Small Biz Trends

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A point-of-sale system is one of the best tools for small businesses looking to accept payments. Point-of-sale systems enable business owners to be more agile with their payment processing and forego using the cash drawer. What Is a Point of Sale POS System? Best Overall Point of Sale Systems.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

Businesses and organizations across virtually all markets and niches are exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) could benefit their operations. AI fuels imagination, leading to a flood of ideas of how to enhance customer experiences, automate tasks and gain an edge in the market.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 18, 2023

Retailers can bring loyalty programs to the next level by adding proximity marketing based on in-store location throughout the journey. By combining individual customers’ locations with a detailed history of their purchases, retailers can push rewards or coupons when the product is in hands’ reach.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

Providing guidance on proper storage requirements, including refrigeration needs or specific storage conditions essential for maintaining product quality, is essential, as is incorporating a barcode for seamless scanning at the point of sale and a batch or production code that enhances traceability and quality control measures. #4

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2023

DCC is an optional service offered at the point of sale, allowing customers to view the cost of their purchases in their home currency. Consumers, on the other hand, should compare rates at the point of sale with those provided by their card issuer to ensure they are getting a good deal. Benefits for Retailers 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 20, 2022

The legal cannabis market was valued at $12.81 For approximately two decades, Cookies and Dr. While online platforms and communities like Instagram are the “cornerstone” of the brands’ digital footprints, Del Fante explained that each physical location presents a unique opportunity to “express our brand in a way for us to retain customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 2, 2021

From contactless payment to fully automated checkout, innovations showed promise for streamlining and improving the customer experience. Still, other innovative frictionless tech featured throughout the shopper’s journey can improve the customer experience. Improving Customer Experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Yet as more retailers turn to immersive customer experiences to create a competitive advantage, there is one major problem many are unprepared for: unreliable internet. To truly bring immersive experiences to life, retailers need to examine their tech stack closely.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 21, 2024

The luxury market is categorised by its exclusivity, maintained through a combination of high price points, consciously limited product volumes, reputation and customer experience, amongst other factors. Phillipe created a partnership with another family-owned business, Hunt Leather, to tap into the Australian market.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Some of the biggest changes over the past six decades have revolved around what brick-and-mortar retail means to customers, as well as a lot of customers going the digital route for shopping. We can find out what selling knowledge we need to provide our employees with in order to educate the customer. Are there great co-tenants?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 27, 2024

That’s changed the look of both marketing and the products retailers sell. I’ve had the privilege of being at some brands where the CMO sat in the ivory tower and determined what audiences would like,” said Craig Brommers, Chief Marketing Officer of American Eagle in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Now it’s the inversion.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 12, 2024

Having operated in Asia for more than a decade with Hong Kong as its sole market, the French fashion label American Vintage now has larger ambitions. As a businessman and leader, expanding into China was a goal because the company holds a great belief in this market,” Azoulay shared. Anil Prabha contributed reporting.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2022

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, retailers are now facing the challenge of capturing and maintaining market share and keeping their customers loyal. This is how merchants can reap the benefits of BNPL solutions in today’s ever-competitive market. Say Farewell to Cart Abandonment, Welcome Loyal Customers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2023

As technology innovation continues to advance, retailers are ever on the lookout for easier, faster, and more convenient ways to streamline and enhance their operations and the customer experience. The global wireless charging market is projected to grow from $9.58 billion in 2021 to $34.77 billion in 2026. billion in 2026.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 12, 2023

The survey also found that less than 13% of retail organizations are investing in technology to tackle these challenges, instead remaining focused on short-term fixes like increasing prices and running marketing campaigns. The World Retail Congress report is very telling about the current mindset of retail executives.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Here are four ways retailers can level up their store experience to boost customer engagement, brand affinity, and brand loyalty: Integrate Technology to Enhance the Customer Experience Successful retailers seamlessly blend technology into their physical spaces while keeping a personalized, human feel.

