Heightened brand experience. Systemic integration. Ultra-efficient inventory and fulfillment. Sales associates turned sales superstars. This is retail 2020. The question is, will your organization be ready? Retail has experienced tremendous evolution since the inception of new technology, increasing consumer demands, and rapidly shifting economic conditions. The latest iteration of digital transformation in retail has already…
Paula Da Silva
Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), robotics, blockchain … the retail technology possibilities can become overwhelming when determining where to focus your resources and energy. The tendency may be to implement nothing and adopt a wait-and-see approach to determine what shakes out as the single, best way to…
What do customers want most from retailers? Convenience. Think about it: that’s why Amazon.com — long hailed as an “e-commerce pure-play company” — has been muscling its way into brick-and-mortar with the launch of Amazon Books stores and its closely watched $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods last year. Companies like Amazon know that physical…
Now more than ever, consumers expect to be immersed in a completely branded experience across every channel. In order to meet these expectations, retailers are developing multifaceted mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) strategies to meet shoppers’ expectations. As more stores aim for seamless, “channel-less” experiences, retail has expanded beyond just in-store and online shopping from a PC…
Exactly what a “size six” is can be a mystery to your customers. Sizes are defined differently from manufacturer to manufacturer, and even from year to year. Some designers may change sizes for strategic reasons. For example, a decade ago a garment would have been labeled a size 16, but it’s a size 12 today in…
With the range of brands and products available today, consumers have an unprecedented number of options along their path to purchase, leaving retailers competing harder for consumer attention and pulling out all the stops just for a single purchase. It's important for resellers to work closely with retail partners to ensure retailers have the resources needed to connect with consumers successfully.
There are many things that North Americans and Europeans do differently. Their standards of measurement. Manual vs. automatic transmission. Even social customs. Then there’s shopping. In today’s digitally enabled world, where it’s hard to find a major retailer or brand without a significant digital and mobile presence, you wouldn’t think that North Americans and Europeans…
