All Customer experience articles – Page 43
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AnalysisHow to ensure your ecommerce offering is world-class
Following Retail Week’s inaugural Tech.event, Isobel Chillman asks how retailers can ensure their digital evolution creates the best possible experience for consumers.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail design companies must fail fast
The Tech. conference from Retail Week should have attracted store designers as well as technology fans, so why weren’t they there?
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NewsGoogle, John Lewis and M&S on backing the right tech
Directors at Google, John Lewis and M&S spoke today about backing the right tech.
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OpinionOpinion: Stores need individual personality and a USP
A friend of mine popped out to Lidl the other day to buy some milk and returned delighted with their purchase of a foot pump and a two-metre-long, inflatable pink flamingo.
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InterviewFenwick unveils a department store fit for millennials
Fenwick has had the past 14 years to mull over what its next generation of department stores will look like – and the result doesn’t disappoint.
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Retail VoiceMarketing myth #1 – should marketers use urgency?
With an identified range of 15 marketing emotions, Persado shows brands how to take their relationships with online shoppers to the next level.
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OpinionOpinion: Will Reserved be enough for fickle shoppers?
The arrival of the Polish fashion giant in London was greeted by a curious crowd last week, but what makes the store interesting?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Pureplays tone down tech for debut stores
Established retailers have bent over backwards to digitise stores to attract younger consumers, yet online retailers opening physical space have stepped back from tech. Mark Faithfull asks whether retail is going back to basics.
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AnalysisAI in action: The transformation of retail
The opportunities presented by artificial intelligence are potentially transformative. And far from it being a technology of tomorrow, many retailers are already exploiting it.
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OpinionOpinion: Automation means shopper-free shops
The trend towards automating everything in the interests of speed and ‘convenience’ is one to be wary of.
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NewsJohn Lewis trials Home Solutions tradesmen service
John Lewis is piloting a tradespeople service, booking plumbers, gardeners and electricians on its customers’ behalf.
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GalleryStore gallery: Morrisons evolves in-store
The branch nearest Morrisons’ Bradford head office has had a makeover and offers a guide to the grocer’s current thinking.
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OpinionOpinion: John Lewis, retailer in residence
News that John Lewis is poised to mock up try-before-you-buy in-store apartments shows it is making use of existing assets. Retail Week Live 2017 ChatbotTo communicate with the Retail Week Live 2017 Chatbot you will need to voluntarily add the bot as a contact from within Skype, Facebook Messenger, or ...
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OpinionEvery retailer needs a strategy for going up against Amazon
I’m a ‘practicologist’, and while not a soothsayer, I do have a reasonably good idea of what’s coming down the track.
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GalleryIn pictures: The best and worst of Newcastle retail
Retail Week visits Intu Eldon Square in the heart of Newcastle and ranks the best and worse retail stores on offer.
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OpinionAugmented reality: What are the legal realities?
Augmented reality is growing in popularity but what are the legalities that retailers should bear in mind?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why retailers should be engaging the ageing
The population may be living longer than ever before, but retailers are not doing enough to capture the spending power, or the interests, of their older customers.
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NewsDixons Carphone fires starting gun on services roll-out
Dixons Carphone is taking its services up a gear with the launch of new brand – Team Knowhow – to be rolled out across the UK from today.
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NewsAmazon and John Lewis ranked best for customer service
Amazon and John Lewis lead a list of the best brands for customer service, with Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury’s in third, fourth and fifth place.