customer retention

Winning customers is one thing, retaining them in the long term is another. Brand development, loyalty programs, service quality, personalization – measures like these can make it happen.

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You get what you give: Appreciation and fairness as the key to customer loyalty

How do retailers achieve more customer loyalty for their company?

#customer relationship management #mobile couponing

Sweet and enticing: Honey for your customer loyalty

Webtalk "retail salsa" about customer relationship management

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US consumers say fake online reviews are a growing problem

Uberall analyzes four million reviews on Google, Facebook, Yelp and Tripadvisor to determine rates of review fraud

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Return to brands with strong online community

Importance of engaging with customers online

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What's the one thing younger consumers have relied on in the pandemic? Texting!

Need for new marketing strategies to meet customers where they are

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#e-commerce #brick and mortar retail

More trust for retailers with messaging services

Increased purchasing power through conversational AI

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#e-commerce #omnichannel

Key driver of loyalty and total spend

Omnichannel grocery shoppers spend up to 20% more

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Magical shopping experience

Finally Harry Potter fans can visit the official Harry Potter flagship store New York City

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#brick and mortar retail #digital signage

Foot traffic and behavioral analytics converge with digital signage

More customer loyalty based on invaluable information

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21.05.2021 #e-commerce #brick and mortar retail

More than 50% of Canadian consumers plan to purchase new clothing once pandemic restrictions are relaxed, according to a new report from The NPD Group. The desire for a wardrobe refresh is even stronger when it comes to consumers aged 18-34 as over ...

21.04.2021 #brick and mortar retail #customer satisfaction

Lowe's introduces enhanced shopping experience for Pro customers

Exclusive offers, such as perks, new products and services

Lowe's announced its next major step as the New Home for Pros by launching a tailored store shopping experience created specifically for Pros. The Pro customer shops at Lowe's significantly more often than DIY customers, so the upgrades were ...

16.03.2021 #customer satisfaction #customer relationship management

Touchless Feedback

The Wall Street Journal published an article about Instant Feedback ‘Smiley’ Buttons

The Wall Street Journal, after interviewing our co-founder and Executive VP of Strategic Alliances, Ville Levaniemi, published an article titled “Instant Feedback ‘Smiley’ Buttons Go Touchless in Pandemic”. The article ...

03.03.2021 #customer satisfaction #delivery

U.S. consumer satisfaction dropped for pickup service

Total U.S. online grocery sales grew 15% in 2021/01 vs. 2020/11

The total U.S. online grocery market posted $9.3 billion in sales during January as more than 69.7 million U.S. households placed on average 2.8 orders across delivery, pickup and ship-to-home according to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus ...

05.02.2021 #customer relationship management #marketing

They're just not that into you

Consumer-brand relationship insights for marketers and brand communication

Researchers from Western University, Indiana University, and Washington State University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that deals with communication strategies towards consumers that have a certain connection to a brand.The ...

27.01.2021 #coronavirus #customer retention

Consumer packaged goods purchases grew 19% in 2020

Fueled by the pandemic, half of Americans tried new brands

As consumers hunkered down at home during most of last year, their spending on consumer packaged goods (CPG) grew an average of 19% in 2020 compared to 2019 according to the latest data from NCSolutions. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a ...

01.01.2021 #online trading #customer satisfaction

A splash of lime for your returns management

Our webtalk "retail salsa" at 4:00 pm on 2021/01/27

Cross-order e-commerce continues to boom and is no longer on the margins. Due to Corona Pandemic, but also due to action days such as Black Friday or Cyber Monday, the quantity of parcels is going through the roof and so is the return rate. Too ...

23.12.2020 #digitization #self-checkout systems

Klarna starts cooperation with Verifone

The idea: a shopping experience in stores that is unique worldwide

Klarna, the leading global payments and shopping service, announces a strategic partnership with Verifone, a global leader in payments and commerce solutions, that will make Klarna available as the first-ever buy now pay later solution to millions ...

26.11.2020 #online trading #e-commerce

Beauty shoppers won’t try new products when shopping online

‘Virtual’ try-on technology positively impacts 45% of beauty shoppers

While nearly half (44%) of beauty shoppers in a new survey agree that they have bought more beauty and skincare products online (rather than in store) over the last 6 months, the research reveals that 56% (rising to 62% among female shoppers) tend ...

28.09.2020 #online trading #brick and mortar retail

Boom time for bicycle retailers

What is the recipe for success? iXtenso visited three bicycle retailers

What does it take to be successful during these growth times? iXtenso looks at three very different retailers – from online, to offline and all that lies between. Find out more in our exclusive video! ...

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18.09.2020 #customer satisfaction #customer relationship management

Better customer care on Twitter leads to increase in customer satisfaction

Responses to queries on social media impact service quality perception

Social media has forever changed our society and how people do business. A 2013 report by J.D. Power found nearly two-thirds of customers have used a company's social media site to connect with customer service. New research in the INFORMS ...

