Inside Retail

JULY 11, 2024

Understanding customer behaviour is pivotal to delivering exceptional customer experiences (CX) online. Identifying pain points: By closely monitoring user interactions, businesses can identify specific pain points that hinder the customer experience. It all starts with setting clear objectives.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The pace of technological change — as well as consumers’ increasing demand for always-on-shopping, anytime, anywhere — has left some retailers struggling to innovate digitally to meet customers’ evolving wants and needs. The customer experience is changing — and faster than ever.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 1, 2022

These experiences are the newest flavor of social commerce that is redefining the retail shopping experience — both online and in-person. But while augmented reality shopping experiences are still in their infancy and may sound complex, they really don’t need to be. The best part about in-person shopping?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 23, 2024

Businesses that offer AR-driven experiences are 41% more likely to capture consumer attention than those that do not, according to Deloitte, and 66% of consumers are interested in using this tech while shopping. Why it’s impactful: Shopping for furniture online is extremely difficult.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 6, 2024

At a time when acquiring a new customer is five times more expensive than retaining a current customer, there is another return on this investment that might be even more lucrative in the long run. Returnless refunds are improving the almighty customer experience, and in turn, their potential customer lifetime value.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Customer experience (CX) optimization is a necessity for ecommerce retailers and other online businesses that want to convert visitors, drive sales and cultivate customer loyalty. However, these searching customers are not always finding what they’re looking for.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Customer experience and employee experience live in two different acronyms, CX and EX. A recent Forrester survey report found that companies that provide connected experiences between CX and EX report dramatic benefits around innovation, cost reduction, revenue growth, customer experience and digital transformation.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

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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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 25, 2023

in its fiscal year 2023 (ending in September) versus 2022…which may come as no surprise to you at all if you’ve been in a Costco on a Saturday lately. Helping customers leave the store with everything they need is a key way to enhance the customer experience. Costco grew revenue by 6.7% and net income by 7.7%

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 18, 2024

Ideally, these apps also should contribute to a better in-store shopper experience. Understaffing contributes to theft and shrinkage in general, but it also creates an increasingly impersonal feeling for offline shopping ,” said Nick Kramer, Leader of Applied Solutions at SSA & Co. in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Senior retail consultant at Univers Retail | Published author | Visiting lecturer. As consumption is becoming less focused on the product and more focused on the experience of accessing the product, new brand management practices are being shaped, whether at luxury or mass industry levels. Ghalia BOUSTANI, PhD.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2023

Many brands are getting so caught up with trends like AI or the latest social media platform, they’re overlooking the importance of the customer experience, contends an expert in experiential retail. He quotes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos who describes Amazon not as a retail company but as a customer experience company. “I

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

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. More than one-third of consumers now shop online each week, up from 28% pre-pandemic. Omnichannel shopping.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 28, 2021

In today’s new normal, the shopping experience is no longer defined by the boundaries of bricks-and-mortar, but by the customer journey as a whole. Consumers now expect retailers to engage them whenever and wherever they want, with a shopping experience tailored to their individual needs.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

But with email separate from your SMS marketing, loyalty program, subscriptions, and more, you’re often left with disjointed customer data and therefore a disjointed customer experience. The post Creating customer experiences that drive ROI appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2022

One year after Kohl’s and Sephora launched their Sephora at Kohl’s shop-in-shop collaboration, the retailers plan to roll out the successful concept to all 1,100 Kohl’s locations. By 2023, Kohl’s anticipates it will have opened 850 2,500-square-foot Sephora at Kohl’s locations.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

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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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

The Home Depot has tapped two technology veterans for high-level positions, naming of Matt Carey as EVP of Customer Experience, a newly created role, and Fahim Siddiqui as EVP and CIO. Before that Carey worked for 20 years at Walmart with roles including SVP and CTO. “In

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 13, 2022

Collective Cannabis has partnered with AI and robotics startup Wings to utilize the solution provider’s EXO Delivery System to streamline logistics and deliver an enhanced customer experience. Collective Cannabis is focused on reducing congestion and minimizing waiting times at its store in Littleton, Mass.,

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Chisholm Hunter has opened a new flagship boutique at Lakeside Shopping Centre , marking its first location in Essex. Spanning 7,000 sq ft, the store introduces a variety of services and collections to enhance the shopping experience for visitors. The Lakeside store adds to the shopping centre’s variety of retail options.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The 2024 prediction was somewhat bearish given that the National Australia Bank reported the actual sales for the four-day Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping event were estimated at $7.1 An example of the importance of the experience is in restaurants. Short-term gain for long-term pain?

