There's a great deal of talk about what retail consumers want and expect and how those expectations are growing every day. Research from Elastic Path reveals that meeting those demands, and delivering a rewarding customer experience, requires flexible e-commerce.
It's a critical strategy, according to the research, for all brands that want to meet ballooning consumer demands during the holiday season and other busy sales seasons such as back-to-school.
http://retailcustomerexperience.com/articles/why-retailers-need-to-adopt-a-flexible-e-commerce-strategy/
For every retailer, creating loyal customers must be a main focus, resulting in improved brand awareness and ultimately, a better bottom line. Marketing automation makes creating lasting customer loyalty much easier. Customers now expect relevant and personalized brand interactions every single time, and marketing automation makes this much easier. This article will show you how.
http://retailcustomerexperience.com/blogs/how-retailers-can-use-marketing-automation-to-create-lasting-customer-loyalty/
Most people can name a negative experience they've had with a brand, and along with it usually comes a declaration of why they will never return to that company. According to the ACSI's latest Retail Report, shoppers are often unhappy with the customer service they receive, referring to it as "lackluster" and "underwhelming."
http://retailcustomerexperience.com/blogs/how-retailers-can-give-consumers-the-personal-care-they-expect/
Contributor Evan Magliocca outlines three key areas where consumer expectations of retail are evolving rapidly.
Customer expectations are changing drastically. With every new medium, technology or innovation, they already expect the next level of service.
https://marketingland.com/consumers-dont-want-to-think-anymore-237060/
Over the last few years the financial services sector has made significant improvements in the decisions it makes that affect customers. The major fines that resulted in big newspaper headlines a decade ago have dwindled, but at the same time customers still lack trust. A YouGov poll last year found that more than half of British consumers (55%) don’t think banks are working in their customers’ best interests. Given that it has never been so easy to switch a bank account or change insurance companies this has long-term negative consequences for financial institutions.
http://www.bobsguide.com/guide/news/2018/Mar/16/why-understanding-the-voice-of-the-customer-reaps-long-term-dividends/
We are delighted to share that the world’s largest sporting goods retailer, Decathlon, is now using Mopinion’s feedback analytics software. Decathlon hit the ground running with their new online feedback programme in the summer of 2017 with feedback forms on their French and Chinese websites. Pleased with the performance and customer insights obtained via Mopinion’s software, Decathlon is now in the process of rolling out Mopinion software on webshops in twenty-one additional countries!
https://mopinion.com/decathlon-rolls-out-mopinion-feedback-software-in-23-countries/
The physical world of Amazon Books has made it to Texas. The online retailer today opens its first store so far this year and it's in Austin's Domain Northside.
The store is designed to hold all the books considered great reads by Austinites and more put together by a team that culls customers' online preferences to fill the racks with books. All books face out in Amazon's version of a bookstore. Below the book is a review card saying why customers said they loved the read.
https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2018/03/06/texas-first-amazon-books-store-opens-austin-better-prices-prime-members/
We are proud to announce that one of the largest supermarket chains in the Netherlands, Albert Heijn, now uses Mopinion’s feedback software on their website (AH.nl). Albert Heijn – also referred to as the AH or ‘Appie’, as the Dutch like to call it – jump-started its online feedback programme in June of last year (2017). Since then, they have employed various feedback forms across their website with the aim to extract valuable insights into the online shopper journey.
https://mopinion.com/albert-heijn-caters-to-online-shoppers-with-customer-feedback/
In a special presentation and panel discussion, you’ll get an update on how user-generated content and other Voice of the Customer (VOC) dynamics are changing the way grocery shoppers prepare for their trips and make in-store choices. Further, you’ll learn how marketers can monitor these interactions and leverage VOC analytics to positively influence shopper decision-making before and during store visits.
http://www.retailwire.com/online-and-in-the-aisles-how-social-impacts-food-sales/
Thanks to social media, consumers are more engaged than ever and have access to information almost at the same level as an industry insider. Senior merchants at retailers and brands have a very difficult time presenting consumers with a point of view because they already have it. Just look at the fragmentation of trends – the chief merchant of a $4 billion apparel brand recently told me "the new trend is that there is no trend.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregpetro/2018/01/31/how-see-now-buy-now-is-rewiring-retail/#78ead852c0b7/
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