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

Retail TouchPoints

The trend of a cautious yet resilient consumer has continued into the early stages of 2024, with high-ticket luxury and department store industries underperforming sectors that sell necessities — online retail, discount/club, automotive and grocery. Full-service restaurants are trailing their limited-service peers.

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Online or In-Store? Why Shoppers Embrace Multi-Channel Shopping

Wiser

The rise of eCommerce is also behind the prevalence of multi-channel shoppers: folks who buy from both online and in-store channels. . In fact, it’s a challenge to find someone who only shops from one channel. Multi-channel shopping is the name of the game today. . Online or in-store?

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The Signs of Bad Shopping Experiences and How to Mitigate Them Using Digital Surveys

Retail TouchPoints

Online retailers and brick-and-mortar stores are having a tough time keeping up with the ever-growing digital market and the audience characteristics that are developing with it. The number of touch points and level of consistency shoppers expect across all departments and channels is increasing. The Omnichannel Approach.

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Nordstrom Takes Stake in Topshop Brands, Launches Joint Venture with ASOS

Retail TouchPoints

department store chain and British online retailer aim to “redefine the traditional retail/wholesale model.”. since 2012 when it became the first retailer to bring the brand to the U.S. The new joint venture will set the stage for a wider strategic partnership in which the U.S.

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Inside the Overlap Between Omnichannel and Personalized Experiences in Retail

Sailthru

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. How can a brand master the omnichannel experience? of Facebook posts revolved around omnichannel offerings.

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Sensory Enabling Technologies are Radically Reshaping the Future of Digital Retail

Retail TouchPoints

From 3D billboards to spatial scent to ChatGPT, meet the brands leading the next wave of multisensory retail innovations, and learn best practices to help strengthen your brand’s sensory presence in this new, multi-dimensional experience market. Read part one here , part two here and part three here.

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Saks.com Spin-Out: Genius Move or Opportunistic Folly?

Steve Dennis

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. What’s likely to be driving this move right now, however, are the recent rather frothy valuations of luxury oriented online retailers.