Retail TouchPoints

MAY 20, 2024

Retail TouchPoints is announcing winners of the fifth annual Brand Experience Awards , a program designed to spotlight the brands and retailers that are reimagining and elevating customer experiences across all channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2023

At the same time, retailers are acutely aware that ecommerce sales are continuing to grow as a percentage of overall holiday spending and, within that percentage, mobile sales in particular are skyrocketing. eMarketer expects retail mobile commerce sales to account for 43.4% In 2024, mobile commerce sales are expected to hit $534.18

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iVend

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A mobile retail strategy is critical to the success of retailers. Shoppers have their mobile device with them anywhere and everywhere, putting the retail experience at their fingertips 24/7/365. iVend for Magento iVend helps retailers to engage mobile shoppers. So where to start? In the US, use of BNPL grew from 37.7%

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 14, 2024

It also features Amazon’s “Shop the Show” technology, through which customers can browse, shop and engage with the content on their TV screen via their mobile device. However, Amazon’s shift from a social media-style setting back into television is a sign of the preferences of U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

No matter how fast the modern payment ecosystem is developing, the pursuit of the best customer experience isn’t going anywhere. To answer customers’ demands, business leaders must find the balance between adapting services to consumers’ digitally-driven shopping behaviors and staying true to the company’s strategy.

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Profitero

MAY 13, 2024

Setting the stage for success through shopper understanding and omnichannel KPIs Omnichannel analytics is the key to providing a seamless and integrated customer experience across various channels.

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Kissmetrics

MARCH 22, 2018

Stitch Labs is a purpose-built inventory management software to help brands improve customer experience and scale efficiency. When we talk about the future of retail, industry news is abuzz with the idea of brands creating experiences for their customers. Using Data To Improve Customer Experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 28, 2023

During this time, as a “lean and mean” team, “We didn’t really have social media, we didn’t do any marketing,” Wells explained. “We When he returned to True Religion as creative director in late 2019, social media and the creator economy had reached a critical inflection point.

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GetElastic

JANUARY 13, 2019

The success of industry disruptors such as Airbnb, Amazon and Tesla can be attributed to many factors, but these companies all have one thing in common — a focus on creating an exceptional customer experience, rather than just selling a product. As a result, customer expectations as a whole are evolving.

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GetElastic

JANUARY 14, 2019

The success of industry disruptors such as Airbnb, Amazon and Tesla can be attributed to many factors, but these companies all have one thing in common — a focus on creating an exceptional customer experience, rather than just selling a product. As a result, customer expectations as a whole are evolving.

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GetElastic

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It’s projected that by 2021, mobile will account for 54% of total ecommerce sales. Mobile commerce has enhanced the shopping experience for consumers worldwide by making online transactions quick, convenient and smooth. Why optimize for mobile commerce? 6 ways to optimize mobile commerce: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Here are four ways retailers can level up their store experience to boost customer engagement, brand affinity, and brand loyalty: Integrate Technology to Enhance the Customer Experience Successful retailers seamlessly blend technology into their physical spaces while keeping a personalized, human feel.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They can be used to show product details, track product delivery, to show menus to customers in restaurants, for accessing social media platforms, to transfer money, pay parking meters and much more. In addition to managing a global customer success portfolio, Vishnubhotla established high-value strategic partnerships.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2023

When asked what they’re often doing when online shopping, 57% said they are watching TV, 29% are interacting with social media, 17% are working and 20% are using the bathroom. And, after seeing a video on social media, one in five said they completed a purchase within 21 to 30 minutes of viewing.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 24, 2024

The use of CRM and ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems is essential for this, as it allows for the synchronization of customer data and inventory across various platforms. Unlike the traditional multichannel approach, social commerce is about creating strong communities and affinities around specific brands and verticals.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

Mobile apps have become a critical customer engagement channel for retailers as they try to create and capture more value for, and from, their customers. And the majority of retailers (74%) agree that investing in mobile apps is key to driving profitability.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Hawkins’ job is to actually deliver on all those buzzy retail aspirations — omnichannel, seamless, frictionless — and fast, because if there’s one thing the mobile-first Gen Z shopper is not known for, it’s patience. This is the piece that gets me excited, because our customer lives on social media ,” said Hawkins. “We

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GetElastic

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Better customer experience means targeting people, not buyers. The success of industry disruptors such as Airbnb, Amazon and Tesla can be attributed to many factors, but these companies all have one thing in common — a focus on creating an exceptional customer experience, rather than just selling a product.

