Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

During a peak holiday shopping period in November 2021, bad bot traffic increased by 73%, negatively impacting customers’ online experiences in the process. A Roadmap to a Bad Bot-Free Holiday Shopping Experience. As bad bot sophistication increases, consumers and retailers alike will bear the burden of the disruption.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2023

How can companies deliver personalized ads at scale, search for new customers and conquer new markets, launch effective marketing campaigns and optimize products and brand experience? In short, how can businesses connect with their customers? I will share a customer case example that answers these questions.

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lateshipment

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

While your company’s products and sales efforts will ultimately be most directly responsible for generating and maintaining business, the on-site experience you provide also plays a key role in attracting and intriguing customers. Here's What You Need to Do to Piece Together a Better On-Site eCommerce Customer Experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 23, 2021

The turmoil also proved that mobile technology enables needed flexibility in times of disruption and drives superior customer experiences that make retailers more competitive. A lasting effect of the pandemic is that it’s increased customer demand for more options and raised expectations for more personalized experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 31, 2024

We’ve all heard that today’s empowered consumer demands seamless and consistent experiences, but new research from CI&T indicates that these expectations are higher than ever. consumers of all ages, races and genders, as well as an assessment of digital retail strategies across various product categories.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2022

Internet of Things (IoT) technology and devices have been changing the nature of user experience for some time, as consumers gradually adopt mobile app-controlled technology like smart lighting, connected thermostats, home security systems and doorbell alerts. More Customers Will Embrace Connected Experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2023

7-Eleven has upgraded its mobile app with simplified login and registration, a centralized deals and rewards area for 7Rewards loyalty members and improved in-app shopping and delivery experiences via 7NOW Delivery. 7-Eleven has increasingly been branding its offerings to consumers. “It

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 16, 2022

The Home Depot will roll out more than 125,000 new hdPhones to associates in order to improve both the worker and customer experience at its stores. The mobile devices support communications throughout the entire store and in the parking lots, via both text messaging and walkie-talkie communications. stores by the end of 2022.

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365 Retail

JUNE 8, 2023

Accelerating Digital Transformation In recent years, the automotive industry has transformed, and consumers have changed the way they shop for vehicles, no longer following a linear process of researching vehicles before visiting dealerships to finalize their purchases.

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iVend

MARCH 17, 2023

Ask any retailer and they’ll tell you that an enhanced customer experience is at the top of their ‘must do’ list. Improving customer experience is the key to winning new customers, keeping existing ones happy and bumping up revenue and profit. iVend helps retailers analyse data for an enhanced customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2022

DTC frozen food delivery service Yelloh (known as Schwan’s Home Delivery until earlier this year) has tapped Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver a slate of technology-enabled personalized experiences for both its customers and employees.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 26, 2021

Conversational marketing enables marketers to build brand equity and improve campaign performance by transforming the customer experience through a combination of strategy, approach and technology. Over the last few years, consumers have come to expect personalization from the retail brands that they love.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

Petco also has updated its mobile app to include a streamlined, centralized profile for pets’ wellness needs, including nutrition, vaccinations and grooming appointment reminders. The retailer began offering same-day delivery in partnership with DoorDash in December 2020.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 14, 2023

Retailers are adapting their store environments to meet consumers’ heightened demand for ease and convenience. Nearly half ( 46% ) of retailers surveyed in Retail TouchPoints’ Store Operations Survey noted that they provide mobile POS to associates — and an additional 31% plan to implement the technology this year.

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Kissmetrics

MARCH 22, 2018

Stitch Labs is a purpose-built inventory management software to help brands improve customer experience and scale efficiency. When we talk about the future of retail, industry news is abuzz with the idea of brands creating experiences for their customers. Download the original guide here.

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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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RTP blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

More and more retailers are creating new kinds of shopping experiences — mostly by converging the physical space with digital tools and technologies — to win over customers. Today’s connected, empowered and tech-savvy customers want the best of both worlds — online shopping customization and personalization with in-store services.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Global downloads of mobile shopping apps were up 16% year-over-year in the first half of 2022 while the number of sessions was up 29% , according to data from the It’s Not Luck, It’s Skill: Make Every Marketing Dollar Count This Holiday Season report by data.ai. Mobile Retailing Requires a ‘Mindset Shift’.

