RTP blog

AUGUST 30, 2019

If you’ve ever wandered into a beauty retailer’s store or lost yourself in the beauty section of a department store, you know all too well the endless number of alternatives the consumer faces when trying to figure out which beauty products to purchase.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Not only has the traditional funnel disappeared, but increased competition online means that marketers’ historical focus on the top and middle of the funnel — capturing consumers’ attention and inspiring them to research and browse across channels — is no longer performing like it used to.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 1, 2024

Natori also sells via wholesale channels, to luxury retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. That [department store] channel has had its issues in terms of growth, but [these retailers] are just as important to us as our dot-com business,” said Natori.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Nordstrom’s holiday offerings span channels and stores and include: Stress-Free Services for Holiday Shoppers Nordstrom is appealing to consumers’ need for flexible fulfillment options by spotlighting its BOPIS and shipping options. Cardmembers in select markets will have access to free two-day shipping.

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365 Retail

MARCH 7, 2023

Qlik ® today announced that the UK’s largest family-owned department store, Fenwick , has adopted Qlik Cloud ® , to advance its analytics capabilities and empower more employees at the company to use data in their day-to-day roles.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

This is the seventh year of the Index , and while the company noted that top-performers “aggressively” rolled out optimized content, frictionless checkout and other cross-channel capabilities, there was a sizeable gap between industry leaders and their peers. In 2019, retailers adopted only 57% of mobile best practices. Loyalty programs.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 22, 2023

The brand uses a combination of Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and even other channels, and adjusts its approach based on its goals and changing consumer behaviors. “In In marketing, it’s not about one channel or another; you need the portfolio because things can change,” Preis explained.

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Sailthru

JUNE 13, 2018

But more than that, they illustrate the opportunity brands have to leverage their scale and modernize the customer experience. Those who are not only surviving, but thriving, in today’s complicated retail landscape understand that consumers don’t look at shopping as “I’ll buy this online and that in a store.” Census data.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2021

The result of this integration is a more consistent customer experience that can be mapped and optimized throughout the journey, from discovery to purchasing and aftercare. Another dimension to the ‘convenience’ experience is contactless delivery of services and products.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 8, 2022

“Be wherever your customers are” has become the mantra of digital commerce, and whether brands and retailers like it or not, their customers are on Amazon. Earlier in my career] I worked for many specialty brands and department stores where we sort of fought Amazon,” said Stacey Renfro, CEO of the born-on-Amazon home décor brand?

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RTP blog

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Overall, a very good customer experience. Turns out I had to call customer service to discuss the issue, which I first was put off by. I’ve noticed the change, particularly after writing about the poor performance of department stores in the two years prior. via Chewy.com. Then I had a return challenge.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 6, 2022

YOY growth this holiday season, whereas department stores will only see a 0.3% Focus on bringing people back to stores: In-store retail sales are expected to increase 7.9% The return to offices and social events is inspiring consumers to level up their wardrobes and focus more on apparel and footwear.

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ESW

JUNE 27, 2023

Here are five things clothing brands with consumer DTC ecommerce channels should know about the circular economy, including how it can increase brand loyalty, improve the customer experience and reduce the environmental impact. In fact, the secondhand clothing market is growing faster than any other channel in the U.S.,

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Kibo

OCTOBER 1, 2022

We had a slew of speakers covering everything from digital transformation and customer experience to order management and omnichannel journeys. Ace Hardware’s Digital Transformation Leads to Award Winning Omnichannel Experience. Below highlights a few of our sessions and the key themes from the event. Hall of Fame.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2023

For example, malls were the hottest thing in retail for decades — until ecommerce behemoths like Amazon began eroding malls’ implicit promise of being the everything store (or stores). Don’t go to a department store or a name brand store and pay through the nose.”

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

We can collect a lot of data about customers, where they’re visiting from and from what marketing channel, and really tie it together,” Zak said. We’re offering that type of service she’d get in a department store, digitally.”. Lesson 3: Plan for the worst, hope for the best.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The laggards are those we now read about in the headlines as entering bankruptcy, with large department stores often mentioned. billion worth of displays will be purchased globally through the pro AV channel by retailers this year. And yet, cost management is only a part of the story here. AVIXA estimates show $5.9

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In 1999, the company was acquired by Louis Vuitton Möet Hennessy , but perhaps its biggest brush with fame occurred in 1997 when Princess Diana made a surprise visit to the brand’s newly opened counter at the famed Harrod’s department store.

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Steve Dennis

MAY 27, 2019

As I have written about before , the moderate department store sector was in decline long before Amazon was anywhere close to being the force it is today. Unfortunately, we aren’t close to seeing the end of this, despite the huge number of store closings in recent years. You can check out more of my posts here.

