Retail TouchPoints

MAY 8, 2023

So the questions retailers should be asking themselves are: How loyal are your customers? And how are you giving them a value-added product or service for being loyal to you? That [retailer-loyal customer] interchange has never been stronger. What are you doing to nurture them?

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Klar n a is continuing to expand beyond payments as it looks to become “a starting point for every purchase” for its 150 million global consumers. This is far from Klarna’s first foray beyond the world of payments. Among the new tools available to Klarna users and merchants are: Search and Compare. Shoppable Video.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This year, over 102 million people will buy via social platforms in the US alone and by 2025, global sales via social commerce will exceed US$1.2 Among consumers – and not just Millennials – social commerce is gaining significant traction, growing three times as fast as overall e-commerce.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2024

It’s the latest signal that a major opportunity is coming for retailers, reinforcing estimates that the cross-border e-commerce market will reach US$7.9 Currently, international revenue from Australian merchants amounts to roughly AD$18 billion, making up 29 per cent of transactions from the industry. trillion by 2030.

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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. Customer service, digital experience, personalization and other factors drive that emotional loyalty.”.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2021

The pandemic has made omnichannel a business imperative for merchants of all sizes. After all, omnichannel shoppers spend 10% more online and have a 30% higher lifetime value than single-channel customers, according to Matt Dornfeld, Director of Business Development – Global Omnichannel Partnerships, BigCommerce. Access Now.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

It took Shopify merchants nearly 15 years to reach a cumulative GMV of $200 billion. I think a world without independent brands and independent merchants and local stores is a very boring world and a very boring landscape for commerce. It took just 16 months for them to double that figure. What stood out to you in the findings?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 30, 2020

However, what was interesting is the amount of money that’s going to be spent on things like subscriptions for educational services. As in previous years, mass merchants are poised to take the largest share of back-to-school and back-to-college sales, according to the Deloitte surveys.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 4, 2024

As shopper expectations continue to evolve, there is a growing focus on elevating the customer experience to drive sales and build long-term loyalty. The latest American Express research revealed that almost one third (32%) of UK retailers identify customer attraction and retention as a key challenge over the next 12 months.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

If your brand promise requires usage to see results (lots of supplement, skincare and wellness brands fall into this category), make sure your customer onboarding experience educates accordingly so they stick around. Provide flexibility: Routines are ever-changing, so brands providing optionality is key.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 15, 2021

From research to garment creation, fitting with body shape in mind, marketing, in-store and online customer service, size-inclusive representation needs to be present at a decision-making level within the fashion industry,” Marci added. It all comes down to better understanding who the customer is and how we can best serve them.”

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Lionesque Group CEO Melissa Gonzalez and MG2 Design Principal Justin Hill will reveal how retailers can rethink the checkout experience while maintaining fluidity between high-touch customer service and self-service capabilities during an interactive roundtable discussion on Nov. 17 from 1:20 to 2:10 p.m.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 28, 2024

Google is committed to being the essential place for shoppers and for merchants to find those instant connections and to really help merchants drive a more successful and profitable business,” said Kristen O’Hara, VP of Agency, Platforms and Client Solutions at Google during a GML press briefing.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 19, 2022

Pinterest ’s role in the world of social media is blurry — consumers use the platform very differently than they do Instagram or TikTok, for example. But following a series of major strategic moves, the role Pinterest hopes to play in the burgeoning realm of social commerce is crystal clear.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2021

The low-hanging fruit opportunity for mall developers and landlords is to double down on the in-person experience. That’s why properties have focused on perfecting the tenant mix , onboarding a compelling combination of restaurants, entertainment and up-and-coming DTC darlings. Last Mile Services Become a Long-Term Play for Properties.

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Hyken

MAY 31, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 5 Ways to Drive Brand Loyalty and Customer Lifetime Value by Ian Simons. (Ad Take a close look at number four, which is about optimizing for lifetime value, not just the cost of acquisition for a new customer. (I

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 7, 2022

Social commerce. Those are just some of the emerging technologies that use inspiration and interactivity to capture the customer’s attention and drive conversion to site. They provide merchants with oversight and full control (vs. Livestreaming. Augmented reality. ” All online shoppers have experienced it firsthand.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 13, 2021

We will continue to focus on customer experience and value creation through innovation, as we pursue our mission to make it easy to do business anywhere in the digital era.”. In 2020, Alibaba Group was ranked third globally and first in the Asia-Pacific region in the global Infrastructure-as-a-Service market, according to Gartner.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