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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

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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

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Customer Experience Customer eCommerce Vend 139

lateshipment

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

While your company’s products and sales efforts will ultimately be most directly responsible for generating and maintaining business, the on-site experience you provide also plays a key role in attracting and intriguing customers. Here's What You Need to Do to Piece Together Better On-Site eCommerce Customer Experience.

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Customer Experience Improvements eCommerce Customer 130

Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 11, 2023

New research from Capterra finds that tip fatigue — exhaustion caused by the pressure to tip more money to a widening array of workers — is a serious problem affecting most consumers who use checkout tablets at restaurants and other businesses. This should give pause to any business that uses checkout tablets.

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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. of ecommerce sales in 2024. of ecommerce sales in 2024.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Digital shopping through eCommerce and mCommerce platforms have fast become the go-to for many customers looking for a quick, hyper-personalised and flexible retail experience from the comfort of their own home – or on the go. Empowering store associates .

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Instead, these brands need to meet customers where they already are and adhere to their communication preferences — which currently, perhaps surprisingly, points to voice. In fact, 73% of consumers currently connect with businesses via voice calls, and one-third plan to do even more business through voice in the next year.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 8, 2023

Right now, retailers are selfishly positioning their customer journey to benefit their marketing efforts, not the end consumer. While data sourcing customer information can be a key part of any marketing strategy, it could also be the reason you’re losing revenue. Here’s why.

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Forrester eCommerce

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

India is emerging as a powerhouse in mobile banking adoption. According to Forrester’s Consumer Asia Pacific Survey, 2023, a staggering 87% of online Indian adults expressed their desire to do all their banking on a smartphone. This statistic marks the highest percentage among the countries surveyed in the Asia Pacific region.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2022

To remain competitive — and capture as many online dollars as possible — retailers are prioritizing the customer experience and refining the purchasing journey, improving mobile and app capabilities, adding BOPIS (buy online, pick up in-store) and curbside delivery options, enhancing product page listings and more.

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GetElastic

APRIL 23, 2019

Imagine a customer service experience where the business representative is always available, friendly and equipped to handle any inquiry you send their way. They have quickly taken over customer service functions for a growing number of businesses. The B2C Experience.

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RTP blog

APRIL 30, 2018

It seems as though voice assistants are everywhere, from the car and the home to the workplace and of course, mobile devices. Harnessing voice technology is one of the leading ways today’s brands can truly deliver a more seamless customer experience tomorrow. So where does the retail customer experience fit in?

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The problem is, consumers don’t seem to want them. A survey we recently conducted of 2,000 consumers found that the vast majority of shoppers (85%) were uninterested in using AI to help make purchasing decisions. And this problem will only become more intractable if consumers can’t shake their skepticism about AI.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

A historic pandemic with a double-whammy of supply chain and staffing issues as well as persistently high levels of inflation have up-ended a lot of industry norms and pushed consumers to increasing their scrutiny on where and how much they spend. consumers are increasingly looking for deals and overall experience when shopping.

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 1, 2019

Mobile is the dominant digital touchpoint in retail and mobile apps play critical role – consumers who down load a retailer’s app are likely to be more loyal, but that does not mean they wont uninstall the app if it does not meet their expectations!

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 31, 2021

Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has made a series of new executive appointments that include the creation of the role of Chief Customer Officer for Walgreens , responsible for the customer experience across all consumer touch points. Newly appointed SVP and CFO Gruener will lead the finance organization for Walgreens.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 19, 2024

The stores, which had been branded as The Source , a wholly owned subsidiary of Bell, will be renamed Best Buy Express and offer both Best Buy consumer electronics and telecom services from Bell. Best Buy and Bell will invest in an updated store experience and expanded product assortment, customer experience and training.

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Groove

APRIL 15, 2024

While there are plenty of options for B2C consumers, the unique capabilities a B2B customer requires simply are not available on B2C platforms and apps. They can also leverage pricing strategies and increase customer experiences. It also allows you to address customer preferences quickly.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Phone-based customer service, or voice, is well established as the most commonly used and the most tightly managed customer service channel. It may be exactly what contact centers need to not just move on from deflection, but have the confidence to once again encourage customers to call. And yes, customers are noticing.

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