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iVend

MARCH 14, 2022

Optical retail straddles two worlds – optical retail stores are part medical practice, with prescription lenses, and part fashion retailer, selling designer frames and sunglasses. Multiple channels mean the target audience can engage more frequently, and from anywhere.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It found that 67% of consumers believe that the best shopping experiences of the future will incorporate both human and digital channels. Even the most commoditized of traditional shopping experiences — the supermarket — always has counters for specialty items where people can interact with staff to get exactly what they want.

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RTP blog

APRIL 26, 2018

focuses on how retailers can bolster their customers’ experience, I noticed a number of sessions and in-person meetings at the two conferences that actually touched on the world of a somewhat different audience: B2B buyers. Although RTP.

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RetailMinded

JULY 6, 2024

Over 90% of companies channel their efforts into mastering the Four Ps to establish a robust presence in today’s digital marketplace. For small retail outlets, this might mean offering goods that aren’t available in big department stores, giving you an edge in the market. Did you know?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 22, 2022

Earlier in my career] I worked for many specialty brands and department stores where we sort of fought Amazon,” said Stacey Renfro, CEO of the born-on-Amazon home décor brand mDesign. “[The Online channels also offer more nuanced customer feedback than ever before.

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ESW

JULY 6, 2023

But as retailers and brands with DTC ecommerce channels know, meeting online customer expectations in an Amazon-dominated environment is challenging to say the least. While this was good news for brands that had or could set up ecommerce channels, it may have accelerated and intensified The Amazon Effect.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

This new ability mimics the experience of engaging with a physical object more closely than 2D pictures, and it has been suggested this could not only drive sales and conversions but cut down on returns.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 28, 2021

Neiman Marcus Group (NMG) is making big moves to adapt to changing consumer behaviors, with strategic investments in talent, merchandising, technology and supply chain to reshape the Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman customer experience.

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Kibo

OCTOBER 8, 2021

By now, most retailers understand that customer experience (CX) is a priority when it comes to ecommerce. Providing an excellent online shopping experience is even more important than the quality of the product or service, per nearly two thousand businesses in a recent SuperOffice survey. US consumers spent 32.4

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GetElastic

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The numbers (from the mouths of actual shoppers) help tell the story: Purchase frequency is 250% higher on omnichannel vs. single channel, and the average order value is 13% higher for omnichannel vs. single channel. Customer retention rates are 90% higher on omnichannel vs. single channel. Source: Clout Brands.

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ChannelAdvisor

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Consumers are consistently shopping around to find the best product quality, prices and customer experience — and they’re willing to jump ship at the first sign of subpar selling. Of course, this fluctuates by age, as more than 75% of consumers under 45 conduct these diversified marketplace activities on two or more channels.

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Steve Dennis

JUNE 28, 2018

The moderate department store sector has been struggling for some two decades; first losing share to category killers and discount mass merchants, then to off-price retailers and now, increasingly, to Amazon. Since 2008, department stores’ share of total retail has sunk from 2.8% to about 1.7%.

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Teamwork Retail

MAY 29, 2019

To service this higher level of commerce in burgeoning urban centers, the department store was born. The department store was the first iteration of what we now consider modern retail shopping. The experience of shopping in Macy’s in 1800s New York was not all that different from today. Everything in the Cloud.

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365 Retail

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The reimagined Beauty Hall demonstrates the continual evolution of the Fenwick in-store customer experience, offering an unrivalled edit, innovative new products and brands, and expert beauty services. This evolution can be seen in all eight of our beauty halls across our stores nationwide.

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Teamwork Retail

MAY 29, 2019

To service this higher level of commerce in burgeoning urban centers, the department store was born. The department store was the first iteration of what we now consider modern retail shopping. The experience of shopping in Macy’s in 1800s New York was not all that different from today. Everything in the Cloud.

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Teamwork Retail

MAY 29, 2019

To service this higher level of commerce in burgeoning urban centers, the department store was born. The department store was the first iteration of what we now consider modern retail shopping. The experience of shopping in Macy’s in 1800s New York was not all that different from today. Everything in the Cloud.

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RTP blog

APRIL 4, 2018

By combining IoT, RF and indoor positioning technologies, Xenio promises to go “beyond beacons” to more tightly integrate the in-store and offline customer experience, which, of course, is exactly what physical stores need most. Alexander calls it “a contemporary alternative to and evolution of the department store.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2020

To that end, both Cody and Dennis pointed to malls’ need to revitalize their experiences by combining food, entertainment and partnerships with new, exciting brands — especially those in the digitally native direct-to-consumer (DTC) realm.

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