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Customer Service is Personal, so Show Me the Love

Retail TouchPoints

Key findings and surprises from Bizrate Insights’ January 2024 survey of 900 online shoppers provide a framework to view what is most important to the demanding online shopper. Only 27% of online shoppers surveyed rated customer service received from online retailers as average or below, which suggests retailers are getting the job done.

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Social Media Users Interact With Friends And Family More Than Brands

Forrester eCommerce

Yesterday we published the annual refresh of our Forrester social consumer segmentation. In 2021, consumers that use social media at least weekly (the heaviest users that we survey) overwhelmingly prefer to interact with friends/family over brands/companies and influencers on social media.

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Why B2C Branding is Really a Management Tool

Optimizely

” Trader Joe’s won the second year in a row as the American’s favorite grocery retailer on the Dunnhumby customer data survey. Here’s how you should approach branding and use it as a tool to manage your entire B2C business. They never photoshop imagery in ads, on the website, or on social media.

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What Do Your Buyers Love? Ask Them in a Customer Survey

Optimizely

Have you ever actually asked your customers what they think of your B2C brand? While it’s vital to collect and analyze customer data across channels and devices, it isn’t enough to track email opens, social media likes, and website visits alone. This is exactly why you should survey your customers directly.

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Over-Scripting Will Sabotage Your Creator Partnerships

Forrester eCommerce

In Forrester’s Q1 2023 B2C Marketing CMO Pulse Survey, nearly three-quarters of US B2C marketing and advertising execs say they plan to partner with creators and influencers in 2023. However, that doesn’t mean all of these partnerships will succeed.

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Survey: Why Companies Must Upgrade CX Basics To Tap Surging Online Sales

Retail TouchPoints

Research conducted by Forrester Consulting for Bloomreach, reported in The State of Commerce Experience , found that almost 80% of B2C and B2B customers have abandoned intended purchases because sites did not provide easy navigation, relevant search results or clear product information. Forrester conducted three online surveys for the report.

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2024 Predictions and Trends in B2B Ecommerce: Navigating the Digital Evolution

Retail TouchPoints

According to the survey , 65% of respondents use search engines as their primary method for finding products, and 60% frequently utilize B2B marketplaces like Amazon Business for their purchases. Given these trends, developing a robust omnichannel strategy is becoming increasingly critical for companies.

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