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Wayfair Partners with Porch.com

| MCM Staff

Wayfair Inc. an online destination for home furnishings and décor, announced a partnership with Porch.com, a home services platform for homeowners and home professionals. See what the is partnership will mean for both Wayfair and Porch.com.

Ulta Beauty Named Retail Innovator of the Year

| Tim Parry

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.

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CVS Health Announces Partnership with Curbside

| Tim Parry

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.

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4 Ways B2B Marketers Can Successfully Drive Customer Experience

| Kevin Akeroyd

Business customer expectations have been elevated. It’s about a customer experience where everything that goes into the process of buying a product or service matters. How can B2B marketers be successful at the customer experience? Here are four ways that B2B marketers can keep their customers coming back for more.

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Bonobos On Excellence in Returns, Customer Experience Leadership

| Mike O'Brien

How you handle returns goes a long way toward defining how customers perceive your brand, and how loyal they will be. So what are some of the key elements that make up a great returns experience? And what does it mean to be an overall customer experience leader?

Angela Goldstein, director of operations for men’s apparel company Bonobos, spoke with Multichannel Merchant Senior Editor Mike O’Brien on these subjects, after Bonobos was named a finalist in the two categories for the 2016 Excellence in Customer Experience Awards.

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Subtle Ways to Personalize the Shopping Experience

| Susan Wall

When it comes to the new ways people shop and buy, shoppers still would rather consult on the phone with a clerk while some don’t mind if you offer personalized recommendations. Here are what you should be thinking about when it comes to personalizing the shopping experience for your customer.

Why LensCrafters Creates a Single View of its Customer

| Tim Parry

Omnichannel is a big initiative for retailers, and creating a single view of its customer has helped Lenscrafters get a grasp of it, says Samantha Sakemiller Senior Director of Omnichannel, in this video taken in February 2016 at eTail West.

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Retailers Need to See Omnichannel as a Singular Effort

| Tim Parry

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.

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Birchbox Talks Excellence in Product Packaging

| Mike O'Brien

Birchbox’ Pooja Agarwal talks with Multichannel Merchant about how the company excels at packaging and why it matters, driving loyalty and wowing customers. Birchbox is a finalist for MCM’s 2016 Excellence in Customer Experience awards, sponsored by Innotrac + eBay Enterprise’s SmartHub division. Come see the winners at Operations Summit 2016, April 12-14 at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati.