Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

At the same time, consumer expectations for personalized, omnichannel shopping experiences continue to rise. Gen AI will help retailers meet these challenges, but its success depends on adopting a strategic approach focused on enterprise-wide transformation rather than isolated, departmental implementations.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 20, 2022

OSF Digital’s Digital Strategy team (formerly known as FitForCommerce) developed the 2022 Omnichannel Retail Index (ORI) to establish a benchmark for current practices and, most importantly, provide a set of actions and recommendations for the future. Loyalty programs. These key investments and opportunities include: Mobile experience.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As the divide between digital commerce and in-store shopping shrinks, the spotlight is now on the role omnichannel retail strategies play in both driving traffic to brand’s websites and foot traffic to physical stores. With online purchases making up 15.1%

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 29, 2024

Retasmart is designed to enable retailers to unify all channels and experiences in one solution, allowing them to solve challenges related to inventory management, customer engagement, payment options, reporting and analytics, and multichannel retailing — all from a single platform.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Yet, despite these changes, many brands and retailers still treat online and in-store channels separately, missing crucial opportunities to create a unified and cohesive experience that fosters customer loyalty. Consumers aren’t just relying on digital channels for information, they’re using them to validate decisions and compare options.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 28, 2020

The idea is that you can get the barometer from your customer, take a stand on something that’s relevant to them and actually modify how your business works because a lot of things are far more transparent — that’s kind of how you want to do it in the big picture, and you can use social media channels for that,” said Conder. “I

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Offline support, such as the traditional customer service phone call, remains a great channel for two opposite use cases: to answer quick questions, such as “do you have that shirt in size 10?” To provide an informative and empathetic experience, retailers must offer a truly omnichannel experience. Take a Down-to-Earth Approach.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Although inventory visibility already plays a central role in meeting demand, maintaining service levels, and streamlining operations, its the combination of real-time inventory visibility and advanced search functionality thats reshaping your customer experience by delivering on transparency, control, confidence and reliability.

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BigCommerce

MARCH 14, 2017

Maintaining an accurate inventory count allows you to manage reorders, keep just enough inventory in stock to meet demand, and reduce costs by understanding your sales and losses. Cross-Channel Inventory. This is especially relevant for Amazon sellers, whose listings and Amazon SEO will plummet if a product is out of stock.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Cross-Channel Consistency An offshoot of this convenience theme is consistency. Consumers purchase from a variety of channels and while email remains a primary channel for driving consumer purchases, SMS, social media platforms and mobile apps also drive substantial numbers of sales, too.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

However, the company also has achieved growth thanks to new awareness and sales channels such as: A blossoming Brooklinen for Business (B4B) strategy: The company has launched a new ecommerce destination that allows hotels, bed-and-breakfasts and other hospitality businesses to purchase Brooklinen products.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 9, 2023

Hawkins’ job is to actually deliver on all those buzzy retail aspirations — omnichannel, seamless, frictionless — and fast, because if there’s one thing the mobile-first Gen Z shopper is not known for, it’s patience. Then all of that is getting pushed out through the influencers’ channels and our channels.”

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

So we had to change to meet that new set of expectations.”. With conversational commerce solutions, brands can unlock a seamless omnichannel experience, win lasting customer loyalty and drive revenue. Customer service is an integral part of the omnichannel experience equation that should not be forgotten or neglected.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 8, 2020

These shoppers were omnichannel-aligned even before the lockdowns hit, and American Eagle built on this foundation to help online sales reach 45% of its total in 2020. The retailer was able to achieve this feat by utilizing the channel to its fullest, through special activations and promotions that could only work online.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2021

The beverage alcohol company, which has operated as a traditional distributor-based wholesale business for decades, is currently in the process of building out standalone websites for its key brands as it moves toward becoming a customer-centric omnichannel operation. Taking a Long View to Optimize Marketing Spend.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Post-holiday season for retailers is a period of recovery centered around understanding what happened during the holiday and how to move forward with the transaction cycle, while also preparing for ongoing omnichannel business. Post-Holiday Omnichannel Success. Post-Holiday Challenges.

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Wiser

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Introduction The concept of the Perfect Store has become a strategic cornerstone for leading brands striving to achieve seamless execution across online and in-store channels. Establishing these metrics is the first step to aligning every touchpoint with brand standards, setting the foundation for consistent execution across all channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 27, 2021

Below, Shokrian shared his take on issues including: How COVID-19 impacted brand positioning and growth ; Why MeUndies is integrating social responsibility into its broader community-building efforts; Which omnichannel investments are top priorities in 2021; and His leadership lessons from 2020. looks like,” Shokrian said.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The ease with which shoppers can now access price comparison tools means that any discrepancies between channels are immediately apparent. It’s no surprise that 63.88% of shoppers expect pricing and promotions to be consistent across online and in-store channels. Transparency is critical to building trust with shoppers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 5, 2021

Now, almost a year later, retailers are struggling to meet consumers’ increasing expectations for instantaneous and personalized interactions with the brands they love. Will 2021 be the year brands achieve omnichannel, personalized, automated two-way conversations? With each technological advancement comes a shift in consumer behavior.

