RTP blog

MARCH 19, 2018

Well, you don’t need to care, but Charles Darwin would argue you should: “It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, it’s the one that most adapts to change.” Technology is changing the way we live, the way consumers shop and the way retailers need to operate.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2023

Rapid consumer adoption of new payment technologies and ecommerce, accelerated by the pandemic, led to demand for seamless and secure payment flows through every channel. At the same time, businesses across many sectors pivoted toward offering their own payment solutions for employees and customers alike.

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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. The pandemic is finally ending, but the new/remade world will require a refined approach to the customer experience.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 20, 2021

The BOPUS (Buy Online, Pick Up In-Store) has been attracting hype for both retailers and customers, and this trend is expected to stay. However, it requires synergy between online commerce channels and physical retail to succeed. consumers have leveraged BOPUS to make purchases. consumers have leveraged BOPUS to make purchases.

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Omnisend

JANUARY 8, 2024

Understanding how to get repeat customers can boost your revenue. You can find out who your returning customers are from several sources: Customer data from your CRM system Point of sale data Understanding the value of repeat customers Is learning how to get repeat customers worth it?

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GetElastic

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Why a Hybrid Customer Experience is Essential for Today’s Consumer. After all, that’s where the customers are, right? While yes, many consumers today do prefer shop online as it can be more accessible and cater to personal preferences, it’s not the end of the brick-and-mortar store. There are 2.14 Source ).

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GetElastic

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Why a Hybrid Customer Experience is Essential for Today’s Consumer. After all, that’s where the customers are, right? While yes, many consumers today do prefer shop online as it can be more accessible and cater to personal preferences, it’s not the end of the brick-and-mortar store. There are 2.14 Source ).

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Subscription services really took off in 2020 thanks to a combination of lockdown driving online shopping, consumers’ desire to save money, and the innate convenience of the subscription model. 45% of consumers streamed live television at least weekly, up from 20% in 2017. . The end of cancel(lation) culture.

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GetElastic

MAY 16, 2019

Solving channel conflict is top of mind for many manufacturers. How do you go direct to the consumer without alienating your distribution channel? For example, Rolls-Royce is selling jet engines to airlines on a pay-per-use model. Many turn to a marketplace model and invite their distributors to sell there.

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Ecommerce Platforms

JANUARY 12, 2021

NetSuite groups data sets into expandable interfaces known as “portlets”. Like KPIs, Metrics and Scorecards, revenue, customer data, or invoice-related data. You can customize the calculations and relevant data sets to display or use NetSuite’s preset formats. Accounting. Order Management.

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Omnisend

JANUARY 6, 2021

From technical details like size, function, and specs to vivid description detailing use cases and examples of social proof, you can give your customers an excellent understanding of what to expect from their purchase, and reassure them that others are enjoying the product too. Capture More Email Subscribers. Find out how.

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Korona

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

It’s important to explore new channels such as marketplaces, social media, price comparison engines, etc. As soon as you leverage multiple channels to promote your products, you are conducting multi-channel retailing. Check out this guide to get more info and ideas on operating a multi-channel retail operation.

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Algopix

DECEMBER 2, 2020

New trends in online shopping have drastically changed the way consumers approach the buying process. Retailers must aim to make switching among these sales channels easy. That’s why many businesses are incorporating both online and in-store activities as part of their customer profiles. Catalog Price Optimization.

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Steve Dennis

JULY 23, 2018

For the last five years or so much of retail has been obsessed with becoming “omni-channel.” The point is not to be everywhere, but to eliminate friction and be remarkable and relevant in the places along the customer journey where it really matters. Either way, channel-centric silos were put in place or reinforced.

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Kibo

APRIL 26, 2022

The past two years have demonstrated that consumers are ready and willing to change their behavior to find and purchase the things they need. Shoppers migrated online in droves in 2020, with eCommerce sales up nearly 32% from 2019 per data from Digital Commerce 360. A pivot to omnichannel shopping is also being adopted by consumers.

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Ecommerce Platforms

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

As you probably know, Shopify is a cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform designed to help businesses create and manage their online store and e-commerce operations. However, the point remains that there’s enormous potential to engage with new customers. As such, it garners consumer trust.

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iVend

MAY 18, 2021

The popularity of thrift stores is the result of several consumer trends converging: the need for affordability; the desire to engage with purpose-led businesses; a move away from mass production and the appeal of the unique; and a strong environmental awareness and desire to be more sustainable. Read about how they achieve it here.

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ESW

JULY 22, 2019

Below are three of the biggest challenges an eCommerce brand faces when it tackles a multi-platform integration. Anticipating and Meeting Demand Across Sales Channels. Having manufacturing, inventory, and shipping running smoothly is the first step to predicting and fulfilling your consumers demands. .

