Inside Retail

JANUARY 1, 2025

Customer experience enhancements: start small, think big Use holiday insights to personalise CX The data gathered during the holiday season offers invaluable insights into customer behaviour and preferences. Targeted campaigns: segment customers into groups (e.g., Targeted campaigns: segment customers into groups (e.g.,

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Inside Retail

JULY 23, 2024

Second, social media has now evolved into social commerce, with upwards of 80 per cent of social media users engaging in shopping-related activities. We are seeing many new applications for AI in digital commerce, ranging from enhanced customer service tools, dynamic pricing solutions, task automation and predictive logistics.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

To enhance customer engagement, Oh!some The company also integrates customer purchasing data to refine its product selection and service offerings. For these reasons, we decided to use these two cities as pilot locations for the Malaysian market, the person said.

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Retail Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Brands must also maintain consistent messaging, aesthetics, and tone wherever customers engage, from website design to in-store signage. Customers increasingly expect to return items purchased online to any physical location, or vice versa, without hassle.

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Inside Retail

MAY 3, 2021

With information gleaned from customers at each touchpoint, retailers are able to create an even more personalised and engaging shopping experience. It allows them to create a high-touch, personalised in-store ambience and to parallel that experience with unique online customer engagements. Efficiency redefined.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Our research shows that 34 per cent of retail executives say supply-chain efficiencies and improvements are a top customer engagement priority. To navigate this turbulence, supply-chain optimisation will be a critical investment for retailers next year.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

IR : Can you share some insights into how Ghd engages with its customers to understand their needs and preferences? LD: We conduct extensive research and are consistently engaging with hairdressers and consumers all over the world to ensure we capture the needs of all hair types.

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Inside Retail

JULY 8, 2024

Sudden but not surprising The move comes four years after the company closed its physical stores in other markets around the world and turned its New York City, London, Sydney and Redmond locations into experience centres, as part of its strategic change in retail operations.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Customer segmentation One of the most powerful insights from holiday data lies in understanding who your customers are. Segmentation allows you to group customers based on shared characteristics or behaviours, such as demographics, purchase history, or geographic location.

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Inside Retail

JULY 23, 2024

Second, social media has now evolved into social commerce, with upwards of 80 per cent of social media users engaging in shopping-related activities. We are seeing many new applications for AI in digital commerce, ranging from enhanced customer service tools, dynamic pricing solutions, task automation and predictive logistics.

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Compliantia

JULY 4, 2023

This job of managing promotions becomes more complex when you start adding multiple locations into the mix. What are the challenges of managing promotions across multiple locations? Differences in local consumer behavior and preferences Each location has its own unique customer base with varying preferences and behaviors.

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Promotion Location Management Customer Engagement 98

Retail Focus

JUNE 16, 2023

Crafting brand narratives through popup stores can be an effective strategy to engage customers, create buzz, and build a unique brand experience. Creating interactive experiences: Engaging customers through interactive experiences that allow them to connect emotionally with the brand is essential.

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Retail Focus

MARCH 7, 2023

Customers can test and try all sporting category equipment, footwear, and apparel from top brands such as Adidas, Kettler, Hoka, and Puma. At the heart of the store concept is a new ‘hub’ where customers engage with SPORT 2000’s team of experts for a conversation starter, sharing stories, and picking up the best advice.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 13, 2024

The ‘digital customer, digital store’ approach takes the view that every single customer that comes into a store needs to become a digital customer, and should not leave the store without a staff member having signed them up to a loyalty or membership program. We are trying to build a community around our brand.

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Retail Focus

JANUARY 10, 2022

Starbucks is a global leader in this respect, crunching disparate data streams such as location, demographics, nearby offices and colleges, to test the potential success of new stores. As a result, over a quarter of a million people have been with the company for more than ten years, which is partly attributed to data insights.

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Inside Retail

JULY 27, 2021

They may not realise that what might work in a large store is not necessarily what is needed in a small store or the varying requirements across stores in different location types.”. “A lot of category managers tend to think about the range they have, but not the combination of range and store.

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Creative Displays Now

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Your retail display should use techniques like cross-merchandising and interactive elements to engage with customers and draw them into the aisle. Include Interactive Elements to Build a Connection Interactive elements keep customers engaged with your display and have a ripple effect on brand loyalty.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 15, 2024

Although these three brands operate in very different retail sectors, Li, Piper and Pearson agreed on a few common tactics for effectively engaging with the Gen Z consumer, from focusing on and enhancing the in-store shopping experience to learning how to “share the pen” with this younger, social-media-savvy shopper.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 6, 2023

She also highlighted the use of immersive technologies, such as Outernets, an Israeli retail tech company that is being used to enhance customer engagement, and capture customer data and foot traffic. They can] also allow for participation via hand-gestures, and facial expressions to convert traffic into customers,” Heubel said.

