Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

In the coming years, this booming online retail industry is set to be revolutionised by high-performance technology that’s more commonly associated with video games than digital shopping: implementing high render 3D graphics is one of the driving forces. Opportunity is coming — and you don’t want to be left behind.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The Mastercard SpendingPulse measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment, providing a wealth of insights to help merchants refine and optimize their holiday strategies. This will create a significant opportunity for specialty apparel retailers, which are predicted to see 4.6%

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Steve Dennis

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

If we have learned anything from the past two decades of retail disruption, it’s that notions of separate physical and digital shopping behavior are increasingly distinctions without a difference. The Bay has long suffered from the woes of unremarkable department stores. The lines are blurring. So just what the heck is going on?

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Catalogue Retailer. Department Store. Online Retailer. This year, the company even gave their customers a week extra to shop their sales, starting on 19th November. Health and beauty retailer Boots, and department store John Lewis, take joint second place this year with 22,200 searches a month each!

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Kibo

AUGUST 21, 2020

Product recommendations are part of an ecommerce personalization strategy wherein products are dynamically populated to a user on a webpage, app, or email based on data such as customer attributes, browsing behavior, or situational context—providing a personalized shopping experience. . an eyeglass retailer).

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RTP blog

JULY 11, 2018

The best deals will be reserved for Amazon’s 100 million Prime members — and now the retailer has brick-and-mortar Prime Day outlets as well, thanks to its Whole Foods acquisition. Unfortunately, competing online retailers shouldn’t count on much additional traffic from the 36-hour day (I predict that it will be “Prime Week” by 2020).

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Pivotree Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

based luxury department store Nordstrom , online sales dipped a whopping 11 per cent when its website response time slowed by just half a second. When you have total online sales in the region of $6bn, the impact is $660M per year if left unaddressed. Pivotree acts quickly when your customers are experiencing site issues.

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ecomdash

JULY 1, 2019

Here’s the percentage of surveyed customers that planned to buy from each product categories, and how much they’re estimated to spend. The initial percentages are out of the total surveyed customers, with the percentage of total sales underneath. Again, there’s overlap since most customers buy from more than one source.

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Wiser

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Those three items are not typically purchased from online retailers. Instead, they’re better served by being presented in stores. That kind of last-minute shopping lends itself well to in-store purchases. Valentine’s Day shoppers prefer “X percent off retail price” deals the most, well ahead of Buy One, Get One (BOGO).

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PFS

JANUARY 22, 2020

2019 certainly came with its challenges – from ongoing political turbulence to the evolving demands of today’s customer. But, the outlook for retailers is not entirely bleak. Learning: To boost sustainability in 2020, online retailers must be constantly re-evaluating the distribution chain.

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Ecommerce Platforms

MARCH 18, 2023

Quick answer : The term “retail store” typically applies to a physical, or brick-and-mortar location, such as a supermarket, boutique, or individual offline store. Both retail and ecommerce stores have their own distinctive pros and cons to consider for any entrepreneur. How Does Retail Work?

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ChannelAdvisor

JULY 3, 2017

She brought in new designers, made department stores the ‘new playground’ with bars for people to meet up (after walking through the shop floor) and literally gave these stores a new avenue for sales. Portas found the change in retail interesting, especially when one looks at how people live today and how they are buying.

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365 Retail

JUNE 18, 2021

Clothes shops reported a decline of 2.5%, while department stores saw sales dip 6.7%. Overall, it means retail sales have now increased for the past four months as life begins to return to normal. The value of retail sales online was 58.8% . — Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) June 18, 2021.

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PFS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

As a number of retailers shut up shop, an influx of brands that had previously only existed online are now turning to bricks and mortar stores to provide their customers with a unique and tangible shopping experience. Recent findings revealed that as many as 85% of UK customers prefer shopping in-store rather than online.

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Sailthru

MARCH 8, 2018

As the world’s largest retailer and online retailer go head to head in a battle of Goliath and Goliath, one thing is clear: Omnichannel has become the white whale for retailers. Technology has created a complex customer journey. They also communicate these offerings to customers; during Q4, 6.6%

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ChannelAdvisor

APRIL 27, 2017

According to the US Census Bureau, consumer spending in 2016 grew 16% YoY to a whopping $550 billion, and while traditional department stores saw a downturn in sales, online retailers grew by almost 11%. Because big things are happening in the e-commerce industry. Things they are a’changing.

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ChannelAdvisor

APRIL 27, 2017

According to the US Census Bureau, consumer spending in 2016 grew 16% YoY to a whopping $550 billion, and while traditional department stores saw a downturn in sales, online retailers grew by almost 11%. Because big things are happening in the e-commerce industry. Things they are a’changing.

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retailnext

JANUARY 7, 2020

With modern digital tools, retailers can offer shoppers more personalization than ever — and shopper, in turn, have come to expect highly individualized shopping experiences. Here’s what product configurators are, how they work and how they can boost sales for retailers. Also, providing better customization can help boost sales.