14.08.2020 #POS marketing #marketing

Walmart brings the big screen to its parking lots

Retailer’s first-ever drive-in movie theater

Walmart is lifting the curtain on plans for the Walmart Drive-in, a drive-in movie theater experience, which is rolling into 160 Walmart stores across the country beginning this month, created in partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival.Available ...

13.08.2020 #customer satisfaction #consulting

4 tips on how to handle customer complaints

How you can effectively respond to negative reviews and use them to be a benefit to your company

Most retailers don’t like customer complaints. Plus, they also mean extra work. Yet ignoring complaints is not a great long-term strategy because any bad customer experience can haunt your brand if it becomes public. That’s why retailers ...

12.08.2020 #customer satisfaction #customer relationship management

The importance of effective complaint management

A strategic and cross-channel approach to handling negative customer experiences

Customers are more demanding than ever, while brand loyalty is declining. Even a couple of negative experiences can alienate consumers and erode loyalty. Shoppers increasingly share bad reviews and complaints on public communication channels for ...

04.08.2020 #online trading #e-commerce

3 steps to personalisation in e-commerce

How retailers can build trust and foster customer loyalty

The COVID-19 pandemic has left a visible mark on the retail sector, and companies have had to find new ways to reach consumers effectively in a very short time. Many companies that had previously focused on stationary retail have expanded their ...

29.05.2020 #digitization #self-checkout systems

Digitalization in the german wholesale industry

METRO Companion App

Retailers have embraced digitalization to enhance the customer experience for many years. Examples of the growing digital transformation market include self-checkouts, omnichannel marketing, and electronic shelf labels. Customer apps are also ...

06.05.2020 #online trading #brick and mortar retail

Study on firms' return policies offline and online

Guidance on pricing, returns, refunds

Because customers who shop online cannot try on their purchases, a third of all Internet sales get returned. But handling these returns is costly, giving retailers that have both physical stores and digital sales a clear advantage over retailers ...

03.03.2020 #digital marketing #marketing

Crowdsourcing campaign to save Modell's Sporting Goods and 3300 jobs

Mitchell Modell offers outside investment opportunities

Modell's Sporting Goods, America's oldest, family-owned and operated retailer of sporting goods, has announced that for the first time in its 130-year history, they are closing more than 15 percent of the stores in its fleet, and offering ...

26.02.2020 #customer satisfaction #customer relationship management

When is the customer especially HAPPY?

155.9 million data points from over 1,000 retailers globally reveals happiest and unhappiest retail seasons

Easter is the unhappiest major retail event of the year, while shoppers love Halloween shopping, according to data from the world’s leading customer feedback solution, HappyOrNot.The Finnish technology company, which works with retailers such ...

13.02.2020 #customer satisfaction #data management

Deal for personal data in luxury segment

Affluent consumers demand security, privacy and personalization in exchange for personal information

Affluent U.S. consumers demand stringent safeguards on the security and privacy of their personal data from companies that collect their information, according to a new Luxury Institute survey of Americans earning at least 150,000 dollars per year. ...

13.01.2020 #customer satisfaction #customer relationship management

Blind Date is so yesterday! Know your customers!

Customer loyalty: Personalizing your customer communications – across all channels

Is brand loyalty dead? These days, consumers no longer buy the same brand of goods for life. They want personalized offers for products that meet their specific needs. That’s why it is more important than ever for retailers to retain and ...

06.01.2020 #marketing #in-store marketing

Smell – association - sale?

How scents affect your customers

It’s highly likely that you have entered a store and immediately noticed a distinctive scent. The deliberate use of scents is no longer a rare occurrence. For quite some time now, companies like Abercrombie & Fitch, Motel One or Singapore ...

02.12.2019 #data management #digital marketing

AI in action: changing the future of customer experience

Interview with Prof. Dr. Jens Böcker, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

The 34th Bonner Management Forum on November 5, 2019, at the Bonn International Science Forum (“Wissenschaftsforum”) centered on artificial intelligence (AI).Themed "Artificial Intelligence - New Age of Customer Experience", ...

11.11.2019 #brick and mortar retail #customer satisfaction

How to reinvigorate Germany's high street

Brick and mortar retail should focus on technology, especially Wi-Fi

It is not easy for the brick and mortar retail to assert itself in the course of the digital transformation and the competition from the online trade. Retail stores can upgrade with technology to stay competitive. An important factor that has been ...

04.11.2019 #brick and mortar retail #customer satisfaction

Retail problems: We’ve got the premises but where are the customers?

The Trendforum Retail 2019 highlighted multi-use retail developments

At the Trendforum Retail on October 9 &10, 2019, in Schwalbach near Frankfurt am Main, speakers and visitors examined how brick and mortar retailers can attract, keep and excite customers.Interested event participants were given a tour by Marcus ...

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04.11.2019 #brick and mortar retail #POS marketing

Advice for small and medium-sized retail businesses: “Be a part of the change!“

A quick market analysis by Professor Rüschen of the DHBW Heilbronn

Prof. Dr. Stephan Rüschen, assistant lecturer in food retailing at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) in Heilbronn presented the second part of the Trendforum Retail 2019, which emphasized the challenges and ...

