Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2024

But while AI is already delivering big changes to retailers’ bottom lines, it hasn’t yet truly transformed the way consumers shop. Retailers come to us to brainstorm and create AI-enabled products and services that won’t just deliver new revenue and reduce costs, but instead will fully transform the customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2020

COVID-19 has accelerated the contactless revolution: 84% of Americans ( 77% among global consumers) now expect to increase their use of touchless technologies to avoid physical contact for the remainder of the pandemic, with 55% ( 63% globally) planning to continue doing so afterward, according to a survey by Capgemini.

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iVend

JANUARY 13, 2022

Check out our flexible POS, loyalty program and inventory visibility systems. Returns Management: Returns drives sales and satisfaction Returns management is an integral part of the overall customer experience and your returns policy is therefore an important element. But managing refunds can be costly and time-consuming.

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iVend

APRIL 17, 2023

So how does chatGPT play a role in omnichannel retail POS? Omnichannel retail is the bringing together of multiple online and offline channels in a customer-centric approach that delivers the best possible shopping experience. But retail data analytics, trawling through these vast reams of data is a time consuming task.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Despite global economic concerns, consumer spending has remained robust throughout 2023, and retailers are looking forward to a blockbuster Q4 full of holiday spending. eMarketer expects retail mobile commerce sales to account for 43.4% In 2024, mobile commerce sales are expected to hit $534.18 billion, up from $415.93

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

Financial services and POS solution Square has launched a new consumer-facing app that lets customers search, discover and book appointments with beauty and personal care professionals. The Square Go app, available for free for both consumers and businesses, is currently available in the U.S. for iOS devices.

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Ecommerce Platforms

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Consumers want quick service, fast ordering, and equally speedy delivery. For a restaurant, bar, or a store to keep its customers happy, they need to fulfill orders, deliver on time, have their customer's choices in stock. They also need to offer customers loyalty programs and discounts to keep those same consumers even happier.

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Korona

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Among other reasons, the rising trends of online shopping, contactless payments, QR code use, click-and-collect, increased software integrations, and a stronger reliance on data are expected to strengthen the cloud POS market through the foreseeable future. The global cloud POS market is expected to reach $9 billion by 2026.

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Kibo

OCTOBER 27, 2022

During the recent pandemic, the retail landscape has witnessed a significant paradigm shift in consumer behavior like decreased foot traffic in stores, increased eCommerce purchases, etc. Any discrepancies could cause delay in shipping times – increasing the likelihood of cancelled orders due to a bad customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Understanding consumer behaviors will be key to building (or rebuilding) a successful retail business in a post-pandemic world. Data will fuel the shift to digital, according to expert contributors to the recent Retail TouchPoints (RTP) webinar, Analyzing The Shift To Digital From 7,000 Marketers And 1B Consumers Worldwide.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

At its 350+ stores in 11 countries, Crocs has implemented customer engagement and merchandise management solutions for POS, merchandising, audit and operations management and analytics. In addition to Aptos, Crocs partnered closely with retail strategy company Sophelle on the deployment. “We

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Mi9

JULY 5, 2023

“Self-Checkout delivers numerous benefits for retailers, including increased efficiency, cost savings, improved accuracy, enhanced customer experiences, and increased store sales. Mi9 Store Self-Checkout software uses intuitive and highly configurable UX to engage customers and process sales.”

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

The retailer “will be removing physical media and updating our mobile, digital imaging, computing, tablets and smart home departments,” said Barry. “We Barry noted that Best Buy’s wealth of first-party customer data gives it an advantage in its personalization efforts, particularly with its mobile app. “We

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GetElastic

MARCH 13, 2019

According to Mobify’s 2018 Q4 Mobile Commerce Insights Report , mobile overall, showed continued growth with purchases made between Black Friday and Christmas. Somewhat surprising from Mobify’s findings was that the most frequent traffic source for mobile was email. According to Forbes, “retailers sent 3.5 Closing the gap.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Performance footwear brand Cole Haan will deploy the Aptos ONE platform, beginning with the Aptos ONE POS. The platform’s microservices-based design and open architecture can accommodate new tools and services, allowing retailers to quickly adapt to shifting customer and business demands. “In

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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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iVend

MARCH 14, 2023

Retailers who want to set themselves apart are integrating more human and personal touchpoints into the shopping experience, increasing engagement, loyalty and sales. iVend Mobile POS Mobile POS in retail engages and delights shoppers. Talk to iVend about mPOS for your stores.

