What awaits retailers after the first Corona year?
iXtenso’s interview with Joachim Hansen, retail manager at Hobbii
… with new stores and several digital initiatives
Guidance on pricing, returns, refunds
Pointers from 3 EuroShop 2020 exhibitors
Fleet Feet launches new retail concept shop
Bonprix’s Fashion Connect Store in Hamburg
ROQQIO makes retailers fit for the networked future
Checkout area a game changer for retailers: payment goes “omnichannel“
Are you wondering how you can deliver a seamless shopping experience to your customers? Checkpoint's experts provide retailers with three ways to make your customers even happier. Watch the video to learn more. ...
With e-commerce growing stronger every year, there is a rising pressure to run brick and mortar stores more efficiently. One way is to connect online and offline services for the benefit of the customer. Jacob Tveraabak, CEO, and Amanda Cremon, ...
Whether it’s romance, adventure or a gripping mystery, book lovers can now share their favourite reads with others in selected Waitrose cafés as part of the supermarket’s new book swap initiative. A successful trial in five ...
Anyone can sell a product, and customers have plenty of choices when making a purchase. So how does a retailer stand out from the crowd to keep customers coming back? It all comes down to the kind of customer experience you deliver.It’s no ...
At this year’s EuroShop in Düsseldorf, which will take place from 16 to 20 February, Hamburg-based software company ROQQIO will show visitors what a self-checkout and mobile POS can do.As we all know, there are plenty of names and terms ...
A recent survey of 500 retailers sponsored by Eggplant, the digital experience specialist, revealed the pressures facing online digital teams in advance of busy retail season. While 92 percent of digital teams are focused on business outcomes and an ...
“Retailers who are winning in the BOPIS game have a mature inventory management system that clearly indicates what is available for BOPIS, but those who prioritize order fulfillment are building the greatest customer loyalty as their BOPIS ...
Ryan McDaniel, Senior Vice President of Walmart China Supply Chain, announced that Walmart will increase its investment in its supply-chain logistics. In addition to building the first customized perishable food distribution center, the South China ...
Would you like to find out about the latest retail technologies and hold something tangible in your hands at the same time?We'll be happy to send you a copy of our print edition retail trends: with the focus on "Retail Technology" ...
While 2019 got off to a rocky start, with a partial government shutdown and trade challenges attributed to tariffs, consumers at the close of 2018 were buoyed by their strong household financial health and were spending accordingly. The latest IRI ...
GK Software, the international market leader for store solutions, will yet again set trends for the future of retail at EuroCIS 2019 in Düsseldorf. Attendees will experience the possibilities of combining the world's most comprehensive ...
The Fitting Room in the shopping mall Nordstan in Gothenburg, Sweden exceeded expectations by combining the best of physical and digital retail. Project highlights include Increased online sales by 43 percent and returns reduced by 89 percent. ...
For stationary retailers, it is no longer enough to think individually about e-commerce or other digital strategies. Instead, the focus is on networking online, mobile and offline channels and implementing a multichannel strategy, the so-called ...
Few local retailers are brave enough to offer same-day delivery. They should use their "business savvy”, suggests logistics expert Arne Schulke of the iubh International University of Applied Sciences Bad Honnef. He offers practical tips, ...
The three leading software companies for commerce solutions are set to join forces. eFulfilment Transaction Services GmbH, Futura Retail Solutions AG and höltl Retail Solutions GmbH are merging under the umbrella of ROQQIO Commerce Solutions ...
eobuwie.pl is striding forward with its new, sector-defining store concept, designed by Dalziel & Pow, which positions the Polish brand as the ‘next big thing’ in footwear retail. The concept is a direct response to the changing ...
Criteo released its global commerce review for Q1 of 2018. The report, which analyzed browsing and purchasing data from over 5,000 retailers in more than 80 countries, indicated that today's shoppers are making on-the-go purchases, and are ...
The personalization & pricing summit (pps) is Germany’s leading conference for the earnings enhancing application of artificial intelligence (AI) in omnichannel business. ...
For this improvement, Cisalfa Sport S.P.A. chose Keros Digital in order to find solutions to some challenges the business was having. One of these challenges, the distribution network of Cisalfa Sport S.P.A., which is complexed, required a ...
