Tag Archives: experiential retailing

Better Adapting to Consumers

Retailers these days have a lot to do adapt to the rapidly changing global consumer marketplace. As noted by Kaitlin Friedmann on Visual.ly: “Shoppers have more options and control over how they purchase and receive merchandise than ever before. Here are … Continue reading

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Are Some Customers Overstaying Their Welcome?

We’ve written several times before about the crucial nature of customer service and experiential retailing (click here, for example). And we’ve also written about some customer service issues that retailers such as McDonald’s have faced (click here, for example). Now, … Continue reading

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How Important Is the Christmas Shopping Season for Online Retailers?

The Christmas holiday season is very important for online retailers — and this varies by country. In a recent study (as reported by EMarketer), Adobe looked at E-commerce holiday sales as a percentage of annual sales for online retailers in … Continue reading

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