All Customer experience articles – Page 27
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OpinionHomebase CEO Damian McGloughlin: ‘Experience is the key to relevance’
Homebase boss Damian McGloughlin explains why retailers need to work extra hard to ensure shops are inspirational as online sales soar.
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Retail VoiceSix marketing trends that will make you rethink your Christmas strategy
It’s clear that this year’s Christmas shopping season is different from any other.
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Retail VoiceTwo global retailers driving growth by putting customers first
In retail, the only constant is change. Regular disruptors, constantly changing consumer habits and an ever-evolving privacy landscape have made it difficult for retailers to keep up.
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Retail VoiceFive ways retailers and suppliers must collaborate for consumer benefit
As the industry continues to navigate the pandemic, partnerships have never been as crucial. Precima director Martin Black reveals what new research tells us about where retailer–supplier collaboration practices are lagging and how businesses can turn it to their advantage.
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Retail VoiceAttention grocers: Here’s why sponsored products should now be your biggest priority
With the recent explosion in online grocery sales, the nature of product discovery has changed. Ahead of its webinar on December 15, dunnhumby media’s Julie Jeancolas explains the steps grocers must take to reach consumers in the new places they’re shopping.
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Retail VoiceHow has Covid-19 impacted customer loyalty?
It goes without saying that the pandemic has prompted huge shifts in customer behaviour. This Place strategist Emma Jane Hornsby reflects on whether this could be the end for loyalty schemes as we know them and what this means for retail.
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Retail VoiceHow UK consumers are shopping differently for Christmas this year
Though not many people know exactly what they’ll be doing on Christmas Day this year, that doesn’t mean consumers are leaving their festive planning until the last minute. In fact, the opposite is true.
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Retail VoiceHow retailers can use tech to maximise sales
Retail is cut-throat. In order to avoid more closures and layoffs, retailers need to implement the right tech to maximise sales and revenue, says John Bates, chief executive of Eggplant.
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NewsWaitrose dials up focus on food counters following Sainsbury’s closures
Waitrose has revealed plans to increase its focus on food service counters just days after rival Sainsbury’s closed all of its equivalent meat, fish and deli areas.
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Retail VoiceHow product experience helps drive ROI
In today’s retail market, it is not enough for websites to display a solitary product image with a few bullet points providing washing instructions. Consumers are looking for much more than this.
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Retail VoiceWhy consumer finance should be top of retailers’ shopping lists
While retailers adapt to the ‘new normal’, it’s important to remember that consumers are having to adapt as well. Financial stability is front of mind for many – something retailers must take heed of, writes Owain Jones, head of strategy and insight at Barclays Partner Finance.
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Retail VoiceHow to build an army of CX champions across your business
What does it take to achieve world-class customer experience in retail today? You might think it’s more data, but you’d be wrong. Critizr’s Hazel Morton explains why your people hold the key.
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AnalysisTurning the pandemic into an opportunity in four easy steps
Retailers must look beyond the immediate challenges and see the pandemic as an opportunity to rethink their data, tech and fulfilment strategies for the long term, finds our new report.
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Retail VoiceThree ways direct mail can help win consumers over
Far from being outdated, direct mail is the perfect way to satisfy customer expectations and also drive sales, says Precision Proco chief executive Jon Bailey.
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Retail VoiceRetailers can't delay making customer experience effortless
Customers are not waiting patiently for laggard retailers to catch up with their digital offerings. Capita explains why agility and adaptability is not a nice-to-have but a prerequisite for success – and is easier than many may think
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Opinion‘John Lewis’ non-retail ambitions rely on restoring retail success’
One of the most striking aspects of today’s strategy update from the John Lewis Partnership was the extent to which the retailer is staking its future on what strategy director Nina Bhatia termed “non-retail”.
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AnalysisSeven big mistakes that retailers keep making online
Online is a more important channel for retailers than ever. But far too many businesses are still making mistakes that irritate customers and hinder conversion. Retail Week highlights seven of them
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Retail VoiceHow to ensure this Christmas is one to remember for all the right reasons
Retailers that gift consumers with seamless experiences will be the ones to sparkle in this most unpredictable of Christmases, says Capita’s Alan Linter
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AnalysisConsumer 2021: Lean into empathy for a customer experience shoppers will trust
Retailers must get to know their customers on a deeper level and approach interactions with empathy in order to thrive in a post-Covid landscape, according to customer experience experts.
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AnalysisStrategic report: Exclusive data reveals the new consumer’s delivery demands
RWRC Connect’s new report reveals strategic priorities for fulfilment in 2021 and beyond. Download it for free here.