Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Connect product data with key stakeholders in the supply chain to create better online customer experiences. This is especially true in B2B, where online purchases are more complex and most customers are buying a product with multiple parts. Before AI can deliver any benefits, clean your product data.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2024

Additionally, the retailer has been innovating with the customer-facing technology in its stores, including piloting product sampling tech in October 2023 and new lash application technology in December 2023. Ulta renamed and revamped its loyalty program beginning Jan. 1, 2024 , including enhanced benefits for its 42.2

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Through the remainder of 2024 and into 2025, Kay Jewelers plans to enhance its retail store design and customer experience. Store redesigns are being crafted to create a more comfortable setting for exploration, assisted by personalization technology. The collection will launch online and at select Kay stores on Oct.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Starbucks is preparing for the future with Starbucks Odyssey, a new experience that will be powered by Web3 technology, and the release of its Reinvention plan, a three-year financial roadmap that aims to deliver 7% to 9% comparable store sales growth and 10% to 12% revenue growth annually. stores in the next three years.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The Tally robots from Simbe will roam the aisles of five Price Chopper/Market 32 and five Tops Friendly Markets stores through January 2025, when Northeast Grocery will evaluate the pilot results to determine next steps that could include expanding the robots’ deployment to other supermarkets.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Astound and Elie Saab designed the new website as “an authentic manifesto for the brand” while also ensuring transactional capabilities that will allow customers to easily shop its full range of offerings, from ready-to-wear and accessories to home living experiences.

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RetailMinded

JULY 30, 2024

From smart homes to industrial automation, these cutting-edge technologies are transforming industries and creating new possibilities. IoT cloud solutions are revolutionizing the retail industry, making it more efficient and customer-focused. As we look to 2025, these technologies are set to play an even bigger role.

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365 Retail

MAY 16, 2024

Currys , the omnichannel retailer of technology products and services, is continuing to invest in its stores, with plans to transform 65 locations across the UK and Ireland. The refit aims to better cater to customer tech needs and improve the overall shopping experience. This comprehensive revamp will continue throughout 2025.

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Forrester eCommerce

AUGUST 7, 2024

Forrester’s Budget Planning Survey, 2024, uncovers a dual narrative for marketers in the coming year: The challenge lies in managing tight budgets but also in the dichotomy of needing to invest in recent technology- and process-related advancements to stay relevant. Strategic budget divestment is required in this environment.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

But recently the brand realized it had outgrown its in-house tech and began a process that many today are undertaking — shifting from custom-built digital commerce systems to best-in-breed third-party technology, a.k.a. Grove expects the migration to all three new platforms to be completed in the first quarter of 2025.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 19, 2020

However, there is a clear frustration amongst businesses in driving ROI, as 80% of marketers are on track to abandon personalization efforts by 2025. . On the contrary, retailers are looking to gain and retain customers in the challenging economy of the COVID-19 pandemic, and personalization is the best way to achieve this goal.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The first two kiosks are located at Boston-area malls; eight more will be deployed throughout New England in the coming weeks and into 2025. The vision test and prescription cost $20 , but shipping and prescription costs are waived if customers purchase $49 glasses from Zenni, which does not operate brick-and-mortar stores. “By

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 25, 2021

Businesses across sectors are turning to voice technologies in response to COVID-19 health and safety concerns. These concerns are fueling consumer expectations for more contactless experiences everywhere they go, including the retail environment. billion by 2025, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 19.63% from 2017 to 2025.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2022

The company outlined three 2025 goals that form its first urgent commitments to improve CBH products: 60% certified preferred fibers in its textile assortment; 50% Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified furniture; and 100% Greenguard Gold Certified Crate & Kids furniture.

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 18, 2024

Our Planning Guides will steer you toward budgeting decisions that set you up for success in 2025. Get a preview of what to expect when the guides launch on August 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 23, 2024

As recently as April 2024 Google said it was still moving toward cookie deprecation even as it postponed the actual implementation, this time until 2025, for the third time since the original January 2020 announcement. Trust is key to building longstanding relationships with customers.”

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lateshipment

MAY 30, 2023

With technological advancements happening throughout the e-commerce space, there are also several up-and-coming innovations in social media that businesses can take up to stay competitive. Advertising campaigns that are tailored to the right customers help you create individualized experiences and spur more sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2024

Amidst strategic reinvestment in customer acquisition, store expansion, proprietary technology and more, we’re still expanding the bottom line and delivering value for our stakeholders.” As a result of this quarter’s results, Warby Parker is raising its 2024 fiscal guidance, with a new goal of achieving $757-$762 million in net revenue.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

Lore himself even added $100 million to the funding pot to support Wonder’s top three priorities: Physical expansion: The company plans to reach 35 physical locations by the end of 2024 and 90 by the end of 2025. At the top of the list are two new food hall storefronts in Teterboro and Ledgewood, N.J.,

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iVend

JULY 8, 2021

What I am hearing, and is supported by expert 3 rd party research, is a consistent pattern of four key priorities: in-store customer experience, knowledgeable staff, personalised loyalty programs and social media marketing. The in-store customer experience is that differentiation.