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Sailthru

DECEMBER 13, 2018

missed the stores. Which retailers do these shoppers long for? Nearly one-quarter said House of Fraser, a department store group with even more heritage than Sears. Having been founded in 1849 when Queen Victoria sat on the throne, House of Fraser will soon have fewer than 30 retail stores left.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 2, 2018

On the other hand , brick-and-mortar retailers and department stores, such as Macy’s and J.C. In a statement to Retail Dive, Ricardo Rubi of consulting firm Simon-Kucher explained how Macy’s and J.C. Penney’s holiday promotions struggled to compete with online retailers last year. .

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 19, 2023

Our research found that Amazon Prime members are not habitual impulse buyers when online shopping — yet they turn to impulse buying when they make trips to physical stores. Prime members impulse purchase 30% more at department stores than non-Prime members, our study showed. Impulse buys are here to stay.

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OrderDynamics

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Every retailer from Amazon-size companies to smaller, more local businesses are now responding to consumer demand for lower cost/ free shipping. For retailers today who offer free shipping, the key to levelling the playing field has been the Minimum-Basket-Value (MBV). Hudson’s Bay. Browns Shoes. Pool Supplies Canada.

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ecomdash

JANUARY 22, 2019

According to the Balance , sellers have a reason to be optimistic this year, especially online retailers. Department store sales are down 1% from last year (despite a 0.4% One of the biggest advantages ecommerce has over brick-and-mortar retail is niche marketing. in Q3 2018. Total holiday sales rose 3.9%

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ChannelAdvisor

JULY 26, 2018

The National Retail Federation’s annual survey. Customer Growth Partners’ 16th Annual BTS Forecast. The National Retail Federation (NRF) says total spending is likely to reach $82.8 Retailers need to act fast, researchers say, for “that $5.5 For back-to-college consumers, online shopping was the number one destination.

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ROI Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2021

Online retail grew 49% YoY from Oct. Total YoY retail sales declined 19.1% US retail sales grew 8.5% Secondhand jewelry sales grew for many brands over the holidays , with consumers finding better details through online retail due to the pandemic ( Digital Commerce 360 ). January 5 update.

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BigCommerce

MAY 4, 2018

By embracing SaaS technology and emerging trends, Natori is on pace to earn a new generation of consumers – ones who buy from their site, not just in department stores. Traditionally B2B retailers are going direct to consumer. Don Davis , Editor at Large, Internet Retailer. Their online sales collectively increased 18.5%

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Blue Acorn

JULY 20, 2017

That’s why we spoke to AddShoppers, Bronto, and others about how they think small retailers will change over the next 20 years. What role will physical retail stores play in consumer buying, and how will they have changed? Store reps are essentially becoming the sales reps for your brand. Lasting Thoughts.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Stores begin by slimming down on-premise inventories to account for lower traffic. In its place, the retailer utilizes an online platform for placing orders, and offers the customer a chance to see, touch, or try the product in limited scheduled appointments. And yet, cost management is only a part of the story here.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 9, 2020

And because customers must now rely on online retail for most of their essential and non-essential needs, they are more often drawn to the online shopping experiences that mirror the benefits of in-store experiences. These are unprecedented and uncertain times. Make Videos Shoppable.

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

The ability to speak directly to your customers and make adjustments has never been easier. Most often, business-to-business sales focus on raw materials or products that are repackaged or combined before being sold to customers. Training your customers to use the new B2B tools is important for adoption. What is Ecommerce?

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GetElastic

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Since the iBeacon and location technologies like geofencing came into play with their powerful ability to connect the in-store shoppers contextually, the retail space has been open to leveraging such technologies. Improved Customer Experience. Let us now explain how IoT is going to impact ecommerce stores in two principal ways.

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GetElastic

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Since the iBeacon and location technologies like geofencing came into play with their powerful ability to connect the in-store shoppers contextually, the retail space has been open to leveraging such technologies. Improved Customer Experience. Let us now explain how IoT is going to impact ecommerce stores in two principal ways.

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OrderDynamics

MARCH 21, 2019

Headlines that grab our attention scream: Stores are Being Hit by Online Retailing (Economist). What the Amazon Effect Means for Retailers (Forbes). Bad News Brick-and-Mortar Stores: The Internet Finally Has you Beat (Adweek). E-commerce Will Overtake Physical Retail in 2024 (Generix Group). Disastrous.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As the festive season draws nearer, multi-category online retailer Very continues to build momentum around its Very Best Excuses campaign, with a new 60 second TV ad, launched this week, that celebrates those things we can only get away with at this time of year. ? Very’s 2021 ad campaign celebrates the fact that Christmas is ?

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OrderDynamics

OCTOBER 12, 2017

“Retailers and restaurants are opening 4,080 more stores than they are closing, and retail sales through July 2017 are up over $121.5B Of those 4,080 net openings, 1,326 of them were in core retail segments. Of course, some retail segments are doing better than others. from the same period a year before”.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

When the first department store opened more than 100 years ago, the goal was to offer a multitude of specialty goods to a large number of people. Today, online stores serve that same purpose, but brick-and-mortar retail remains a powerful mechanism for both buyers and sellers.

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ROI Revolution

AUGUST 5, 2021

Total retail sales were up 11% year-over-year this June, a 10.4% Jewelry, lodging, and department stores saw the biggest yearly sales growth compared to the other sectors measured in Mastercard’s SpendingPulse Report. When it comes to large retailers and department stores, 58.2% increase over 2019.

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