“AR and 3D modeling are going to revolutionize ecommerce because they give an interactive, immersive and really sharp user experience,” predicted Matt Maher, Founder of M7 Innovations. According to a report from Shopify, merchants see a 250% increase in conversions when using 3D product image models instead of 2D images.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 2, 2021

While discussions on diversity, inclusion and social responsibility have come to the forefront in retail over the last year, the billion-dollar market for adaptive and inclusive apparel remains largely untapped — but that’s changing. “In We’ll talk to our onboard personal assistant, he will know what we prefer and will help us solve problems.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Traditionally, the physical store has been where people have gone through that shopping experience — finding what works best for them with time on their hands, walking through their favorite store, using their senses of sight and touch to figure out what’s going to work best. You should 100% be doing that right now.”.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As Joe Yan, ContextLogic’s CEO, stated in a press release posted on Wish’s website, “Integrating the Wish platform into Qoo10 will create a true global cross-border e-commerce platform to support the massive market demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Google’s Cloud division currently captures the third-largest market share among providers, after Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. For example, Albertsons is leveraging Google Maps capabilities to enable omni-shopping services that put Albertsons closer to the customer and offer a service that connects you back to their store.

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Retail Minded

JANUARY 21, 2022

In other words, there is no excuse for merchants to not incorporate the savviness of communication technology to support their customer experiences. Also known as social commerce, this is a $89.4 In fact, eMarketer predicts social commerce will rise by 34.8% Live selling capabilities.

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Retail Geek

APRIL 7, 2023

We also briefly discuss e-commerce in Brazil, around Jason’s recent trip to São Paulo. So that was interesting and then the to me the most geeky coolest thing of all although controversial is during the pandemic, the Brazilian government launched a government-sponsored instant payment system so I got.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 27, 2023

Beginning on June 5, 2023, onboarding of any new Shops in the U.S. via both Meta’s Commerce Manager and Shopify will only be allowed if checkout on Facebook and Instagram is enabled. On August 10, 2023, this restriction will be extended to newly onboarded shops from all other platform partners. Outside of the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 14, 2022

And just as the metaverse will change the way that we shop, communicate and socialize, it will also change how customer service is delivered. Like the physical world, goods and services sold and consumed in the metaverse are not immune to issues that require customer service to solve. Here’s how….

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 6, 2023

Goodwillfinds.com is an e-commerce site, which sells previously owned merchandise, which has been donated to Goodwill. We cover many of the tactical challenges (onboarding SKUs, product content, fulfillment, and curation), as well as the opportunities of this new “CircularCommerce” space. And we wound up. [29:43]

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Pinterest also debuted services to make shopping more seamless across all its core “surfaces,” including: Mobile deep links and direct links: Pinterest managed advertisers already can use mobile deep links, and the platform is now adding direct links to take shoppers directly to the retailer’s website by clicking on a Pinterest shopping ad.

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Retail Geek

OCTOBER 6, 2022

We also discuss the latest news (and controversies) around Facebook and TikTok pulling back from some social commerce initiatives (and pressing forward with others). Services to other retailer. Episode 297 is a recap of the GroceryShop trade show in Las Vegas, and the Consumer Brands Executive Summit in Colorado Springs.

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Retail Geek

JULY 9, 2021

9:39] In the same way it made sense for Amazon to rent a WS capacity to others and you know provide some of these other services it’s a way to monetize their delivery Network and their fulfillment Network so I think it’s super smart. Jason: [8:43] Yeah I generally agree I’m not confident that it’s I’m sure.

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Retail Geek

JANUARY 12, 2024

No Shopify launches an ad product such as a retail media network Yes Meta/Google/TikTok lose ad share to new social media platforms and retail media networks. For 2023, live streaming commerce, still not meaningful in the US. Number five prediction for Jason Retail Geek. It’s real.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2022

The ever-evolving roster of social commerce capabilities on the world’s top platforms can be dizzying, with vast disparities between what is possible from one app to another and each platform fighting to keep up — both with consumers’ expectations and each other. Twitter Lets Merchants Create In-App ‘Shops’.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 7, 2025

If merchants do not have this clarity, they will simply fall into the middle and fail to stand out to their target customers. With use cases spanning from personalization to customer service , merchandising, operations and even loss prevention, Anjee Solanki, National Director of Retail Services & Practice Groups at Colliers U.S.

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