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18.10.2019 #digital marketing #customer retention

New personalization tactic makes new visitors more likely to make a purchase

Nosto launches A/B testing & optimization tech

Nosto is announcing the general release of its A/B Testing & Optimization (ABTO) solution. The new offering enables digital retailers to execute, optimize, and learn from sophisticated A/B and multivariate tests across Nosto’s complete set ...

30.09.2019 #e-commerce #brick and mortar retail

Get your business ready for E-commerce!

E-commerce Berlin Expo 2020 starts on the 13th of February 2020

The E-commerce Berlin Expo 2019 gathered more than 55000 visitors, 150 exhibitors and 45+ speakers taking part in the annual fair. The numbers speak for themselves - EBE has become one of the most important e-commerce events in Europe. However, ...

19.09.2019 #brick and mortar retail #customer satisfaction

90+ year-old manufacturer redesigns its stores …

… making window and door shopping easier, more personalized and enjoyable

Each year we hear about the increase in online sales, and the talk of the demise of brick-and-mortar stores. But, brick-and-mortar stores aren’t going anywhere – if they adapt. And Pella Windows & Doors is adapting.Rather than ...

16.09.2019 #customer satisfaction #mobile payment

retail trends 3/2019: focus "checkout zone"

Shopfitting, technology, marketing: What does a checkout have to do nowadays?

Read our latest edition retail trends 3-2019 online as an e-paper. ...

13.09.2019 #customer satisfaction #marketing

How to turn your checkout zone into the village hub ...

... with opportunities for community engagement

The checkout zone is not only the actual, but also the emotional conclusion of the purchasing process. Top or flop - the experience at the cash register can impact how customers rate their overall shopping experience. For retailers, this is ...

12.08.2019 #customer satisfaction #customer retention

Return on experience: The new kind of customer loyalty

US retailers benefit if they keep pace with rapid rise in customer expectations

New research conducted by alternative payments provider Klarna across 2,000 US consumers and 250 retail decision makers, reveals that retailers are struggling to retain their customers as consumers today increasingly have zero tolerance for a poor ...

18.07.2019 #customer satisfaction #customer relationship management

5 essentials for customer experience leaders

Gather customer feedback and analyze it

Customer experience is fundamental to your business and needs to be in your company’s strategy.However, CX leaders are challenged with what it means to spearhead these efforts. To improve their influence, and subsequent results, CX leaders can ...

04.07.2019 #customer satisfaction #mobile payment

Frictionless checkout across all channels to build loyalty

H&M and Klarna elevate the shopping experience for US consumers

H&M and Klarna announced that they have expanded their current partnership agreement to also include the US market, in the development of an unrivalled payments and shopping experience across touchpoints. Together, H&M and Klarna are aiming ...

03.06.2019 #customer satisfaction #customer relationship management

retail trends 2/2019: focus "sales promotion"

How to win, serve, and keep customers

Read our latest edition retail trends 2-2019 online as an e-paper. ...

29.05.2019 #customer relationship management #marketing

Product ratings: customer-centricity is important

Global product ratings study: companies being pushed toward increased customer-centricity

Globally, 54% of companies consider product ratings to be very important to their business. For another 29%, they are somewhat important, while 17% think ratings are not important at all or that they don’t play any role yet. U.S. results ...

21.05.2019 #customer satisfaction #customer relationship management

Post-purchase communication: Well-informed customers are happier

Shipment tracking options and convenient returns management solutions

Harald Mösel from b.telligent asserts that retailers can set themselves apart from the competition with positive, unique post-purchase experiences. In this interview, he illustrates how companies can utilize post-purchase communication to ...

18.03.2019 #marketing #marketing planing

Burger King and Millennium Hotels discuss brand messaging

Incite Groups free webinar, 14:00 GMT 3rd April

Nearly two-thirds of millennials and Gen Z express a preference for brands that have a point of view and stand for something. As customers demand a more personalised and meaningful relationship with the brands of their choice, it is imperative you ...

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15.03.2019 #artificial intelligence #customer retention

Robots in retail: producer and salesperson all-in-one at the fully automated kiosk

Interview with Matthias Krinke, Managing Director of pi4_robotics GmbH

At Berlin’s shopping mall Bikini Berlin, we meet the robot “Gisela”. The robot’s designer Matthias Krinke sat down with us and explained what she can do and revealed what the retail industry can expect from her and her ...

14.03.2019 #customer satisfaction #customer relationship management

The Guinness Storehouse in Dublin – a powerful customer magnet

Brand advertising with taps, creamy whitecaps, and hashtags

Just in time for Saint Patrick's Day, we turn our attention to arguably the favorite drink of the Irish: the iconic Guinness beer. Or, more precisely, the home of the stout: the Guinness Storehouse opened its doors in 2000 right in the heart of ...

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21.01.2019 #app #customer retention

Retailer app identifies counterfeit products and strengthens customer relationships

Secure barcodes on paper labels offer retailers and customers many benefits

Counterfeit goods prompt harmful financial losses due to a loss of sales and profits, decreased tax revenues and by threatening jobs – and this doesn’t just impact retailers and manufacturers. According to EUIPO (The European Union ...

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