Category Archives: Part 7: Communicating with the Customer

This sub-category encompasses establishing and maintaining a retail image, and promotional strategy.

Dealing with the Age of Disruption

Posted on May 28, 2015 by bermanevansretail

Consulting firm PWC calls this retail era “the age of disruption.” And PWC has done a lot of research to determine the characteristics of this era, their implications, and how to deal with them. Recently, PWC completed a major survey of … Continue reading →

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What Does It Mean to Be Customer Centric?

Posted on May 25, 2015 by bermanevansretail

Virtually all retailers understand that long-term success is only possible with happy, fulfilled customers. But what does it take to be truly “customer centric”? Consider the following slideshow from Raymark (empowering retailers for 25 years with technology solutions):  “As our physical … Continue reading →

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How Well Are You “Courting” Your Customers?

Posted on May 20, 2015 by bermanevansretail

As we know, in today’s competitive environment, we cannot take our customers for granted. We need to continuously “court” them and have them feel appreciated. Consider this observation from Oracle Marketing Cloud: “From the need to meaningfully nurture to the … Continue reading →

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