With 8.2 million shoppers now owning a voice-activated digital assistant device, a marketer’s game plan has changed when it comes to selling to its customers. Here are ways marketers are using these devices to their advantage.
For retailers, employing the omnichannel model is a necessity to appeal to today’s highly connected consumer and target their interest both in-store and across devices.
Clienteling is sometimes considered a term to describe retailers using mobile POS to make orders on behalf of a customer, but its capabilities extend far beyond that. Here are six ways in which clienteling can raise in-store expectations, to deliver more satisfying consumer encounters.
One of the biggest reasons Moosejaw customers were abandoning carts was because the merchant didn’t provide all the content needed to make a smart purchase decision. In this video, Moosejaw CEO Eoin Comerford talks about what his team did to provide more relevant content, and capture the impulse buyer.
Measuring your engaged shoppers, the ones “checking you out,” can tell you a lot about the health of your business. A high score in the quiz below indicates you’re primed to grow, because you are “rich” in potential customers. A low score means that you’re not attracting “fresh blood” to your brand.
Making your customers feel important in all facets of the shopping experience is important. The best way to do that is to personalize the customer experience at every touch point throughout the shopper’s journey. read more in this executive summary from Multichannel Merchant.
The Internet of Things is making devices like internet refrigerators more mainstream today because consumers are hyper-adopting new technology and marketers are engaging in digital disruption. Here’s why experiential devices such as the Apply Watch and certain household appliances are going change the way you collect data, and how you need to react.
Even when upselling succeeds, it can result in buyer’s remorse if the customer later realizes the upsold item was not really wanted – that breeds resent, which erodes loyalty. However, the ecommerce channel offers some significant benefits to upselling that are not available in the brick and mortar setting.
Omnichannel retailers are getting a hang of mobile, and are upping the in-store experience. But are omnichannel retailers offering up a seamless retailing experience? The results of Accenture new study may surprise you.
ULTA Beauty’s latest clienteling app is great for busy consumers that regularly buy cosmetics but don’t have time to go to a store. ULTA Beauty recognizes this by offering auto fulfillment of common items, like foundation or mascara. But they also use historical buying data to suggest other items the buyer might like based on their personal preferences.