Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Over the last decade or so, Batteries Plus has struggled to find its place in the world of digital retail, even as consumers have become ever more reliant on battery-powered devices. Right now [those experiences] look very similar, so we’re working to reinvent what those consumer journeys look like.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 24, 2023

With so many unique approaches to connectivity, retailers often struggle with effectively reaching their customers. Yet despite the complexities, an effective personalized approach to marketing is critical to success. According to The Small Business Blog , emails are an effective marketing channel because most U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 2, 2024

Since the pandemic, seven in 10 consumers have used mobile devices and apps for shopping, and it’s not just millennials and Gen Z; Gen X and baby boomers are 68% and 56% more likely, respectively, to use their mobile device to make purchases than they were a few years ago. Take E.l.f. Skin Rocks took a similar approach.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

New to this year’s event is the Consumer Product Showcase , offering SMB brands the opportunity to show off innovative customer-facing products. The industry’s ongoing search for talent — a particularly challenging problem in today’s tight labor market — will be addressed in a number of NRF sessions.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Rhone: Leading the way with omnichannel retail Rhone , the premium performance lifestyle brand, decided to maximise the value of its omnichannel customer data to deliver personalised customer experiences. Earlier this year.

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365 Retail

JUNE 7, 2023

Amperity , the leading enterprise customer data platform (CDP) for consumer brands, has announced Forever 21 has selected Amperity to ‘maximise the value’ of its omnichannel customer data. With Amperity, Forever 21 will be able to provide more relevant, personalised customer experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2024

Within the world of B2B and B2C commerce, where understanding consumer behavior is key, this change has spurred a quest for innovative solutions. It’s a catalyst reshaping the core of digital marketing. Many retailers grapple with insufficient product data. The demise of third-party cookies isn’t just another headline.

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UpSellIt

MARCH 13, 2024

Seasonal marketing isn’t just about promoting products or services during specific times of the year, it’s about resonating with your customers as their needs, desires, and behaviors evolve with each season. Integrating seasonal spring themes creates a visually engaging experience that resonates with visitors.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 1, 2024

Recent estimates forecast that nearly a quarter of global retail sales will come from online channels by 2027, so the ability to serve a multilingual customer base will be essential for businesses seeking global success. Customers don’t judge businesses by the quality of their products or services alone. The true differentiator is CX.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 23, 2024

The Saks Media Network will leverage the company’s first-party customer data and traffic of over 435 million annual site visits to connect brands with consumers on Saks.com through sponsored product ads and on-site display banners. To learn more about retail media, check out our full guide here.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the course of her expansive career in marketing, Kristen D’Arcy has worked for household names like American Eagle , PacSun , Ralph Lauren and Oscar de la Renta. Lesson 1 Build your core strategy around creating customer value: D’Arcy has worked for brands across a vast scope of categories.

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Marketing Customer Loyalty Omnichannel eCommerce 290

Kissmetrics

JANUARY 17, 2022

One of the most effective strategies to build a personal connection is personalized marketing. What exactly is personalized marketing, and what are the benefits ? Hint: It’s more than adding “$FNAME” to your email marketing!). Here is what marketers need to know about personalized marketing.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 18, 2024

The world of customer data is rapidly changing, and companies are responding with diverse strategies to stay ahead in this dynamic environment. The data foundation is behind the wall, and all the marketing and analytics tools get power from the foundation. Let’s dive in.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 16, 2024

To take just one pair of juxtaposing facts, Gen Z is indeed digital-first — but they do value the in-store experience, especially if the retailer can deliver “in-person experiences that can be differentiated by allowing for personalization and self-expression,” according to Lindy Li, Head of Customer Activation and Marketing at H&M.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gen AI, with its vast potential for enhancing efficiency and personalizing customer experiences, also comes with ethical considerations. The role of such a committee — consisting of individuals from different departments and backgrounds — extends from supply chain management to customer interaction.

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Retail Customer Experience Technology Customer Data 340

Groove

APRIL 29, 2022

What is SMS Marketing? With this uptick in cellular device usage, SMS marketing is a hot topic for eCommerce marketers. So, what exactly is SMS marketing ? SMS marketing stands for Short Message Service 一 or text messaging. The Rise in Popularity of SMS Marketing Let’s go back to over a decade ago.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2021

As technology and digital continues to infiltrate consumers’ lives, the need for human interaction and emotional connection is more important than ever. If you’re not careful, technology can disrupt the customer journey in a negative way. RTP: How has the pandemic impacted consumer behavior and the need for human connection the most?

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 11, 2019

CMOs’ ability to impress and influence consumers becomes more difficult with each new technology and experience that enters the market. Despite a myriad of headlines about the awe-inspiring potential of AI or the wave of entrepreneurs dreaming up the next moonshot, consumers contend with more glitter than gold.