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365 Retail

MAY 19, 2021

Apple has been known to use nostalgic marketing by directly paralleling their products from the past with their brand new ones. This has led to the boom in the “recommerce” market (the activity of relisting used goods) with 2/3rds of Brits now selling their used items online. Advertising is quick to exploit this phenomenon.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 21, 2023

By investing in technology, bricks and mortar businesses give themselves the best possible chance to survive and even thrive during these economically turbulent times, by encouraging repeat store visits and purchases through enhanced customer experience (CX) and smarter business decisions. Just What Can Technology Do For Business?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2021

The companies will jointly invest in new customer experiences, events, marketing and on-premise advertising at Westfield shopping centers across the country, with plans to take the partnership global in the coming months. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW), owner of Westfield shopping centers in the U.S.,

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Inside Retail

JUNE 18, 2024

So it is crucial in this space for retailers to focus not just on the acquisition space, but more so than ever, how they retain their customers and create customer experiences that drive loyalty. Strategising the channel mix to acquire new customers is important to brands and a key to success.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2024

To capitalize on the nearly $1 billion USD spend predicted by the National Retail Federation , with nearly one-fifth of annual retail sales occurring between November and December, brands need to break through the clutter with the right message, for the right customer, at the right time. consumers starting as early as June.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2023

Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. We are always looking for new ways to delight our customers and improve the shopping experience,” said Leandro Balbinot, CTO at Whole Foods Market in a statement.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Grocery margins already are quite slim, and every item that customers choose to purchase elsewhere is a missed opportunity. What can grocery leaders do to recapture some of their lost market share? One technology solution that enriches customer experience is self-checkout. Do they make shoppers feel welcome?

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Retail Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2024

With an expanded area and a new space dedicated to brand licensing (IP), LeisurUp, the zone dedicated to leisure and immersive experiences, brought together leading players such as Bandai Namco, Citywave, Cits Immersives, Hasbro, Dama Dreams, Dedem, Hupalupa, Smiley, QubicaAMF, Pausa, TF1 Licensing, Universal, Walltopia, and Zero Latency VR.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 11, 2022

First stop — the farmers market to pick up ingredients for a dinner party you are hosting. The store is quite busy, so you flag down a salesperson and they help you check out from a mobile point-of-sale (POS) system. It’s a sunny Saturday morning, a perfect day for running some quick errands.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This means these marketers need a truly omnichannel, flexible advertising strategy that bridges both online and offline channels as more shoppers start toggling between the two again. Phygital” is the term being used to describe this blending of physical and virtual to provide more immersive, interactive customer experiences.

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Retail Focus

AUGUST 24, 2022

Split over two floors, the space had to transport customers from the high footfall, high traffic street into a cool, smart, and sophisticated space with walk-in room sets showcasing the brand’s rich collection. The existing shop fit was removed along with some internal walls to allow for a more open and shoppable customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 17, 2023

According to Grand View Research , the global IoT retail market was valued at $42.38 The statistics show that more and more retail businesses are implementing IoT solutions to explore new ways of connecting with customers, boost sales and streamline business operations. Exceptional customer experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Trend 3: Store Design Teams Become ‘Experience Teams’ When a brand decides to open a new store, the design team cannot work within its own silo. This is a new reality for typical projects, according to Cornelius, and it is why her firm has changed its vernacular from “store design” to “experience design.” customer experience).

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 16, 2022

With retailers grappling with the labor shortage, alternative solutions must be sought to mitigate any negative impact on in-store sales. A mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) system, which consists of software and portable hardware that processes retail transactions, is one option that has helped alleviate the pressure caused by labor shortages.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 11, 2024

For the most part, retailers have deployed AI to tackle low-hanging fruit such as automated customer service chatbots, personalized content for one-to-one marketing campaigns and improved store and inventory analytics. That will happen this year. Those early use cases make sense because they deliver immediate results.

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CJ Retail Solutions

AUGUST 11, 2024

From first visual displays to the point of sale, brands need to guarantee consistent representation at every customer touchpoint. Through this integration, customers are given a consistent and memorable brand experience, which increases their trust & loyalty. The final touch is the point-of-sale.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 27, 2024

The post The “Great Mall Resurgence” in the American retail market appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 29, 2020

Ready to grow even further, the company launched a digital transformation to swap out its legacy systems, advance customer knowledge through data and provide a truly omnichannel customer experience. We put the customers at the center and really get to know them. Store Associates Gain Access To Up-To-Date Data.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2024

At Dyer Brown our approach, regardless of typology, emphasizes pre-design investigation: combining market research and surveys with collaborative stakeholder visioning sessions produces critical data that will inform the design process.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 31, 2023

Why Digital Signage is the Wave of the Future in Retail When digital signage is referenced, especially in retail, it’s often associated with digital screens flipping through deals, specials or other offers near the point of sale. The inclination for most brands is to leave digital signage in the hand of the marketing team.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Aēsop operates approximately 400 points of sale across the Americas, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia, with a recent advance into China, where the brand opened its first store in 2022.

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