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Is end-to-endless customer service the key to the great retail renaissance?

Inside Retail

For resilience in these new waters, retailers must reshape conventional thinking and rekindle the essence of customer service. Become a service champion Proactive support demonstrates a deeper understanding of your customer, which grows trust by mitigating the frequency of customer-initiated interaction.

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Insight: How stranded and shattered seafarers threaten global supply lines

Inside Retail

“People don’t know how their supermarkets are stocked up.”. He was speaking to Reuters from the Pacific Ocean as his ship now heads to Australia. Another 100,000 are stuck on shore, unable to board the ships they need to earn a living on. The Delta variant devastating parts of Asia – home to many of the world’s 1.7

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Alibaba waives guidance as revenue growth slows in Covid’s shadow

Inside Retail

The e-commerce giant said coronavirus resurgence in China, and lockdowns imposed to curb its spread in Shanghai and other cities weighed on its business by hindering merchants from shipping goods and making consumers focus on buying necessities. ” China’s slowing economy.

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Alibaba waives guidance as revenue growth slows in Covid’s shadow

Inside Retail

The e-commerce giant said coronavirus resurgence in China, and lockdowns imposed to curb its spread in Shanghai and other cities weighed on its business by hindering merchants from shipping goods and making consumers focus on buying necessities. ” China’s slowing economy.

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Alibaba waives guidance as revenue growth slows in Covid’s shadow

Inside Retail

The e-commerce giant said coronavirus resurgence in China, and lockdowns imposed to curb its spread in Shanghai and other cities weighed on its business by hindering merchants from shipping goods and making consumers focus on buying necessities. ” China’s slowing economy.

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CCS 2022: Experts Provide Lessons and Best Practices from the Great Acceleration

Retail TouchPoints

Sessions illustrate the increasingly complex nature of the customer experience, and how the lines between commerce, marketing, service, and even supply chain and fulfillment, continue to blur. It’s no wonder marketers and merchants are overwhelmed trying to capture consumers’ attention and convert them.

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How Taobao became Southeast Asia’s go-to for home and furniture

Inside Retail

In a partnership with Virmall, a local firm that helps to curate and bring in products from merchants on Taobao, the two companies opened a 6,000 sq ft store, offering over 300 products, ranging from furniture to kitchen appliances and clothes. In late 2019, Taobao opened its first physical store in Funan Mall, Singapore. A makeover moment.