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5 BigCommerce Competitors You Should Consider in 2024

Groove

Depending on the plan you choose, Shopify offers a wide range of features and apps designed to help you build your eCommerce store and attract customers. Salesforce Commerce Cloud also offers a deep integration with Salesforce's customer relationship management (CRM) platform. For one, Shopify is a hosted platform.

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The Rise of Real-Time CDP

Retail TouchPoints

Also, it is not enough for marketers to just ‘know’ their customers; it is important for them to be one step ahead and predict what they need and how they will behave. In the current scenario, what customers expect from brands is often changing in a dynamic manner. Factors Driving the Need for Real-Time CDP.

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Want to Have Great CX This Holiday Season? Focus on Employee Experience First

Retail TouchPoints

Technology may be able to alleviate the problems of multi-tasking associates, but only if retailers invest more in employee-facing solutions. Our employees are our customers too, in almost all cases, and their expectations have risen as well,” said Walker. That’s why retailers focusing on EX are building mobile apps.

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Which Multi-Touch Attribution Model is Right for Your Retail Brand?

Retail TouchPoints

With the customer journey growing more complex every day, due in large part to the proliferation of screens and cross-channel marketing, retail brands now require robust attribution models to understand how different channels contribute to desired outcomes. Game Theory Meets Attribution.

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Brands Need a Dedicated Balance Sheet for Customer Health

Retail TouchPoints

These days, the framework for marketing success is still being driven heavily by a company’s media plan rather than in the context of overall customer health. Many companies are accustomed to viewing performance by channel, by store or by product. Are existing customers sticking around? That needs to change.

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How to Meet and Exceed Amazon-Driven Customer Expectations 

ESW

But as retailers and brands with DTC ecommerce channels know, meeting online customer expectations in an Amazon-dominated environment is challenging to say the least. While this was good news for brands that had or could set up ecommerce channels, it may have accelerated and intensified The Amazon Effect.

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How to Make ‘Buy Online, Pick Up in Store’ (BOPUS) Work for Your Digital Brand

Kissmetrics

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. On the checkout landing page, customers can choose the date, time, and pickup location.

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