After years of isolation, customers are ready to shop in store again. Many retailers ready to expand before COVID have rethought their strategies. Continue reading
With COVID-19 as the latest driver for store closures, brick-and-mortar stores have had to get innovative to keep transactions flowing and compete against their born-online ecommerce counterparts. It’s not simply a price game. Unique product selection and convenience … Continue reading
Today’s retail is a broad spectrum of digital and brick & mortar options: great for the customer, complex and costly for the retailer. Within the ambition for omnichannel, your team also has a lot on their plate in … Continue reading
One of the most difficult things for a retailer is understanding what items to have in-store and which could be successfully handled in online as part of an endless aisle strategy. For brick and mortar retailers, physical in-store … Continue reading
Today’s customers often want a fast, efficient shopping experience, and retailers are increasingly providing omnichannel experiences that are refined to meet those needs. While retailers hope to gain revenue and gain efficiencies in marketing, what do customers view … Continue reading
Let’s face it – even if you’re someone’s absolute FAVORITE retailer, they still don’t want to spend their holiday season with you, and this year, even less so with COVID. What your customers want most is to find … Continue reading
Shopping is an increasingly “invisible” activity, embedding itself seamlessly into new digital and physical channels, using ever-more natural gestures and simple conversations. Gesture recognition helps retailers gauge shoppers’ real interest For example, a mom goes for an afternoon walk with … Continue reading
Clienteling is extremely effective for engaging with customers in a way that leads to loyalty and a better overall experience with your brand. But outside of luxury and small retailers who have personal relationships built into their business … Continue reading
Recently Retail Pro International participated in a specialized event in Mexico for the Fashíon & Sports industries. The goal was to infuse the market with insights on digital transformation processes accelerating companies around the world. Speakers … Continue reading
Brick and mortar has learned a thing or two from online retail, and last December shoppers took a meaningful notice. By focusing on and improving their buying online and picking up in-store (BOPIS, also called “click and collect”) … Continue reading
