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#TBT: Service Merchandise Was the OG Multi-Channel Shopping Experience

Retail TouchPoints

These items included many children’s toys as well as smaller consumer or commodity items such as batteries, film and videocassettes. We’re seeing big players experimenting with similar, more modern takes on this multi-channel shopping experience. Omnichannel approaches like Target’s are not insular.

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Accenture: Rise of the ‘Resilient Consumer’ Requires More Nuanced Retail Strategies

Retail TouchPoints

Accenture surveyed more than 10,000 consumers in 16 countries and found that although we’re living in a time of “lasting uncertainty,” the “ resilient consumer ” is uncovering new ways to protect and control what is most important to them. As a result, consumer behaviors are becoming more complex.

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Richpanel Review: Multi-Channel Customer Support for Shopify and More

Ecommerce Platforms

That’s not a bad idea, considering consumers are becoming more and more reliant on chat boxes. One of the core features that helps Richpanel stand out from the competition is how it allows store owners to handle customer support from multiple sales channels in one place. To begin, they receive conversations from multiple channels.

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Wish Launches Marketing Blitz to Reintroduce Itself to Consumers

Retail TouchPoints

After topping the charts as the most popular shopping app in the world in 2018, Wish fell out of favor with consumers who had one too many bad experiences. Today marks the brand’s reintroduction to consumers with a multi-channel, multi-market campaign aiming at bringing the new experience of shopping on Wish to life.

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New Shopping App TRYO Aims to Make AR Try-On More Accessible to Consumers and Brands

Retail TouchPoints

3D and AR design studio QReal is moving deeper into direct commerce with the launch of the new multi-brand, multi-category shopping app TRYO. The same 3D model can serve the brand and the retailer, and honestly the cost should be dispersed across the full sales channel.

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Why Uncommon Corporate Partnerships are a Must in 2024 (and How to Make Them a Reality)

Retail TouchPoints

Despite Tightening Wallets, Select Brands Flourish As spend growth softened in the second half of 2023 across discretionary categories and companies geared toward more price-conscious consumers flourished, opportunities presented themselves for brands that kept an open mind. However, not all customers behave the same.

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The Comprehensive Guide To Selling Consumer Packaged Goods Online

Groove

Introduction Because you’re reading this eBook, you’re likely an eCommerce retailer selling consumer packaged goods online, or you own a brick-and-mortar store and want to transition to eCommerce. What are Consumer Packaged Goods? First, let’s define what you’re trying to sell — consumer packaged goods. increased $63 billion.