands typically need more data to deliver personalized messages to consumers at scale. Retail Media enables them to create better consumer profiles for personalization by leveraging retailers’ first-party data in a secure manner. Immersive Commerce Want a competitive advantage in 2023?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2023

You get KIKI World , a next-gen beauty company and community-powered commerce engine. But the problem with this model, according to Garner, is that while consumers do all these activities, they don’t see very much in return for their loyalty — or their labor.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2022

And 64% of all consumers have purchased a virtual good or taken part in a virtual experience or service in the past year.”. Returns, whether from gift-based purchases or not, significantly slow down associates’ availability during such a crucial time, when busyness is already a given and when too much of the process depends on employees.”.

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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 TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Klar n a is continuing to expand beyond payments as it looks to become “a starting point for every purchase” for its 150 million global consumers. From inspiring product discovery all the way to delivery tracking, digital receipts and seamless returns, we are powering ecommerce and accelerating trade across the world.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Adding to the overall shipping volume will be those consumers who would normally have purchased a gift in-store and brought it to the recipient themselves. With travel restricted by COVID-19, these shoppers are highly likely to choose shipping directly to the gift recipient.

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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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365 Retail

MARCH 1, 2022

Brands to prioritise growth of sales on multiple online marketplaces: As brands look at ways to reach new audiences and increase sales, the use of online marketplaces will continue to grow and their popularity among consumers will see an uptick throughout the year. Brands will embrace social commerce by using social to test and learn.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Larger marketplaces offer convenience and peace of mind — you know that you’re going to get it, you know when you’re going to get it and you know what their return policies are. Oftentimes I don’t think consumers realize they can get something faster by just swinging by a local store than getting it shipped to them.

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Independent Retailer

JULY 19, 2022

Natural Language Processing mechanisms allows brands to be able to automatically answer generic questions about shipping policies, coupons, discounts, and loyalty programs, among others. They are private, consumers can ask as many questions as they want, and an associate can answer them, enabling the shopping experience. “It

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2021

This group increased their online purchases by nearly 3.5X ( 343% ), according to a new global survey of more than 9,650 consumers in 19 countries conducted by Accenture. They could be dark stores serving as micro-fulfillment centers, cutting down on shipping and delivery costs.

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Hyken

MAY 28, 2021

This means consumers want to be able to purchase an item with the least amount of barriers possible. As an example, consumers want to make sure that their shipping details are remembered for the future.? . Let’s discuss what retailers need to focus on when it comes to total commerce and the effortless economy.?

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A1 Retail

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Kate Grindal, Retail Manager, Cadw said “Great to see many of our existing suppliers returning this year, it’s the perfect opportunity to catch up in one day.” We have been really surprised by the amount of new customers but we have also seen dormant customers returning to us this season.” #SBS In fashion we expect seasons.

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Retail Next

APRIL 1, 2021

Half shipped, half in store? Ship to store? This could include any one or combination of stores, catalogs, social media, the phone, online. Allbirds (via Shopify), to highlight one retailer, offers pick up in store and fulfills orders via ship from store. . Social commerce. They are in control. TECHNOLOGY.

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Retail Geek

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this episode we cover: Amazon Q4 Earnings Walmart Q4 Earnings US Department of Commerce Q4 e-commerce data Discussion of Temu and other Social Commerce News Don’t forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. on a Friday night you’re. In China via u.s.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

No Live Streaming Commerce Still not meaningful in US in 2023 (less than 5% of social commerce in US) Yes Jason Total Score: 3 of 5 Scot : Amazon uses this 2022 setback/slowdown/reversion to the mean for a public resetting of expectations, but behind the scenes they take share and raise the bar on shipping.

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Retail Geek

AUGUST 20, 2022

Jason: [6:28] And the flip side is of course the other carriers you’d be shipping through the other common carriers the holiday search these are quite common so this is not not going to feel like a typical or out of line when you compare it to UPS or FedEx.

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Retail Geek

JULY 26, 2023

And yeah the they also are doing well you know we haven’t talked a lot about them lately but they’ve expanded from a apparel retailer to a broad set of categories including consumer electronics and they’ve launched a third-party Marketplace on the US. Pretty pretty significant attention of us consumers.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Episode 297 is a recap of the GroceryShop trade show in Las Vegas, and the Consumer Brands Executive Summit in Colorado Springs. We also discuss the latest news (and controversies) around Facebook and TikTok pulling back from some social commerce initiatives (and pressing forward with others).

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Retail Geek

APRIL 7, 2023

We also briefly discuss e-commerce in Brazil, around Jason’s recent trip to São Paulo. In this episode we recap everything you may have missed if you couldn’t make it to Las Vegas. Progression and then this last one that we’ll talk about at the end called platforms. [19:11]

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 20, 2023

Shopify launches an ad product such as a retail media network Meta/Google/TikTok lose ad share to new social media platforms and retail media networks. E-com returns 10-15% growth rates. 60 billion in total sales and live streaming was likely less than 1% of that 60 billion so I. [40:48]

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