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Data Shows Customers Might be Resistant to AI Shopping Recommendations — Here’s what C-Suite Executives Should Know

Retail TouchPoints

For much of last year, AI seemed immune to the normal laws that govern the marketing hype cycle: expectations just kept on inflating. The technology, it turns out, largely functions as promised: AI is in fact quite good at making personalized recommendations. Meanwhile, 60% said they would be unaffected by AI recommendations.

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3 eCommerce Email Marketing AI Tools That Online Merchants Will Love

Groove

In the realm of digital marketing, email continues to be a potent and influential channel for engaging with audiences, fostering customer relationships, and driving business growth. However, the landscape of email marketing is constantly evolving, presenting marketers with new challenges and opportunities. and the A.I.-Powered

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Marketers Must Adapt to Find More Authentic Ways to Engage With Customers

Retail TouchPoints

Traditional outbound marketing to consumers, such as email campaigns, SMS text messaging, display ads, retargeting and other forms of “push marketing,” will in the future see even less engagement from consumers. There are two primary areas of marketing innovation underway: shopping rewards and social commerce.

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How Recommendations can Help Retailers Build a Deeper Relationship With Their Customers

Retail TouchPoints

To offer simple product recommendations — such as “customers who bought this item also bought this” — is simply not going to cut it anymore. Customer expectations are at an all-time high, and if you are unable to deliver in line with the expectation, chances are likely someone else will. Getting Closer to Your Customers.

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Retails Next Frontier: Exploring and Proving the Value of AI

It’s in customer service interactions, product recommendations, marketing outreach, and yes, even commerce experiences. Then, explore use cases of AI in various industries and how it can quickly impact sales, conversions, and customer experience. AI is everywhere.

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Using AI to Build a More Creative, Strategic Future for Marketers

Retail TouchPoints

Retail marketers stand to gain much-needed support and time from AI in a sector fueled by creativity and innovation. For example, on Instagram, 40% of the content people see comes from recommendations that are powered by AI. We know that AI can help build more meaningful connections between people and content.

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Market Limbo Requires That Marketers Remain Limber

Forrester eCommerce

For 2024, marketing executives must steer clear of “growth at any cost” and make strategic decisions about their B2C marketing budgets and work closely with CX and digital teams. Read our recommendations.

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How to Match Online Customers with the Products They Are Searching For

Understanding search intent and getting the right customers in front of the right products is the best way to boost both conversion and the average order value of first-time and return buyers. A properly functioning site search solution is one of the most critical yet underutilized tools available to eCommerce merchandisers.