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Inside Retail

MARCH 13, 2024

But beyond ads, few brands use humour across their broader customer experience. Beyond amusing campaigns, however, the overall Aldi customer experience quickly defaults to being value-driven. My local store, at least, is entirely humour-free. Poke fun at yourself first. Comedy is all about – timing.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Rethinking how they move and flow will improve all qualities of a store experience without intruding on anyone’s privacy. Questions every retailer should be considering include: How long are customers dwelling in a certain spot? What are they shopping for in each department? Shoppers of the experience were 1.5X

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Inside Retail

MARCH 5, 2024

In the realm of online shopping, retailers often perceive returns as an unavoidable inconvenience that presents them with logistical hurdles, financial burdens, and the threat of customer dissatisfaction.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

Operating around the clock at incredibly high volumes, bots are becoming more sophisticated and use the latest evasion techniques to mimic human behavior that avoids detection. During a peak holiday shopping period in November 2021, bad bot traffic increased by 73%, negatively impacting customers’ online experiences in the process.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Humans need other people to feel human — the importance of connection at that fundamental level simply cannot be overstated. Brands, in their never-ending quest for relevance, must dive deep into human experiences, connecting with consumers at an emotional level. Gen Z’s influence on retail shopping trends is extremely strong.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

David’s Bridal will showcase personalized service and inclusivity with a new store format in approximately 30 locations, including 12 all-new shops, in 2023. The revamped stores will feature a new layout designed to support one-on-one customer experiences. West Chester Township, Ohio, Lexington, Ky. and Cool Springs, Tenn.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

DoorDash has redesigned its shopping experience for retail products, allowing customers to search for an item across multiple merchants with prices and estimated delivery times displayed in a single view. 20, 2024, select cards will be offered at a 5% to 10% discount.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 8, 2024

Despite arguments that e-commerce would not be up to par with the high-end retail experience in brick-and-mortar locations, companies like LVMH and Burberry remained successful in personalising the shopping experience for their customers through video consultations and live-streaming events.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

1WorldSync’s 2024 Consumer Product Content Benchmark report revealed that 64% of shoppers have scanned a QR code on a product while shopping in-store. With a quick click on a smartphone, these customers have accessed hidden content, exclusive deals and lightning-fast checkouts. The result?

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

At a time when consumers are conscious of spending, especially in the lead-up to the holiday period, offering more value through tailored customer experiences for free is key to getting consumers to purchase through certain retail channels.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 31, 2022

H&M Angel Central “ will create a welcoming, modern and meaningful shopping experience where style, creativity and culture are celebrated,” says H&M UK & IE Expansion Manager, Christopher Clare. We cannot wait to welcome our Angel Central customers to the store!”. store in 1976.

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Wiser

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

According to a study done by Salesforce , 84 percent of consumers say that customer experience is just as important as a company’s products and services. In fact, customer experience is one of the biggest factors that retailers have to consider. How can retailers make sure they are meeting these customer needs?

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Retail Focus

APRIL 24, 2023

The 11 th year of the CX Retail Exchange , 11-12 July 2023, will invite senior customer experience leaders in retail to the Hilton, Syon Park, to explore the biggest challenges and solutions in the industry. To secure your place at the CX Retail Exchange 2023, request an invitation or visit our site.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With COVID-19 cases dropping in 2022, shoppers returned to physical stores, including supermarkets, while maintaining some of their e-shopping habits acquired in the pandemic. But will creators be impactful in marketing an FMCG product purchased weekly at the supermarket? Argaman began his career in sales and marketing at Microsoft.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 14, 2023

Price and value are at the forefront of everyone’s minds. But in a race to the bottom are we creating a battlefield that will only encourage consumers to shop around and switch? Existing customers tend to spend nearly a third more too. Customer experience is driven by your people’s experience.

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Inside Retail

JULY 26, 2021

Whether responding to a transactional survey, sharing an experience in a group chat (or Zoom), leaving a public Google review, or streaming a live unboxing of your product on TikTok – customers are advocating for or detracting from your brand in new and countless ways. Customer journey disruption is here to stay.

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