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RTP blog

JUNE 6, 2018

But it’s time we all stopped thinking of mobile as a set of apps that support a mobile strategy, and instead focused on adopting an Enterprise Mobile Lifestyle Strategy. What do we mean by a Mobile Lifestyle Strategy? experience products, brands and services differently.

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RTP blog

JANUARY 26, 2018

By Luis Artiz, Epson America Most retailers understand that their success depends heavily on their ability to provide a positive customer experience (CX). By taking a closer look at the loyalty program lessons learned by Starbucks and Woolworths, retailers can learn a few lessons about winning repeat customers in today’s environment.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2020

Australia-based Stateside Sports has partnered with Emarsys to harness the solution provider’s fully integrated customer data platform to fuel its future expansion. The retailer hopes to eliminate silos and unify customer data to drive more intelligent omnichannel engagement across email, mobile, social media, SMS and its retail stores.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

We know one of the most critical ways brands connect with consumers is via social media. billion global social media users — a 5% increase from 2020. Social media marketing and mobile marketing go together like chips and dip. In fact, there are now roughly 3.78

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 23, 2023

While companies currently interact with customers via multiple channels — mobile devices, desktop computers, email, social media and chatbots — leveraging the metaverse helps companies create immersive and interactive retail experiences for customers. Create superior customer experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2022

The interactive mobile experience uses augmented reality to help customers visualize how a pair of shoes will look on them from every angle, which can better inform purchasing decisions. The new feature is currently available to customers in the U.S. The new feature is currently available to customers in the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2022

Those younger generations are very eager and willing to spend their money digitally through online platforms and social media. If you’re able, as an organization, to properly knit together the ways that your customers want to interact with you, it impresses those customers,” said Kramer.

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GetElastic

APRIL 11, 2023

With headless commerce, the front-end and back-end of an eCommerce platform are separated, allowing businesses to customize the presentation layer and integrate with other technologies more easily. With this headless commerce trend, social media can now be used for more than just colorful posts and ads or for building brand awareness.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 24, 2023

CommentSold , a provider of live selling technology, has acquired the assets of mobile livestreaming marketplace Popshoplive. Unlike many traditional social media platforms, followers and shoppers will remain accessible to sellers via direct notifications.

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Elsner

APRIL 23, 2020

That’s when the eCommerce market biggies started to launch their mobile apps. million mobile users are accessing the Amazon app monthly. After Amazon, it’s the Walmart with a monthly mobile app user count of 86.05 From the above figures, it is clear that eCommerce mobile apps are a huge success. . Let’s dive in.

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SellBrite

MAY 13, 2019

And providing a better standard of customer experience will never not be a challenge to online sellers. With mobile sales estimated to reach $3.56 Tracks N Teeth combined the marketplace feature with cutting-edge customer experience innovations (result-oriented visual search) for a unique online shopping experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

The report also identified four broad areas that would benefit the most from focused retailer investment: • The mobile experience; • Search as a branded discovery vehicle; • Social proof for products; and. These key investments and opportunities include: Mobile experience. Loyalty programs.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The questions now are twofold: At what point will the ability to buy products and services on social platforms become so frictionless and ubiquitous that every new feature update is no longer noteworthy? and What do retailers, brands and social media platforms have to do to get there? Many [social] purchases are very organic.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Unfortunately that ancient (1989) bit of cinematic wisdom hasn’t exactly held true in the modern field of social media, where platforms including TikTok , Facebook and Instagram are increasingly pulling back on social commerce initiatives that have failed to attract enough of the right players. If you build it, they will come.”

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GetElastic

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Better customer experience means targeting people, not buyers. The success of industry disruptors such as Airbnb, Amazon and Tesla can be attributed to many factors, but these companies all have one thing in common — a focus on creating an exceptional customer experience, rather than just selling a product.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The top five episodes of 2023 reaffirm some of the most trending topics we covered on Retail TouchPoints over the past year, illustrating how rapidly the industry (and the customer experience) have evolved. Let’s begin the countdown… 5. Why it Matters: In 2023, we saw employee turnover reach record highs.

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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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GetElastic

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Digital commerce is playing a pivotal role in customer experience strategies. The world’s leading research firm, Gartner, recognized that digital commerce is a key way to acquire customers, develop relationships, drive revenue and reduce costs. API-based commerce facilitates consistency across all of these experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 8, 2024

Platforms such as social media and search engines are continually refining their advertising algorithms and targeting options, making paid traffic a more appealing option for businesses seeking precise audience segmentation. Mobile delivered 77% of traffic, but only 56% of revenue. Pitié: Visits have never been so valuable.

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