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iVend

AUGUST 17, 2022

Supermarket shopping is, for the vast majority of consumers, an essential. Whether they’re buying via ecommerce solutions or in the brick and mortar store, they want a smooth and hassle-free retail experience, to get the job done as painlessly as possible. iVend’s Grocery POS system is designed for convenience and speed.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

While the name Burton is almost synonymous with the snowboards the company began making in 1977, Burton has diversified over the years into new categories — including surfboards, apparel, goggles/optics and other sports gear — as well as expanding beyond manufacturing into direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail, both physical and digital.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

From contactless payment to fully automated checkout, innovations showed promise for streamlining and improving the customer experience. Still, other innovative frictionless tech featured throughout the shopper’s journey can improve the customer experience. Improving Customer Experience.

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iVend

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As discretionary spend decreases in inverse proportion to cost of living increases, and consumers think more carefully about where they spend, retailers have to get really smart about strategies to win and retain their share of the market. iVend helps retailers iVend helps retailers to capture and analyse customer data.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Real-time CDP helps companies bring together known and anonymous data from multiple enterprise sources to create a consolidated customer profile, which can be used to provide personalized customer experiences across all channels and devices — all in real time. Factors Driving the Need for Real-Time CDP.

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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

JULY 17, 2023

region or individual stores, reducing energy consumption and utility costs without negatively impacting the customer experience. Interconnected IoT devices, including GPS and RFID tags, allow retailers to track the entire journey of their products, from production to the customers’ sites. Exceptional customer experience.

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Korona

AUGUST 3, 2022

This article discusses the benefits of eCommerce POS integration and how to integrate a point of sale system with your website. You’ll also learn more about choosing the best POS software for your business. What is eCommerce POS integration? How can eCommerce POS integration help your retail business?

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GetElastic

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Leading brands find that a headless commerce solution enables them to rapidly provide innovative customer experiences. Be ready for what is coming and don’t compromise your customer experiences by going with, or continuing to modify, your traditional ecommerce system to keep up with the pace of change.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

After years of lockdowns and digital-driven behaviors, consumers’ actions have shown how crucial the store experience is to how they shop and interact with brands. They also need to support a more mobile-enabled workforce that might need smaller, roller-cart type stations, rather than so much emphasis on fixed till cash wraps.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The retailer identified key points within the in-store customer journey to roll out more screens for advertisers, to maximize reach regardless of consumer journeys, patterns and purposes. It’s not just one screen in the POS area so [that] Hy-Vee can say they have a retail media network. .”

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GetElastic

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Leading brands find that a headless commerce solution enables them to rapidly provide innovative customer experiences. Be ready for what is coming and don’t compromise your customer experiences by going with, or continuing to modify, your traditional ecommerce system to keep up with the pace of change.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 11, 2021

Now more than ever, retailers are looking for solutions to create more seamless in-person and digital customer experiences. But while blending of in-store and online provides consumers with significantly more flexible shopping, it also creates operational challenges. Providing Various Payments Technologies.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

That is driving the customer to come and shop, and now, we’re investing to make sure that when the customer comes to shop with us, either online or in store, that they don’t have to make the tradeoffs.” Now, the company is using the $1 billion to invest in improving: Digital capabilities.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 23, 2022

One of my strategic pillars is to attract the highest quality members via inspired applications that support the different ways they do business to drive margin per member, improve customer experience and drive network health ,” said Powell in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. How FTD is Easing Digital Adoption for Florists.

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Korona

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As a winery owner, your tasting room is the jumping-off point to both building your winery’s brand as well as the first place to convert customers into wine club members. So providing an outstanding hospitality experience is crucial. Similarly, 52% of retailers wanted to improve their POS systems. FOOD MENUS.

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Korona

OCTOBER 6, 2021

As a winery owner, your tasting room is the jumping-off point to both building your winery’s brand as well as the first place to convert customers into wine club members. So providing an outstanding hospitality experience is crucial. Similarly, 52% of retailers wanted to improve their POS systems. Food Menus.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 29, 2020

and Canada, is rolling out its first-ever online store and mobile app for consumers within the delivery or pickup radius of its locations. Web site functionality includes providing customers with the option to select curbside pickup or home delivery.

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RetailMinded

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Contributed by Dipesh Hinduja, Mobile Solutions Architect at Stratix. Prior to the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers were investing in stores by right-sizing their real estate footprints and reshaping the store experience around customer engagement. Associate mobile is key to the future of retail. . Mobile POS.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Google Pay will make buy now, pay later (BNPL) options available for online and mobile payments in the U.S. BNPL got a boost as consumers worldwide grappled with inflation, and experts identified multiple BNPL growth opportunities in August 2022. YoY and $2.5 billion more than last year, according to data from Adobe Analytics.

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