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Retail Focus

MAY 25, 2022

Nicky Lovell, Head of Outlets and Retail Business Development at Global Mutual comments: “Retailers are increasingly moulding portfolios to enhance overall brand visibility and grow customer engagement; outlet settings are an important part of that strategy and offer improved lease flexibility with rental commitment that is aligned to sales success.

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Outdoor Customer Engagement Space Engagement 182

Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The work we do to drive customer engagement through events, pop-ups and collaborations gives brands confidence to continue to invest in this key national destination, maintaining and growing our relevance as customer habits change.”.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Beauty and personal care retailer, Pinalli , has digitally improved its customer experience and in-store operations using a solution from Pricer , the world’s most reliable provider of ESLs (Electronic Shelf Labels).

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

However, by embracing personalisation and optimising the timing and content of communications, retailers can have a better chance than their rivals of converting visitors across any channel into repeat customers. For the modern retailer, the key to implementing these strategies is knowing your customers and understanding their needs. “We

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Retail Times

JUNE 21, 2021

is standardising on Qlik Sense® Enterprise SaaS for in-store reporting, expanding access to near real-time data for store managers and associates in its 650+ store locations across the United States and EMEA. Qlik® has announced that Urban Outfitters, Inc. The roll out of Qlik’s cloud analytics will help Urban Outfitters, Inc.

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Customer Engagement Location Engagement Management 105

Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Customer experience LSKD has ‘audacious’ growth plans for the next few years and Shaughnessy is expected to play a key role in helping the brand create a unique in-store experience and ensuring the right products are stocked in each store. LSKD recently took this concept on the road with its BAF (Big As F*ck) Bus, a pop-up on wheels.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Since the pandemic started, retail brands have been forced to make the shift to digital at warp speed – prioritising a major shift towards online purchases, customer engagement and social amplification in order to maintain relevance in this brave new world. What is the metaverse? Another dimension for shoppers.

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Inside Retail

MAY 19, 2023

Wilson Sporting Goods Co recently unveiled its first retail store in California, located within the well-known Third Street Promenade shopping district in Santa Monica. The 4,500 square foot space is the company’s first bricks-and-mortar location on the West Coast. This changes the classic retail model of purchasing and reselling.

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Sporting Goods Marketing Social Media Engagement 130

Retail Focus

AUGUST 25, 2024

Thus, this class of personalization improves customer engagement and boosts the probability of repeat purchases, thereby strengthening brand loyalty. Enhancing Customer Engagement Through Technology Digital tools have transformed retailer-customer interactions.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Today, customers expect highly tailored and targeted interactions when they engage with a brand. To deliver valuable and highly personalised customer communications and interactions, retailers need to capture all the signals that a customer displays through their engagement with the organisation.

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Retail Focus

JULY 3, 2024

Furthermore, luxury brands have the potential to educate and engage their customers on sustainability. Luxury brands might strategically select unconventional locations for their pop-up stores or engage in collaborations with artists, designers, or other brands to generate buzz and attract diverse customer segments.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 3, 2021

Combine this with a customer base whose expectations of what makes a great experience have continued to rise, and in some cases are heightened through periods of lockdown, and you have a sense of the challenge facing the retail sector. You can automate this process using smart, real-time messaging, and location technology.

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Creative Displays Now

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Learn how to boost sales with creative food and beverage retail displays by knowing what attracts consumers and keeps them engaged in the store. Tell a Story A well-crafted retail display can serve as a powerful storytelling tool that engages customers on an emotional level. For example, customers can build their own smoothies.

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Retail Focus

MAY 30, 2023

Examples of brand communities include Apple enthusiasts forming online forums, Harley-Davidson motorcycle owners participating in rallies, or Nike fans engaging on social media. Other brands, such as LuluLemon or Huda Beauty, have invested in the power of digital to grow a following and establish an engaged community.

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Creative Displays Now

JANUARY 2, 2025

It’s crucial for sports and outdoor companies to implement display strategies catered to their target audiences and placed in the right location to attract attention. Here are the top strategies sports and outdoor companies should implement: Use Color to Attract Colors can evoke emotions and behaviors in customers.

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Inside Retail

DECEMBER 17, 2023

It can pull together and securely store customer data from multiple sources, structure that data, and make it available to other systems and solutions – all in a single vertically integrated location. The more you know about your customers, the more you can tailor your message to them, and the more effective your campaigns can be.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 26, 2023

Amazon and Panera, the US bakery-cafe chain, have teamed up to help customers pay for orders and access rewards with just the palm of their hands. That’s over 66 million Americans dining in or taking away at more than 2,100 locations across the country. In June last year, the company said that more than 69 locations in the U.S.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s emerging international financial district lies The Exchange TRX – a new retail complex that aims to redefine urban luxury and community engagement. These brands are pushing the envelope in terms of customer engagement and this is going to be a fantastic opportunity for us,” he said.

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