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Wiser

JANUARY 30, 2025

The New Consumer Journey: Navigating Multiple Channels Todays consumers seamlessly navigate between online, mobile, and in-store shopping channels, with 49% seeking a more cohesive experience across these touchpoints. Consistency across online and in-store channels builds trust and prevents hesitation.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2022

As MINISO sets its sights on omnichannel growth, the company is leaning into other key differentiators: a strong supply chain, original designs, and licensing partnerships with some of the world’s most renowned brands, including Disney, Universal and the NBA. The $10 N’ Under concept was born to meet this demand.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2021

As eyes and dollars continue to shift to digital channels, the playbook for acquiring, engaging and retaining customers is being rewritten. The Four Pillars of Omnichannel Success. The pandemic has made omnichannel a business imperative for merchants of all sizes. How can you invest in testing and learning on these new channels?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 13, 2021

I think people are getting tired of using the word omni — it’s really “channel-less.” The customer doesn’t think in channels, so [the question becomes] how can the retailer stop operating in channels? And this is an example of where Cloud scales to meet your needs. Now more than ever, “omni” is the focus.

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Groove

DECEMBER 7, 2024

With the prevalence of social media, businesses are constantly feeding unique and engaging content to their audiences through a variety of channels and consumers are beginning to expect this from brands. To truly reap all the benefits of content marketing, we encourage businesses to meet customers where they are.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 2, 2023

took the stage at The Lead Summit in Manhattan in July 2023 to talk about how they are adapting their strategies to meet the new realities of DTC retail. Those team members are a critical piece of the equation: “Having the size of the team and the expertise required to run a true omnichannel business is the biggest challenge,” said Widrick.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The exact definition of unified commerce, and in particular its relationship to the idea of “omnichannel,” varies depending on who you ask. Some see it as the next evolution of omnichannel, others as the technical underpinnings that make true omnichannel experiences possible. They just want what they want when they want it.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Meanwhile, consumers return to brick-and-mortar stores and seek omnichannel experiences. Retailers increasingly strike balances between direct-to-consumer ecommerce and omnichannel strategies to keep products in stores and in front of consumers. A strong direct-to-consumer channel creates a fast feedback loop for emerging brands.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2025

Today, retailers rely on hundreds of features from inventory and order management to customer engagement, personalization, and analytics to continue to meet customer demands. It enables faster launches of new sales channels and maximum agility while not budging on performance. Learn more about unified and compostable eCommerce tech.

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Fabric Blog

MARCH 21, 2025

To meet those expectations, businesses must create seamless shopping experiences across every demand channel. Yet, order fulfillment in an omnichannel environment is not without its hassles. Key benefits of order fulfillment software Order fulfillment solutions are game-changers for omnichannel retailers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2021

Customers expect a seamless omnichannel shopping experience that enables them to buy anywhere and pick up anywhere with the least cost and hassle. However, successfully delivering omnichannel fulfillment requires an up-to-the-millisecond view of inventory availability across channels.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 13, 2022

Swiftly’s technology helps us meet the evolving needs of our customers with more personalized offers that increase savings,” said Mary Kellmanson, CMO at 99 Cents Only Stores in a statement. CPG brand partners can utilize dynamic ad placements, targeted content, sponsored searches and product recommendations to boost their sales.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Preis, her team and really the whole organization had no choice but to become digital-first, and this pandemic survival tactic actually helped them meet the audience expansion challenge as well. Digital is not a channel, platform or technology — it’s a business driver,” said Preis.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The pace of technological change — as well as consumers’ increasing demand for always-on-shopping, anytime, anywhere — has left some retailers struggling to innovate digitally to meet customers’ evolving wants and needs. And they’re rewarded for it too. In a recent McKinsey study , digital leaders in retail banking saw a 19.3%

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Another, a fashion brand with product stuck in closed retail locations, had to shift distribution models to meet a surge in online demand. Omnichannel shopping. In 2021, omnichannel excellence will continue to become an essential point of differentiation, particularly for those retailers that don’t own their category.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 11, 2020

A key feature of this “Next Normal” will involve advances in omnichannel, which Brendan Witcher, Principal Analyst for Digital Business Strategy at Forrester , noted is in its first or second inning. Today’s consumers are agnostic to channels. Digital is everywhere and it’s ubiquitous,” said Witcher.

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ESW

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Consumers have shifted from shopping primarily in-store to now using a mix of online, mobile and brick-and-mortar channels. To keep up with consumer demand, brands and retailers are facing pressure to implement omnichannel commerce strategies. Why focus on omnichannel? What’s the difference between multichannel and omnichannel?

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