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GetElastic

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Digital commerce is playing a pivotal role in customer experience strategies. The world’s leading research firm, Gartner, recognized that digital commerce is a key way to acquire customers, develop relationships, drive revenue and reduce costs. It boils down to customer engagement across the entire customer journey.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2022

Retailers are responding to new expectations for customer experiences and growing demand for ecommerce, but how are they keeping pace with evolving consumer expectations? As shoppers return to storefronts, they now incorporate a wider blend of online and offline shopping experiences. The Need for Advanced CX Technology.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 7, 2023

Digital marketplaces help you provide the personalization customers have come to expect, and in today’s crowded ecommerce space, the customer experience has never been more important. Global ecommerce sales are projected to exceed $7 trillion by 2025. Automation helps ensure a seamless customer experience.

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iVend

JANUARY 9, 2022

A new year is a time to look forward and think about what will shape the future, and in this, my first article of the year, I’ll be exploring the top five trends in retail technology for 2022. iVend Retail Management Suite iVend’s retail technology is delivering innovation in retail. They want fast, easy, contactless payments.

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Forrester eCommerce

JULY 29, 2020

The drivers of the future are evolutions of the past – some playing out now, others that will be far more prominent by 2025 and table stakes by 2030. […]. Forrester’s view on the future of banking is here – examining the changes that we expect to play out over the next decade of retail banking.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 2, 2023

Data provides the prime fuel for running advanced technologies. Digitalization of a system can also face similar resistance internally in the form of inflexibility or resistance to the use of the technologies. Technological complexities. Fetching useful insights from customer data. The advancement of Industry 4.0

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2023

By embracing innovative solutions like autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, repurposing existing spaces and utilizing Building Information Modeling (BIM), cities can foster engaging shopping experiences while addressing mobility and parking challenges.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 5, 2024

“It’s intuitive, it’s smart, it thinks for you in the sense of asking the questions that it knows it needs to ask regarding certain tasks or systems,” said Hewitt, noting that the smartphone-style interface aligned with associates’ personal technology use. Installing efficient mobile technology doesn’t just meet short-term employee needs.

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GetElastic

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Digital commerce is playing a pivotal role in customer experience strategies. The world’s leading research firm, Gartner, recognized that digital commerce is a key way to acquire customers, develop relationships, drive revenue and reduce costs. It boils down to customer engagement across the entire customer journey.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Having a facility on the West Coast reduces inbound and outbound transportation, and close proximity to our customers means they’ll receive ecommerce orders that much faster. RTP: What are the most important technology investments that have been made in the new fulfillment center? RTP: The facility has opened at a time when the U.S.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

VS&Co plans to leverage Adore Me’s expertise and technology to continue to improve the Victoria’s Secret and PINK shopping experience and accelerate the modernization of VS&Co’s digital platform. The retailer saw sales drop from $7.5 billion in 2019 to $6.6

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The new recommerce program ties in closely with Allbirds’ Flight Plan, a series of sustainability commitments that include reducing the brand’s per-product carbon footprint by half by the end of 2025 and cutting it to near zero by the end of 2030. Trove will provide the technology platform and logistics for the ReRun program.

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365 Retail

MARCH 26, 2024

Nearly half (45%) of UK consumers have been using savings accumulated during Covid-19 lockdowns to offset the cost-of-living crisis, according to new research from the Retail Technology Show (RTS), the industry’s leading event taking place on 24 & 25 April 2024 at London’s Olympia. while Boomers reported the smallest pots at £4,069.20.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2024

In January, Google Chrome restricted third-party cookies for 1% of users and plans to ramp up restrictions to 100% of users by 2025. Full-fledged fingerprinting around the internet is depreciating, and marketers and customers alike will soon notice, particularly in the retail and ecommerce space.

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365 Retail

AUGUST 20, 2024

Whether it’s a narrow aisle, a compact window display, or a small corner of a shop, each area must be optimised to draw attention, guide customers, and ultimately drive sales. Digital screens, interactive kiosks, and augmented reality (AR) experiences can provide rich, engaging content without taking up much physical space.

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365 Retail

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Amazon, Farfetch, Very Group, Marks & Spencer and Morrisons are announced as just some of the retail industry’s leading visionaries speaking at the Retail Technology Show , as the event, which brings together Europe’s most forward-thinking retailers and leading tech innovators, announces its conference programme.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

With China set to become the world’s largest luxury market by 2025 , Alibaba is intent on building out the immersive digital experience on its Tmall Luxury Pavilion to capture those consumers. Through these technologies we are able to provide multi-dimensional interactions between customers and the brands.”.

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