It’s Not All About Mobile, It’s About Customer Experience

| Darren Hill

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.

Taking a Closer Look at Your Data

| Daniela Forte

Being able to combine your online and in-store data today is critical for a brands’ personalization efforts. That is why it is important to be able to take a closer look at your data to help gain insight into your customer.

Cross-Border Ecommerce is Driven by Mobile Technology, Payments, Strategy

| MCM Staff

From faster loading retail apps in India to digital wallet-identification cards in sub-Saharan Africa, the opportunities for retailers to serve new customers in new ways are growing at a rapid pace, and consumers are responding. Here’s more insight and information gleaned from the Nielsen Global Connected Commerce Survey.

Looks Like Those Amazon Books Stores Are Happening…

| Tim Parry

General Growth Properties Sandeep Mathrani spilled the beans today on a big secret that really comes as no surprise: Amazon is going to open more Amazon Books bricks-and-mortar store locations. Like, at least 300 of them.

Were We Right About Omnichannel Fulfillment Trends?

| Tim Parry

Shoppers not only expect but demand flexibility and freedom to buy at their total convenience. This creates supply chain complexity around synchronizing inventory and orders coming from stores, websites, mobile, catalogs, etc.

Leveraging Your Marketing Database to Gain Brand Traction

| Daniela Forte

Are you using your marketing database to its best advantage? It forms the nucleus for all your B2B and B2C marketing efforts, and offers insights that will help you generate targeted lists for direct marketing communications.

Overcoming the Top Challenges to Creating a Seamless Customer Experience

| Brenden Jenkins

When it comes to operations, every retailer, big or small, faces the same challenge: providing their in-store associates with the technology that gives them the opportunity to assist time-starved, information-rich consumers before they walk out the door to buy elsewhere.