Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

The past few years have been a rollercoaster ride for the retail industry. Then, last year, in-store sales grew faster than online sales, while ecommerce stocks took a big hit. A survey from this year’s World Retail Congress suggests that the uncertain times aren’t over for the industry.

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RTP blog

APRIL 30, 2018

By Randy Malluk, Triad Retail Media Voice-enabled technology was the talk of the show at CES this year, with Google and Amazon in a near arms race to own the market. Harnessing voice technology is one of the leading ways today’s brands can truly deliver a more seamless customer experience tomorrow.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This holiday season, though prices are still high and purse strings remain tightened, there’s slightly more stability inherent in the current retail environment that will bring more clarity to the numbers. Retailers will leverage this moment to focus on operational efficiencies and consumer connection.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

Connecting the world of physical objects into a smart network, IoT technology brings new business opportunities for retailers and provides data-driven insights for decision-makers. According to Grand View Research , the global IoT retail market was valued at $42.38 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 28.4%

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In retail, the wow factor refers to the business’ ability to amaze customers and convert them into store or brand admirers. A recent study from Wharton’s Baker Retailing Center and The Verde Group found that retailers can increase shopper repurchase intent by nearly 60% by delivering a great experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

retailers will be able to accept contactless customer payments on their Apple iPhones via its new Tap to Pay functionality. Consumers will be able to use their credit and debit cards, Apple Pay or other digital wallets to purchase items, with no additional POS hardware or payment terminal required to complete transactions.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 18, 2024

Following a 200 -store test that limited customers using self-checkout to a maximum of 10 items, Target has rolled out Express Self-Checkout to its nearly 2,000 stores nationwide. Despite some consumer and retailer complaints about self-checkout , the technology is well entrenched in retail store operations.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Retailers have taken notice of this shift and are increasingly turning toward experiential retail to meet changing customer preferences. In fact, according to a Forrester Consulting study sponsored by Shopify, 40% of brands say offering experiential retail will be a top priority for them in the next year.

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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% of total retail ecommerce sales in 2023. billion, up from $415.93

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 31, 2023

Retailers know that customer engagement must be the focus of their marketing efforts. And it’s increasingly clear that brands that embrace financial services within the customer journey are scoring highly on engagement scores. Many customers bail at this point.

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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. Retail TouchPoints asked experts across the store design, experience and technology realms to share the trends they believe will drive brick-and-mortar innovation.

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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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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

already works with more than 500 brands globally, making it easy for retailers to deploy these virtual try-on solutions across their points of sale, pending brand approval. A web-based version of the experience can be accessed on the UK Reserve & Collect website. Perfect Corp. in a statement. “We ”

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

To capitalize on this expected growth, cannabis retailers are focused on building trust and, most of all, standing out. Now the retailers, with 25 and six brick-and-mortar locations respectively, are bringing their brands to the next level through highly immersive store experiences and a concentrated focused on store growth. “Our

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Teamwork Retail

JULY 1, 2020

Security and well-being at the point of sale is not optional, customers are already shifting to using online & digital solutions as well as reduced contact channels to purchase the goods and services customers are seeking. Protecting Retail Staff. The Key: Engineering safety controls. The Safeguard Screen.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Deliveries from more than 2,000 Rite Aid stores in 16 states will be powered by the Grubhub Marketplace , making thousands of the retailer’s OTC, wellness products and snacks more accessible to consumers. Uber Direct, part of Uber Eats, is designed to allow businesses to own the end-to-end customer experience for on-demand deliveries.

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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. However, retail marketers often lack the data they need to develop and execute more empathetic messaging. Last year the top priority was engaging customers in real time.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Design for retail experiences is a hot topic of conversation, especially as shoppers return to stores for the holiday season, still under the influence of a COVID pandemic. Whether you’re strategic about it or not, sound is actively telling an emotional and functional story about your retail space.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 25, 2024

This is the first part of our two-part series, “ From Self-Checkout to Just Walk Out: A Look at Autonomous Retail Experiences.” Plus, despite all the vocal naysayers, many consumers actually like the technology. In part one we go beyond the headlines to uncover the reality of the self-checkout situation.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

retailer to offer Tap to Pay on iPhone, which allows associates to accept contactless payments using their iPhones without requiring a dedicated payments card reader or additional hardware. Associates will need to install the mobile Point of Sale App on their iPhones to use it. Sephora will be the first U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2022

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, retailers are now facing the challenge of capturing and maintaining market share and keeping their customers loyal. Giving consumers a positive BNPL experience includes offering high approval rates, transparent terms and attractive rates. The Door has Opened to In-Store BNPL.

