For the past few years, brick-and-mortar retailers didn’t have a fighting chance to compete with the personalization and convenience provided by online shopping. By cultivating mountains of rich customer data, online retailers had the upper hand. Every action and inaction …
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Making Shopping a More Personal Experience
A new “Truth About Shopping” study explores global consumer attitudes and behavior related to all areas of shopping today, including online, mobile and in-store purchasing, views about data and privacy, and preferences about the shopping environment and experience. Conducted by …
Read More »Increase Purchases by Promoting Ads While Customers are in Your Store
Global mobile agency Fetch has announced the results of its ‘Engaging the Mobile Shopper’ report, which was conducted among more than 300+ US adults aged 18 – 60 in order to uncover the true impact of mobile devices on brick-and-mortar …
Read More »Report: Retail Staff Key Factor in Customer Satisfaction with Paint Retailers
Staff drives high satisfaction with paint retailers and is the single most important factor differentiating the purchase experience among customers, according to the recent J.D. Power 2014 Paint Satisfaction StudySM—Retailer Segment. The study measures customer satisfaction with major paint retailers, …
Read More »Latest Retail Tech Trends on Display at GlobalShop Retail Conference
The future of the digital retail shopping experience and how retailers can better connect with customers on a more personal level were key topics presented this week in Las Vegas at GlobalShop, an annual trade show and conference dedicated to …
Read More »13 Ways to Maintain a Devoted Customer Base
There are two kinds of customers: existing and the ones you haven’t met yet. Right now, 20 percent of your existing customers make up 80 percent of your sales. There are many ways to use this devoted fan base to …
Read More »Ace Launches iPhone App, In-Store Pickup
Ace Hardware this week announced the launch of a mobile app for iPhone devices and the roll-out of in-store pickup to its retailers, a new feature that will allow customers to check their local store’s available inventory on acehardware.com, go …
Read More »‘Independents’ Day’: Smaller Stores Can Stand Up to Their Behemoth Rivals
“City hardware store survives despite bigger retail options.” So ran the headline last November in the local newspaper for Pottsville, Pa. (population 14,229). The story focused on the seemingly unlikely survival of Pottsville’s Centre Street Hardware, which had managed to …
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