The ongoing debate over shopping hours on Sundays has heated up in recent months in Germany. Ver.di (the German trade union) successfully filed lawsuits against a number of Sunday shopping events nationwide. Communities and retail representatives ...
Retailers benefit from mobile technologies that are becoming more and more handy and intuitive to use. In this way, information can be used profitably, from the warehouse to the store to the customer's smartphone. EuroCIS shows the full ...
Bringing the omnichannel experience to life in the bricks and mortar store requires customer engagement points across the buying journey. Kiosks and tablet based applications provide that instant information that today’s customers expect and ...
Anyone who wants to survive as a brick-and-mortar dealer in the future must offer their customers a special shopping experience and a functioning online store. That’s a widely known fact. But the opposite is also true – and this is ...
The men’s clothing store engbers has recently completed the test phase of a new omnichannel solution for its in-store point of sale systems. Now the rollout starts in all 320 stores throughout Germany and Austria. The implementation primarily ...
For many brick and mortar retailers, showrooming was and continues to be akin to “stealing consulting services”. After all, the term describes the practice of prospective customers of researching products in brick and mortar stores and ...
In-store retail technology is evolving with great speed, and a growing trend for 2018 is ‘Shoppertainment’, a millennial-led trend where a trip to a shopping centre is as much as seeking an experience as coming home with a product. As ...
The annual Grocery eCommerce Forecast completed in partnership with ShopperKit, an in-store fulfillment platform, surveyed over 1,000 U.S. consumers about grocery shopping habits, intent and barriers moving into 2018 to better equip ...
Regardless of what you might think of Amazon, in 2017, the internet giant has pioneered more innovations than any other entity. Amazon Flex, Prime Now, and Amazon Fresh are just some of the projects the U.S. company created to explore new ways to ...
The customer is the focus of tomorrow's Customer Journey. Retailers can use interactive, virtual and personalized offers to attract and inspire customers at home, especially in the digital age. We have tried out the latest technologies in the ...
With the help of e-commerce agency SmartOSC, COURTS Singapore, a popular retailer specialising in electronics, IT and furniture, has put more than a year into researching and redesigning its in-store experiences and omni-channel customer journey. ...
This year’s event will have a strong focus on omnichannel, with a programme that encourages attendees to explore how they can extend online success to deliver the type of frictionless customer experiences that have been proven to win customer ...
Click and Collect, In-Store Pickup, Click & Go: there are many terms that describe the store pickup process of online orders. Retailers can really benefit from this service; provided that they are armed with a professionally developed concept of ...
Tryzens has successfully completed the development of a pre-built integration or ‘cartridge’ for innovative UK start-up HubBox, which will enable Salesforce Commerce Cloud users to reduce the time to market for the new delivery start-up. ...
Personalization, also called customization is a trending topic in retail for the year 2018. Retailers increasingly put customer demands center stage since consumers have come to expect a customized shopping experience both online and offline. But ...
The customer experience is an important success factor in the digital age since customers want more inspiration and emotions. MediaMarkt’s Next Generation Store in Eindhoven is one of those stores that are focusing on a new lasting shopping ...
The fashion retail space is evolving. The fact is, more and more consumers are tethered to devices, their faces glowing in a blue, e-commerce-hue of smart phones, tablets and laptops. That’s not to say the in-store fashion shopping experience ...
The Barbara Frères Boutique in Düsseldorf specializes in designer children’s fashion. To position itself in the omnichannel world, the fashion boutique doesn’t just offer an online store, a chat function and curated outfit ...
Mister Spex, Europe’s largest online optician, is extending its successful cooperation with Intershop with the rollout of the latest Intershop Commerce Suite, across nine European webshops. The new commerce platform allows Mister Spex to ...
Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai, the first fully immersive coffee experience in Asia, celebrated its opening. When the doors open to the world’s second Starbucks Roastery, created three years after the inaugural Seattle Roastery, ...
Retailers are constantly looking for solutions that make payments easier and more automated. After all, an easy payment process also makes it easier to spend money, at least when it comes to small amounts and quantities. According to a study by ...
Emotional storytelling in the store. Furniture shopping in a virtual showroom. Playfully connecting customer and product through an interactive shop-window. The winners of the Digital Retail Awards 2017 clearly demonstrate, how the digital future of ...
