Best Buy reported flat comps but 24% growth in ecommerce during the first quarter, as domestic revenue was down due to store closures and pricing pressure. Midway through its $400 million cost reduction effort, the company is keeping an eye on store count while playing up the importance of physical locations in its overall omnichannel customer experience.
Kohl’s has made great strides with its omnichannel strategy. In 2014, it began the journey when it rolled out buy online and pickup in-store. See how the brand continues to evolve with its omnichannel strategies.
The role of retail shopping is shifting, and that is why it is vital for retailers to put themselves in the position of meeting the customers’ demands. This resulting report by the e-tailing group and Multichannel Merchant takes take an in-depth look at unified commerce and how you can make it work for your brand.
One of the most talked about trends in retail for some time has been “The Omichannel Experience” and how retailers can best give shoppers a consistent brand message across all touch-points.
Ulta Beauty was named Retail Innovator of the Year at the 2nd annual Excellence in Customer Experience Awards, held April 14 at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati as part of Multichannel Merchant’s Operations Summit 2016. Here’s why the editors of Multichannel Merchant recognized Ulta Beauty as the most innovative retailer in the past year.
CVS Health has announced a partnership with Curbside, a company perfecting the store pickup experience for retailers and consumers, to launch CVS Express, a digital solution offering consumers a new level of seamless convenience.
If retailers are looking at omnichannel as a singular effort, then they are in a good place, says DynamicAction SVP Global Marketing Sarah Engel in this video taken during a break at eTail West in February. If they are looking at channels separately, that’s where they’re missing the boat.
We are in the middle of rapid change; accelerating business, ubiquitous information, digitalization of our tools, and evolving relationships both inside and out of our company. Here are some tips to help drive sales for your business.
A great mobile experience is just one part of the customer-centric strategy that the smartest brands are using every day. The customer, after all, is the driving force behind all of the great holiday numbers we’ve seen. Here are some key customer experience issues that will keep customers coming back to your site on any channel.
If you’re an omnichannel retailer, here’s how you can eliminate hurdles during pre-purchase, purchase and post-purchase phases to delight your customers.