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Augmented Reality for In-Store Navigation
by Andrew Makarov As greater numbers of customers turn to e-commerce and home delivery, retail brands must appeal to ever-changing customer behaviors and intense retail competition. Forward-thinking retail brands capture customers by enhancing the customer experience through familiar digital technologies that consumers already value, like augmented reality. Augmented Reality Improves the Customer Experience Customers expect […]
Four Ways Retailers Can Prepare for the Valentine’s Day Boom
by Brooke Chaplan Retailers should start planning now to prepare for the Valentine’s Day rush. With thousands of shoppers perusing stores and online sites for the best gifts for their loved ones, stores with the most effective sales campaigns will see a huge increase in their earnings. Brands and retailers hoping to take advantage of […]
Online Shoppers Say It’s Retailers’ Responsibility to Minimize Environmental Damage Caused by Returns
Returns of products purchased online generate five billion tons of trash and 15 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually. And while consumer behavior can contribute to this, the majority of online shoppers say it is the retailers’ responsibility to address the environmental damage caused by returns. That is the finding of a new […]
Five Mistakes to Avoid When Building & Designing a New Storefront
by Lizzie Weakley Brick and mortar is still a force in the market. Customers don’t always want to wait for UPS to drop products on their doorsteps. Instead, they may want to go out and shop in a public space. However, with such fierce competition from online retailers, business owners need to use some strategy. […]
Splitit Survey Finds Online Return Process is Key to Customer Experience & Web Conversion
A recent survey by leading monthly installment payment solution Splitit highlights the growing importance of consumer returns within the ecommerce industry. The Splitit survey revealed that a good return policy is not only key to overall customer experience, but directly affects web conversion and, ultimately, a retailer’s bottom line. Returns, Returns, & More Returns Online […]
Top Retail Trends for the New Year
by RRD Retail Solutions R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (RRD), a leading global provider of multichannel solutions for marketing and business communications, unveiled the five major trends that will drive retail sales at brick-and-mortar stores. RRD currently serves 37 of the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) top 100 retailers, giving the company unique, firsthand insight on […]
Brick & Mortar Is Not Dead, But Merely Transforming
by John Liston If you read the news, you might come to the conclusion that retail is dying. You can find hundreds of articles outlining the problem of competing against Amazon or covering the high costs of working with the social media giants and online marketplaces, but what gets missed in the news is some […]
The January 2020 Issue of Independent Retailer Magazine is Available Now!
The January 2020 Issue of Independent Retailer Magazine features everything you need to be successful in 2020. Check out more timely Product Trends, News, and Marketing tips as they are added to our website here:
New BOPIS Deluxe Candy Experience for NRF 2020 Event Attendees
enVista, a leading global software and consulting firm specializing in optimizing and unifying digital and physical commerce, will be offering retailers the opportunity to participate in a buy online, pick up in-store (BOPIS) experience as part of its comprehensive ‘Unified Commerce in Action’ at the National Retail Federation’s (NRF’s) 2020 Big Show at the Jacob […]
