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How adding services to your products can propel your company growth?

GetElastic

With the emphasis on customer retention, rather than customer acquisition, merchants have a higher chance of maintaining the loyalty of existing customers. The largest companies in the subscription eCommerce market have grown from $57 million in sales in 2011 to 7.5 billion in sales. Subscriptions.

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Ship-to-Store Breaks Down the Barrier Between Physical and eCommerce Retail

ESW

Walmart chose to build its Pickup Today program instead of expanding free shipping options way back in 2011. Multichannel is vital for captivating consumers and keeping them engaged from first impressions to the eventual point of sale.” Customers don’t think in channels,” Cara Hogan at customer retention company Zaius writes.

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W3bstore Review: Ecommerce Platform For Omnichannel Stores

Ecommerce Platforms

It does not access it’s POS (point of sale) or multi-store back office. According to a recent survey, large enterprises that have adopted this omnichannel framework continue to attain annual customer retention rates that are 91% higher than their counterparts who don’t. And you know what? Retail POS.