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iVend

JANUARY 13, 2022

iVend Retail Management Suite iVend’s retail technology helps retailers in returns management. The National Retail Federation’s (NRF) figures for the 2021 ‘returns season’ states that up to 13% of total sales in the US were returned – that is over $400 billion of goods.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 1, 2022

There are a lot of people making a good living forecasting what’s going to happen in retail. Things like ecommerce will soon eclipse brick-and-mortar, retail is facing an apocalypse or delivery to home will become the norm in grocery shopping. The fact is, when it comes to what’s ahead for retail, no one really knows.

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iVend

APRIL 9, 2024

In today’s modern retail stores, the point of sale no longer has to be a fixed counter – it could be anywhere in the store. Mobile POS System iVend mobile POS takes service to customers in the aisle. Learn how it could enhance your retail business. The sale is saved, and both retailer and the customer are happy.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

If you’re responsible for wireless, wired and wide area networks, all the noise probably has you searching for answers to how AI, machine learning and automation can help your retail organization. To obtain the best solution for comprehensively addressing your specific retail networking challenges, look for the following attributes: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

You can’t check out a news site or industry publication without seeing articles about how COVID-19 has disrupted countless industries, including retail. With that in mind, here are some of the key factors (and new normals) that retail stores must pay attention to as they work to create this outcome. . Go Back in Time.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 16, 2021

The “new normal” may be here to stay, with retailers and consumers alike embracing the new, online-driven landscape of the retailer sector. Even before 2020, brick-and-mortar retailers had been fighting a fierce battle against leading ecommerce players. Re-thinking the in-person experience.

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iVend

JULY 8, 2022

Customer experience in retail is at the heart of what keeps customers coming back.Forbes reports on a study in which 90% of consumers said they are more likely to return to a retail store if they have had a positive experience. Learn how our customer facing displays drive greater engagement.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The customer is then charged on an ongoing basis unless they explicitly cancel the service in question. Legacy FTC rules require sellers to disclose sale terms before consumers subscribe and to provide cancellation information. This proposal reflects the growing consumer demand for an easier subscription cancellation process.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

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 In recent years, what constitutes a great retail experience has changed dramatically,” said Ron Edwards, COO of Cole Haan in a statement.

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RetailMinded

MARCH 16, 2024

Struggling to keep up with the pace of modern retail? The retail landscape is evolving rapidly, and maintaining productivity can feel like chasing a moving target. Retailers are discovering that AI can do more than just data analysis. Streamlining Knowledge With AI Enterprise Search Knowledge is power, especially in retail.

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Korona

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Many companies now spend incredible amounts of time and money on improving their customer service and the overall customer experience at their store, whether it be online or brick-and-mortar. But there is a distinct difference between customer service and customer experience. And few are aware of this.

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365 Retail

MAY 19, 2021

Among many others, one thing we have missed over the past months is without a doubt the real-life shopping experience. The queues formed outside branches of Primark, JD Sports, and TK Maxx as retailers extended their opening hours to meet demand as crowds flooded back to the high street are a reassuring confirmation. .

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RetailMinded

APRIL 7, 2022

After two decades, however, the millennial generation is beginning to slip into the annals of retail, a thing of the past, set to be replaced as the generation that preceded it. This group of consumers are prepared to shop wherever best suits them in the moment and without preference as to the vehicle they use to find what they want.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2021

has entered a multi-year national partnership with buy now, pay later solution Afterpay to support retailers in offering flexible payment solutions to returning shoppers. million customers have set up an Afterpay Card to shop in person since the solution went live in fall 2020. Leasing at URW in a statement. “We

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 15, 2022

And because food shopping decisions align directly with consumers’ needs and preferences, food retailers have a unique opportunity to differentiate through the physical experience they offer. The retailers that have done that well clearly come through on this list.” Expertise and Craftsmanship. “We

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Kissmetrics

JANUARY 6, 2021

Failure to do so can only lead to losing customers. Enter retail media networks. What is a Retail Media Network? With more and more people shopping online, retail media just makes sense. But what exactly is a retail media network? Pros and Cons of Retail Media. Pros of Retail Media. For Retailers.

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