Lululemon goes big with meditation within retail environment

August 4, 2017

Not only can you buy needed active and athletic wear at Lululemon, you can also grab a quick meditation session in a new "Mindfulsophy" space at its new Fifth…

Chris Petersen: Forget the 4Ps … 4Cs are not enough … the new 4Es of retail

by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS

Chris Petersen explains how and why raditional retail has transformed from product-centric to people-based.

Retailers embracing AI big time in next two years, reveals study

August 2, 2017

A hefty number of retailers, 87 percent, claim they will boost use of artificial intelligence for customer engagement strategies in the next two years.

How To Measure The Impact Of Digital Signage

No matter how big or small of an investment you make, you want to have a way to measure your success to determine if it was money well spent. When it comes to…

Storytelling is key to boosting customer experience and profit

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

The most common tendency with retailers is to simply give the facts about a product or service without really telling a story about them. Panelists at the ICX…

Why store associates must play a critical role in customer experience

by Judy Mottl — Editor: RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com, Connect Media

Consumers crave human interaction and the store associate represents a retailer's front line in delivering a rewarding and compelling customer experience. Yet…

Kagan: How Amazon is transforming retail

by Jeff KAGAN — Wireless Analyst, Telecom Industry Analyst

As long as Amazon lets users continue to shop as they are used to, and adds a new way of thinking to the mix, Jeff Kagan believes the Whole Foods experiment…

Midwest grocery chain debuts a robot named Tally

August 1, 2017

Three St. Louis-based grocery stores are participating in a six-week pilot featuring a robot, Tally, which will check aisles three times a day to ensure items…

Shopgate hires Ken Aponte as customer success VP

August 1, 2017

Software-as-a-service shopping app platform Shopgate has a new leader of customer success with the appointment of Ken Aponte.

The time is now for AI in ecommerce

Eldar Sadikov, CEO and co-founder of Jetlore, shares why taking advantage of AI technology is the only way a brand will be able to differentiate itself and win…

Marriott design VP on mobile, minds and merchandise at CONNECT Mobile CX Summit

by Judy Mottl — Editor: RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com, Connect Media

Marriott International's David Kepron will share his insights on the pervasiveness of digital media and how its integration to consumers' lives at the upcoming…

PRN partnership to offer 3D advertising at retailers

July 27, 2017

PRN, a Stratacache company, is partnering with Provision Interactive Technologies Inc. to integrate its consumer activation offers with Provision's 3D Savings…

3 key strategies for driving loyalty enrollment

Jeff Sopko, president of Baesman Insights & Marketing, offers tips and insight on how retailers can hurdle the many barriers to entry for loyalty programs. As…

The human touch: Why mobile can't replace in-store associates

Unlike customer-facing mobile apps and websites, in-store associates and managers have insider knowledge and the ability to use in-store tools to their…

Fastsigns continues to expand across North America, UK

July 26, 2017

Fastsigns International Inc., a visual communications and digital signage company, has opened 17 centers in the U.S., Canada and England this year, and signed…

Chip Bell: You can't automate theatre

by Chip Bell — Customer Loyalty Consultant/Author, Chip Bell Group

Is your customer experience plain vanilla, leaving absolutely no imprint at all on your customer's memory? How would your customers' stories about your…

Consumers hungry for contactless checkout at Whole Foods and hope Amazon delivers

July 25, 2017

Consumers are hoping that once Amazon acquires Whole Foods, the online mega retailer will provide cashier-free checkout and a much improved grocery store…

How AI can connect customers to your brand

Dr. Anil Kaul, CEO and co-founder of Absolutdata, writes that as AI becomes a part of daily living, brand leaders are realizing the potential the technology…

Automation will produce a brick-and-mortar retailing renaissance…if labor is deployed creatively

At present, the future of brick-and-mortar retailers looks bleak; however book author John Pugliano believes the technological forces that have favored online…

Walmart aims to monitor shoppers' facial expressions

July 21, 2017

Walmart is reportedly building new technology that will help it identify unhappy consumers standing in check-out lines.