2018's best retail trends: Learning From Kroger, Walmart, Lidl & others

by Bryan Pearson — President, LoyaltyOne

As the new year takes root contributor Bryan Pearson offers up eight trend takeaways from 2018.

Customer engagement is about the journey, not just the destination

by Jean Belanger — CEO, Cerebri AI

Jean Belanger, co-founder and CEO of Cerebri AI, offers insight on how artificial intelligence has a unique role to play in allowing retailers to take…

Bank of America online CX 'exceptional'

January 11, 2019

Marketing data and analytics company J.D. Power has introduced a website certification program to recognize brands that provide an exceptional online…

HP Launches Innovative Retail Solutions for Small Businesses at NRF 2019

PALO ALTO, Calif., January 10, 2019 – Ahead of NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show, HP Inc. today announced innovative new solutions designed to meet the unique needs…

Why some retailers don't need a pop-up experience

Frank Weil, chief customer officer at KWI, opines that the pop-up marketing strategy may not be a great approach for every retailer and offers up questions to…

Strong customer experience can pay off big for banks, reveals study

January 10, 2019

U.S. retail banks can see a big boost in deposits if they can boost their customer experience, according to a Kantar analysis.

Redefining the consumer experience via digital identity

Linda Touch, global senior director at Equifax, explains why federated digital identity — linking a consumer's digital identity and the attributes, which are…

Europe electronics retailer deploying mobile self-checkout

January 9, 2019

MediaMarketSaturn, the largest consumer electronics retailer in Europe, is using MishiPay's mobile self-checkout technology in its Hamburg store.

What's important when it comes to collecting useful customer feedback

Lane Mann, at Phoenix CX, maps out how to construct a customer feedback strategy and why being genuine is the only way to go.

Visa, SiriusXM unveil plans for in-vehicle payments platform

January 8, 2019

Visa has announced a deal with SiriusXM to allow vehicle-based mobile payments using a connected e-wallet from SiriusXM. The service would be available in…

Kroger teams up with Microsoft on connected grocery initiative

January 8, 2019

Kroger is piloting a connected grocery store in a partnership with Microsoft using connected sensors and the Azure cloud.

9 off-the-radar retail predictions for 2019

by Bryan Pearson — President, LoyaltyOne

Bryan Pearson predicts that in 2019 retail shelves will become storybooks and it will be the year of store-branded self-checkout apps.

DoorDash, GM Cruise to ignite autonomous car tests

January 7, 2019

DoorDash and General Motors Cruise Automation have partnered to put the auto company's Cruise self-driving vehicles to the test to improve autonomous delivery…

Coming down from a service high

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

Chip Bell explains why coming down from a service high is an opportunity for celebration, affirmation, consolation, and education. Each is a building block for…

Confirmit leader joins Rutgers CX program board

January 3, 2019

Shelly Chandler, vice president of customer experience consulting at Confirmit, has joined the leadership board for Rutgers University Customer Experience…

Juniper predicts $130B in card-not-present retail fraud

January 2, 2019

Experts share 2019 retail customer experience predictions

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Retail Customer Experience went to the experts and industry watchers to get their predictions and expectations on a wide range of issues, from technology to…

10 most read Retail Customer Experience news stories of 2018

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

As we welcome 2019 here's a chance to make sure you are caught up on the top news in retail customer experience over the past 12 months.

How to empower your team to transform the customer experience

Author Adam Fridman,founder/president, ProHabits.com, explains how employee engagement provides many benefits but the most vital for retailers is its capacity…

10 most read Retail Customer Experience articles of 2018

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

As 2018 ends and 2019 arrives here's a great opportunity to make sure you didn't miss the top 10 most popular articles on Retail Customer Experience in 2018.