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GetElastic

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This post was originally published on March 11, 2019 and has been updated for accuracy and relevancy in the market. Why a Hybrid Customer Experience is Essential for Today’s Consumer. After all, that’s where the customers are, right? What exactly is a hybrid customer experience? There are 2.14

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GetElastic

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

This post was originally published on March 11, 2019 and has been updated for accuracy and relevancy in the market. Why a Hybrid Customer Experience is Essential for Today’s Consumer. After all, that’s where the customers are, right? What exactly is a hybrid customer experience? There are 2.14

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MagentoBrain

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Applying AI to digital marketing can effectively help optimize the consumer experience, increase consumers' favorability for the brand, and directly affect the brand's revenue. The following will describe the seven major marketing trends in 2023 for readers, as well as six tool applications that marketers cannot ignore!

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2022

With so much activity online at the height of the pandemic — during which many people gladly took to shopping online for convenience and peace of mind — retailers have a windfall of customer data that can be leveraged to deliver better and more engaging shopping experiences. The Gen Z Factor. Mobile search optimization.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In today’s hyper-competitive ecommerce landscape, data isn’t just a buzzword. However, as stringent consumer privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA make collecting customer data more difficult, brands are having to adapt their data collection strategies to adhere to new standards.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2024

The New Year saw a key step in the coming deprecation of third-party cookies, which have been one of marketers’ most powerful tools for tracking online activity for many years. Google’s move, along with increased privacy regulations (particularly in the EU), have put a premium on zero- and first-party data.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Offering excellent customer service is a business basic at any time of the year, but it’s particularly vital during the holiday season. Unfortunately, the nature of holiday shopping also makes customer service issues more problematic. Even simple requests for feedback get you top-of-mind with that customer.”

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

But new direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands like Sundays are designed to streamline the process and develop multipurpose products that can adapt as consumers’ needs change. all of whom are retail and design veterans with 20+ years of furniture industry experience. Owning the Entire Customer Experience.

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Social Media Shipping Costs Customer Experience Consumer 278

Algopix

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Differentiating your brand from the competition is a major challenge in today’s crowded digital market. No matter the industry, customers today have more ways to research their options than ever before. Customer experiences are the ultimate deciding factor that separates successful companies from the rest.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

While instinct and surmise may have worked in the past, today marketers need to recognize exactly what customers want, when they want it and how they want it. Also, it is not enough for marketers to just ‘know’ their customers; it is important for them to be one step ahead and predict what they need and how they will behave.

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Multi-channel POS Customer Data Mobile 246

retailnext

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In today’s world, collecting data and basing decisions on the calculated data is critical to success, especially in the retail market. It is also critical to formulating an effective business and marketing strategy. Ensuring relevancy of products as per demand and the competitive market. Introduce innovation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

Ecommerce can sometimes lose the experience of in-person shopping and, with it a retailer’s ability to show off its products in ways that can set a store apart from its competition. Ecommerce sites can now highlight products in new and interactive ways that make the discovery process more fun for consumers. Bringing Luxury Online.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

The legal cannabis market was valued at $12.81 For approximately two decades, Cookies and Dr. While online platforms and communities like Instagram are the “cornerstone” of the brands’ digital footprints, Del Fante explained that each physical location presents a unique opportunity to “express our brand in a way for us to retain customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Retailers today are faced with mounting pressure to maximize their bottom lines while maintaining cost expectations for consumers. But amid volatile market changes, ever-evolving customer expectations and increased competition online, this is increasingly challenging to realize. Enter artificial intelligence (AI).

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 13, 2021

The 2021 Connected Consumer Series reflected the challenges retail (and society as a whole) have faced during the past year, but also the growing sense of optimism that is taking hold this year. that’s why marketing teams are allocating more of their spend towards them. Listen to the session on demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 17, 2023

And in consumer-facing businesses, a brand’s best customer may suddenly ghost them, disappearing without another word — or another purchase. When a Good Customer Relationship Goes Bad. In recent years, a customer-centric revolution has led brands to recognize the importance of understanding their best customers.

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RETAIL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In the rapidly evolving world of retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG), staying ahead of the competition is a constant challenge. Traditional marketing strategies alone are no longer sufficient in today’s digital age. AI algorithms analyze customer data to understand preferences, behavior, and purchase history.

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Marketing Retail Customer Loyalty Games 95

Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Customer experience (CX) has become the number one business priority for marketers. The percentage of European B2C marketers considering improving CX as their company’s top business priority has jumped from 26% in 2019 to 46% in 2020. CMOs are fully aware of the importance of customer data to personalise experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 25, 2023

Every few decades, retail brands discover a new way to connect with consumers. The early 2000s saw the beginning of an online media push that brought standardized content from one brand to many consumers. D2R allows brands to scale and track the money they spent on digital marketing in a way that hasn’t been available before.

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