Sewing retailer stitches stronger sales, customer experience via associate training

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

Quality Sewing & Vacuum, a 13-store retailer in Washington State, deployed SalesRX to enhance customer service, customer experience and drive sales. It’s…

Consumers have mixed feeling about social commerce

October 2, 2018

A new Sumo Heavy report reveals that while chatbots are gaining favor with consumers interaction with chatbots remains low within the retail customer…

Lessons every retailer can learn from Amazon

Don White, vice president of enterprise solutions at Snapfulfil, says retailers have two choices when it comes to competing with Amazon: worry and not change…

Walmart, aka Jet.com, arrives in the Bronx

September 20, 2018

Walmart's Jet.com is leasing warehouse space in the Bronx, New York after what's been a lengthy battle to establish an e-commerce footprint.

4 ways retailers can boost brand reputation, build loyalty

Sandra Gudat, president and CEO of Customer Communications Group, Inc., offers up four steps for bolstering your brand's reputation, while simultaneously…

Is your store red-carpet ready? The role of in-store technology for brand uptime

Paul Milner, marketing director at Displaydata, explains why retailers need to use technology to create an engaging and impressive in-store experience that…

Brick-and-mortar retail isn't dead, it's just evolving

Vladimir Edelman, CEO and co-founder of HEROFi, lists out what physical retailers can learn from Amazon's success story.

NYC may be getting its own Amazon Go store

September 12, 2018

Amazon is reportedly eyeing New York City as the next location for its cashierless Amazon Go retail store.

Back-to-school consumers still love the store, reveals survey

September 12, 2018

Consumers buying back-to-school products prefer the retail store environmental and want personalized offers, according to a new Monetate study.

Kagan: Retailers going back to basics for growth

by Jeff KAGAN — Wireless Analyst, Telecom Industry Analyst

Jeff Kagan, industry analyst, explains how retail management now has a newer and younger mindset and they are rapidly taking the industry in new directions.

Examining the online apparel retail customer experience

Brooke Patton, research content specialist at GutCheck, offers insight on the retail apparel industry which is straddling an omnichannel landscape and how it…

How to craft a successful SMB retail customer experience

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

Small to mid-size retailers must develop and create a seamless, rewarding and satisfying retail customer experience, just like mega brands and national…

Avoid becoming Toys R Us: Make mobile-first discovery the retail experience

Andrew Blachman, COO of Tophatter, muses on the fate of Toys R Us and the lessons retailers should learn from -- especially as it relates to mobile retail.

Target enjoys strongest sales growth since 2005

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

The 6.5 percent same-store sales spike in the latest quarter is the retailer's biggest growth in 13 years. Strong store traffic was cited as the main driver…

Party City partners up with Amazon in pilot program

August 16, 2018

Party City is teaming up with Amazon to sell an assortment of products, and a prime focus on Halloween items.

An inside look at interactive technologies spanning the retail segment

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

Microsoft, Sleep Number and Caliburger share insight on how interactive technology deployments and strategies are boosting sales and enhancing the retail…

Why retailers must be an authentic, trustworthy organization

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

Blogger Chip Bell offers up insight on why a retailer must become a trusted organization that treats customers like valued neighbors and finds ways to do…

Amazon Prime members buy 100M items worldwide during Prime Day event

July 18, 2018

Amazon is celebrating its biggest global shopping event now that its annual Prime Day sales extravaganza has come to an end after 36 hours.

Why technology is key to seamless, frictionless shopping

Dina Townsend, vice president, retail practice leader at RMG, explains that while a key goal of retail is a frictionless customer journey, making it a reality…

Amazon Prime Day boosts overall online sales, retail activity

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

Even if competing retailers don’t hold special sales on Amazon's Prime Day, increased consumer activity is likely helping the bottom line for any and all…