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Inside Natori’s Transformation from High-End Wholesaler to Omnichannel Brand

Retail TouchPoints

Loyalty to those stores used to be 100% — a top customer would go to Neiman Marcus for everything and not go anywhere else. But come 2006, 2007 we really started to see that loyalty go away, and the bigger piece of it was [that] fewer people were going into department stores overall.

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The ‘Social Proof’ is in the Pudding: Gartner Analyst Explains the Lure of Livestream Shopping

Retail TouchPoints

Matt Moorut: Livestream shopping allows consumers to discover new products in a channel that they are already using. consumers via this channel? . RTP: Are brands seeking out employees/store associates as hosts, or are they partnering with outside influencers more? RTP: How can retailers appeal to U.S.

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The Digital Last Mile: How Behavior Personalization And Globalization Are Key To Survival In The Post-COVID Era Of E-commerce

Retail TouchPoints

Behavioral Personalization : In the post-COVID era the closure or inaccessibility of physical stores has led to an acceleration in the movement of sales towards e-Commerce. However, sales across all other verticals analyzed in the report, including fashion, food services and electronics stores, were severely negatively affected.

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How to Meet and Exceed Amazon-Driven Customer Expectations 

ESW

But as retailers and brands with DTC ecommerce channels know, meeting online customer expectations in an Amazon-dominated environment is challenging to say the least. While this was good news for brands that had or could set up ecommerce channels, it may have accelerated and intensified The Amazon Effect. billion in sales in Q3 2020.”

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My 2021 Retail Predictions: So How’d I Do?

Steve Dennis

While sales rung up in a digital channel will continue to grow much faster than those transacted in a brick-and-mortar location, all the metrics for physical retail in 2021 were strong. US sales achieved record levels. Retail has gone from being largely dualistic in nature, i.e

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5 UCC Trends that Can Help Retailers Thrive in the Now ‘Normal’

Retail TouchPoints

But, retailers are realizing that the ‘now normal’ will look much different than ‘normal’ did in January 2020. As factors like in-store food samples and style assistants may come back into fashion, some pandemic-inspired changes will likely remain — such as the demand for curbside service and app-centric communications with customers.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

BigCommerce

Globally, ecommerce growth projections are also on an upward trajectory: They show that retail sales may exceed $4.058 trillion by as soon as 2020. Foursquare data shows discount stores and luxury retailers are maintaining their footholds with consumers, but ecommerce adds to the fierce competition for retailers within the mid-tier.

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