Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The Inherent Messiness of Mobile For a growing number of consumers, mobile commerce is the new standard, particularly when it comes to Q4 holiday and gift shopping. A tremendous amount of mobile traffic and transactions are lost to broken mobile experiences — likely more today than ever before.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 30, 2023

In today’s challenging business landscape, where profit margins are shrinking, supply chains are slow and uncertain, labor shortages are prevalent and inflation is a concern, it is crucial for retailers and brands to differentiate between understanding customer habits and fostering customer loyalty in order to succeed.

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Hyken

MAY 28, 2021

She discusses what retailers need to focus on when it comes to total commerce and the effortless economy.?. Imagine a customer goes online to buy a new pair of golf shoes.? . This customer has multiple options on how she’ll shop for the golf shoes. Shopping used to be an activity people did. Done.? .

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 18, 2023

Online shopping has existed for 40 years or so now, depending on what starting point you use, and while it’s undergone many changes, the basic paradigm remains. His platform Flip — described as a “shopping social network” — already has more than 1,000 brands participating, including E.l.f.

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Inside Retail

MAY 1, 2022

In fact, 55 per cent of AU consumers are shopping online more frequently than before the pandemic. As a result of more brands moving online (and consumers spending more of their days there), shoppers have become more digitally savvy at every point in the customer journey. . Consideration phase.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2023

“We had been using our online shopping cart’s default checkout process, which required five to six clicks to get to the point where you can check out,” said Sean Valencourt, EVP of Information Systems at Polywood in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. “It We know [customers] want the product — they added it to their cart,” said Valencourt.

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Inside Retail

JULY 18, 2022

Whether it’s online or offline, as long as the shopping experience is friction-free, most shoppers end up happy and retailers end up winning their business. The report shows that investment into resolving these issues results in better customer experiences and higher sales volume.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Among its multiple impacts, COVID-19 accelerated an elongation of the holiday shopping season that was already underway. 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).

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Inside Retail

MAY 7, 2023

With the Covid-19 pandemic accelerating the shift towards online shopping, businesses must embrace digital transformation to stay competitive in the rapidly evolving marketplace. Eighty-three per cent of them already shop online today, and customer experience matters a lot to them.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A shopper that’s on the hunt for a particular backpack, on the other hand, will have dedicated more time to the experience, perhaps shopping via their desktop after wrapping up their workday. Retailers used to be blind to who their shoppers are and what they’re shopping for, but not anymore.

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365 Retail

MARCH 13, 2023

Today’s online shoppers expect to be able to shop across a multitude of platforms. For e-commerce retailers, the spotlight is on the number of different platforms that can be used to shop. Nowadays, we’re used to shopping on websites, social media, online marketplaces and through various types of marketing communications.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

At the same time, there is a deep desire among shoppers to shop locally. There’s a sense of pride and solidarity in supporting local, but there’s still a belief that shopping local has too much friction around it. They want to shop local, they just don’t want to trade off on convenience.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Global downloads of mobile shopping apps were up 16% year-over-year in the first half of 2022 while the number of sessions was up 29% , according to data from the It’s Not Luck, It’s Skill: Make Every Marketing Dollar Count This Holiday Season report by data.ai. It was the second-most downloaded shopping app in the U.S.,

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365 Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

Social commerce – purchases made directly on social networks – may seem anecdotal to some, but it’s taking off and is expected to grow three times faster than traditional e-commerce, reaching $1.2 trillion by 2025. Fourteen years later, however, 7 out of 10 do so, according to a study by Klarna.

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A1 Retail

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Over half of UK shoppers (55%) plan to shop during Black Friday/Cyber Monday. In-person shopping will increase this year, but majority of consumers plan to shop online and more people than ever will use social channels to make purchases. Close to half (46%) plan to shop-in store, an increase since last year.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

Gen Z knows what their economic situation is, and they want to save their money for items or experiences that really matter to them, so they look for dupes and value where they can.” It’s become a status symbol to thrift shop and find a highly coveted brand,” Brinich added.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 12, 2024

We do try and make it as easy as possible to shop online with us – we do free express shipping and free returns with Australia Post for all orders, returns and exchanges,” she said. “I I would love to have somewhere for customers to come and see us in person as well.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2023

If she’s in a store and they don’t have her size, she can order it right there and have it shipped to her, or to her store. This is the piece that gets me excited, because our customer lives on social media ,” said Hawkins. “We For an online customer, 43 seconds at any step in the process is actually an eternity.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Many luxury brands communicate their heritage and the promise of an elevated shopping experience via store design: traditional colors, subtle lighting and deep carpets that create a high-end hush. It can be a unique, engaging shopping experience that they can’t do in their main stores.

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Independent Retailer

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

With ecommerce constantly evolving, new in-store gadgets coming out to help transactions go faster and more smoothly, and data becoming more crucial to personalizing the customer experience, retailers need to stay alert on the latest trends to keep business booming. AR and VR Will See Massive Growth in Ecommerce. “As

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Retail Next

APRIL 1, 2021

Today, retailers and brands need to support their customers how, when and where they want to shop. It’s seamless and can reorient around a customer’s changing needs, sometimes at a moment’s notice. . Customers (or should I say “shoppers”) don’t look at different channels. Half shipped, half in store?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

When many of our customers think of Google, they think of Google at large — Ads, Shopping, Maps or GPay. For example, Albertsons is leveraging Google Maps capabilities to enable omni-shopping services that put Albertsons closer to the customer and offer a service that connects you back to their store.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2021

Jill Standish: Let’s take the increase in online shopping as an example. Retailers [with stores] will need to ask themselves what the purpose of their brand is, and what kind of experience they want to offer. They could be dark stores serving as micro-fulfillment centers, cutting down on shipping and delivery costs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2020

To adjust for this volume, we have changed some fulfillment, shipping and customer service capabilities. While we don’t know what the long-term outcome of the crisis is ultimately going to be, we wanted to make our shopping experience as easy as possible. Riley: We have seen a massive increase in online sales, up 5X.

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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. These statistics underscore the need for businesses to comprehend and adapt to the evolving currents of customer buying behavior. So let’s get to it!

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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. These statistics underscore the need for businesses to comprehend and adapt to the evolving currents of customer buying behavior. So let’s get to it!

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

We also discuss the latest news (and controversies) around Facebook and TikTok pulling back from some social commerce initiatives (and pressing forward with others). Episode 297 is a recap of the GroceryShop trade show in Las Vegas, and the Consumer Brands Executive Summit in Colorado Springs. Scot: [14:26] Right.

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Retail Geek

JULY 9, 2021

Found themselves having to go to other three pll’s to sell on Amazon because Amazon just wouldn’t accept all of their goods and so if you’re going to say oh you know what I’m going to put all my eggs in Amazon’s basket and have them ship all of my.

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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 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 TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2022

Prediction 3: Experiential Moments will Create Delight Despite In-Store Shopping Stressors. Jack Stratten, Senior Trends Consultant, Insider Trends : “Experiential retail can help time-poor customers to achieve more in a single location, giving them a reason to visit and to stay longer. Last year Google found that 31% of U.S.

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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 6, 2023

It’s just the standard of living the cost of living is so much better in Philadelphia and so you get a lot of transplants to come down to Philly as well working in e-commerce. 12:35] Look it was an early social commerce player as far as leveraging Pinterest and things that you could do with.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2021

A new study from ecommerce automation platform Linnworks found that while cost is still a major factor in purchasing decisions, nearly one in two customers surveyed said that convenience was now more important to them than price in choosing which retailers they shop with. In fact, the average consumer shopping journey now includes 7.6

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