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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. From the rise of UI/UX, we can see that many trends have emerged with only one purpose: to improve customer experience.

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Korona

MARCH 22, 2022

And consumers are increasingly using both digital and physical touchpoints to make purchases. Today’s consumers have unlimited choice in where and how they shop. Opening a hybrid retail store means taking advantage of the benefits of these multi-channel systems. See related: How to Move Your Retail Business Online.

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Inflow Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Magento Commerce is more apt for large product catalogs, product variations and attributes, and multi-store management. Valentine told us that smaller companies (under $25M, even $50M) will find the maintenance of a Magento site more time-consuming and expensive than their organization and budget are built for. Wholesale channels.

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Korona

MARCH 22, 2022

And consumers are increasingly using both digital and physical touchpoints to make purchases. Today’s consumers have unlimited choice in where and how they shop. Opening a hybrid retail store means taking advantage of the benefits of these multi-channel systems. See related: How to Move Your Retail Business Online.

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Omnisend

JUNE 15, 2021

After all, a staggering 79% of merchants state that they rely on returning customers. For example, some customer lifecycle management best practices involve utilizing seamless customer lifecycle marketing automation. This includes your marketing activities and customer data.

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Omnisend

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Maintaining open communication with customers is crucial. A WordPress contact form provides a direct channel for customer queries and feedback. It sends a clear message that your business values customer communication. This transparency is vital to building trust and confidence among your consumers.

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PERQ

OCTOBER 19, 2023

At the same time, use your website to collect valuable self-reported prospect data that can help you create powerful personalized nurture outreach to potential renters. Since your teams can’t be available 24/7, consider automating prospect communication across channels with the latest in machine-learning AI chat technology.

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SellBrite

MAY 13, 2019

All the more difficult, too, considering all the ways in which the ecommerce customer base is changing. Standing out in ecommerce now involves recognizing that, nowadays, buyers are more multi-faceted than ever – they care about social values that their favorite brands do (or don’t) espouse.

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Ecommerce Platforms

MARCH 7, 2022

ShopWired also provides a two-stage checkout for customers. Here, customers can create an account and save their card details for future purchases to help speed up the process. You can also use this customer data (like their name and email address) for your marketing campaigns. Again, this is great for driving more sales.

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Sailthru

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In many cases, poor customer data management will be the catalyst. We all know that customer data is crucial for personalization, especially in the earliest stages of the customer journey as you’re still establishing that relationship. Raise does this well, using a long-term multi-channel approach.

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Kissmetrics

DECEMBER 6, 2020

What if I told you there was a single marketing channel through which companies are finding a 3,800% ROI? This magic marketing channel is called email. On top of that, many of the most time-consuming campaign processes can be automated with an email marketing service. That’s earning $38 for every dollar spent.

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Retalon

APRIL 27, 2021

Although e-commerce gets all of the attention, the past two decades of technological change have transformed every aspect of the retail business — from planning, inventory, pricing, and promotions — all the way down to customer service and the in-store experience. to optimize inventory for gross margins.

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Ecommerce Platforms

MARCH 4, 2021

Eventually, third-party logistics make sense for online stores , seeing as how it cuts out expensive and time-consuming elements like storage, shipping, and packaging. The goal is to find a fulfillment partner near your primary customers. What's also great about the Shopify Fulfillment center is that you can make sales on all channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2021

Mastering data is critical for retailers, particularly those serving specialty areas. The ability to reach consumers at the moments in time when they’re likely to make — or at least consider — key purchase decisions is the ultimate marketing challenge. Can you determine what data I need compared to what I already have?

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Optimizely

JUNE 18, 2020

A major part of staying competitive (and candidly, simply keeping up with the times) is effectively leveraging customer data. In today’s world there’s no shortage of data brands have access to from marketing data to merchandising data and more. Health and beauty brands need to find a way to compete, and fast.

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

When you factor in the expanded ecommerce selling opportunities through omni-channel retail (like adding Amazon and eBay storefronts to your sales approach, for example), it’s easy to see that now is the best possible time to grow an ecommerce business. Business-to-Consumer (B2C). Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C).

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the retail sector in dramatic ways over the last year — from fluctuating product demand and availability and rapidly changing consumer behaviors and expectations to ever-evolving health and safety requirements. The other dimension to consider in all this is employees.

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Kissmetrics

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Effective email campaigns are based on putting things in front of customers that they actually want. Companies like Starbucks are sending weather-appropriate discounts on drinks: it’s no accident when their emails entice consumers to warm up on a rainy day or cool off when the temperature spikes. Email Personalization.

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MagentoBrain

APRIL 3, 2023

Payment gateways , shipping providers, and marketing management tools are examples. Multilingual and multi-currency support: Supports multiple languages and currencies. Making it an ideal solution for businesses with a global customer base. Because they enable consumers to see what they are purchasing.

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