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How Technology Fuels Customer Experience and Brand Value

Retail TouchPoints

At a time when brand interactions bridge both digital and physical shopping, it is increasingly important for retailers to leverage technology to improve customer experiences and create value. Here are a few examples of how technology enhances customer experience and strengthens brand value.

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La-Z-Boy Deploys Omnichannel ‘Listening’ Solution to Boost Understanding of Shopping Behaviors

Retail TouchPoints

Furniture brand La-Z-Boy has implemented a new omnichannel listening solution as part of its ongoing strategy to evolve the brand and grow customer loyalty. The XI Platform leverages InMoment’s text analytics engine and deep learning AI to help users understand and respond to all the dynamics impacting the omnichannel business.

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5 Ways Retailers Can Tackle Wavering Customer Loyalty

Retail TouchPoints

But winning (and keeping) customersloyalty is no longer confined to programs and points. This is likely because free shipping is no longer a competitive differentiator, but rather, an omnichannel standard. Last year’s top retention tool — free shipping — fell slightly, from 64% in 2021 to 57% in 2022. Invest in Your People .

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Michaels’ Camp Creatology: Driving Customer Loyalty with Creativity and Convenience

Retail TouchPoints

Parents and caregivers are always on the lookout for activities to keep their kids engaged during the summer months, and Michaels has tapped into this need — and not coincidentally, creating new opportunities to build customer loyalty — through Camp Creatology.

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Four Customer Experience and Commerce Trends That Will Define 2021

Retail TouchPoints

The landscape of commerce and delivering customer experience changed dramatically over the past year, as millions of shoppers found health, safety, social distance and remote work taking center stage in their daily lives. So what are the customer experience and commerce trends that will continue, or become more fully realized, in 2021?

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Product Substitution: How Savvy Retailers and Manufacturers can Build Supply Chain Resiliency, Reduce Costs and Improve Customer Experiences

Retail TouchPoints

The letdown customers experience when their orders don’t arrive on time, or at all, results in uncertainty and distrust that’s difficult — if not impossible — to remedy. Retailers can expect that customers will turn to other vendors; once this happens, they’ve lost both the sale and the customer’s trust and loyalty.

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Podcast – Interview with Guest Panel on Building Customer Loyalty and Advocacy with Omnichannel and Personalised Engagement

Digital Doughnut

The fourth show in our Marketing Futures series that we’re producing in partnership with SAP, this episode explores brand strategy in the retail and ecommerce sectors, with a particular focus on omnichannel and customer loyalty.