Retailers, vendors must collaborate to improve customer experience

Paul Perry, a writer for Relay, explains how retailer-vendor collaborations will increasingly shape the customer experience and how to improve those…

10 customer experience trends to know

Caroline L. Alemán, strategic account manager at Spectrio, explains why retailers must track and follow customer experience trends.

VR transforming brick-and-mortar CX but not how you'd expect

David Rich, CEO at InContext Solutions, writes that the key to successful virtual reality is delivering the experience before customers ever set foot in a…

Breaking free from the spell of "Amazon-azement"

Mark Bunney, director of go-to-market strategy, Ingenico Group, shares insight on why retailers need to think about themselves as individuals and make the…

How customer intelligence is revolutionizing the retail industry

Joseph Brady, senior director of digital marketing for Reliant Funding, maps out reasons why retailers must embrace customer intelligence.

10 tips for using messaging apps in customer care

Julien Rio, head of marketing at Dimelo, a RingCentral company, shares insight on why messaging apps can be hugely advantageous for digital customer engagement…

Creating an experience beyond shopping

Roger Bannister, business development director at Timico, explains why retailers and brands, whether physical or online, must create an experience that goes…

For high-velocity retail business, mind the data gap

Jason English, principal analyst and CMO, Intellyx, maps out why overcoming retail data gaps in real time, at cloud scale, will become critical to business…

Campaign thinking no longer cuts it: Real-time marketing takes over in 2019

Kitewheel President Mark Smith offers insight on why retailers must make sure that every customer interaction makes sense given the larger context of that…

Redefining the supply chain: Innovative AR, VR approaches

Pieter Aarts, CEO and co-founder of roOomy, explains how retailers using AR and VR for content creation can maintain a strong competitive advantage — and happy…

A deep dive into a customer experience collaboration lab

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The Interactive Customer Experience Summit in Dallas provided the type of education and networking that benefits people in all segments of the customer…

How online retailers can turn returns into an opportunity

Leo Matthews, director at Xigen, explains why online retailers, with the foresight to see the big opportunity in delivering a returns process that delivers a…

Why retailers need a data attitude adjustment

Shawn Myers, who leads B2C product marketing for Oracle Marketing Cloud, shares insight on how retailers can harness power rather than simply reacting to…

How IoT can take brick-and-mortar stores beyond physical dimensions

Lee Davies, marketing manager for www.wireless-sensors.co.uk, offers up insight on how retailers can gain large tracts of information about customers when they…

Price is nice, but consumers want exceptional customer experience

Suresh Menon, senior vice president and general manager, Master Data Management, Informatica, explains how customer experience plays an ever-bigger role in…

Getting customers to return: Customer experience success stories

Retailers know how important it is to keep loyal customers happy but many a retail membership program has become white noise to consumers. How do companies…

End of life for certain POS terminals and the looming risk to retailers

by Chris Kronenthal — President + CTO, FreedomPay

Retailers need to be sure point-of-sale systems are fully compliant, not only to avoid becoming obsolete, but to protect against fraud.

What revived legacy retail brands need to do to survive

Harry Dewhirst, president at Blis, shares insight on what retail brands need to do on the comeback trail and why using data across all channels is key to the…

Building customer loyalty starts with greater workforce visibility

Amanda Nichols, senior manager, retail and hospitality practice group, Kronos, writes that by streamlining store execution retailers can drive higher employee…

Take your marketing automation further with AI

John Oechsle, president and CEO of Swiftpage, offers insight on why AI-based technologies are critical for retailers today as it's playing an increasingly…