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Tag Archives: interactive
Live Chat Software Adds to the Online Experience
Guest Blogger Today’s post is by David Campbell, who blogs about customer service trends for ClickDesk live chat and helpdesk software. He is an active freelance writer and his other interests include organic SEO and growth hacking. _______________________________________________________________________ Whether you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Technology in Retailing
Tagged ClickDesk, conversion, customer expectations, customer satisfaction, David Campbell, e-commerce, infographic, interactive, live chat, omnichannel, online sales, opportunity
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When’s the Best Time to Shop for the Holidays?
Consumers have many sources to consult when purchasing holiday gifts, from shopping tips to price trackers. The Wall Street Journal has created a new interactive Christmas Sales Tracker tool: “The Journal created this tracker to monitor price movements for the holiday’s hottest … Continue reading
Posted in Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing
Tagged 2014, Christmas Sale Track, holiday, interactive, merchandising, multichannel, pricing, real-time, shopping, tips, Wall Street Journal
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An Interesting Look at Sales Tax Holidays
We know that most states require retailers to collect sales tax. But did you know that there are many sales tax holidays for specific goods and services? Avalara, a sales tax automation company, has developed a neat interactive sales tax … Continue reading
The Best in Interactive Technology and Digital Signage
The nonprofit Digital Screenmedia Association recently announced its annual DSA Industry Excellence Awards for digital signage, mobile, and self-service kiosk technology. As reported by Selfserviceworld.com: “The awards covered a wide spectrum, ranging from educational digital signage kiosks in a children’s park to … Continue reading
Posted in Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Technology in Retailing, Video Clips (non-career)
Tagged customer expectations, customer service, Digital Screenmedia Association, experiential retailing, interactive, kiosk, merchandising, promotion, shopping, technology, trends, video
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Interactive Technology Becoming More Important
Technology-based experiential retailing is becoming more of a key competitive advantage for retail stores in their fight against customer showrooming. Retail Touchpoints recently published an excellent report on this topic, written by Jonathan Lee, entitled Using Innovative Technology to Address the Showrooming … Continue reading
Posted in Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Technology in Retailing
Tagged customer expectations, experiential retailing, interactive, merchandising, multichannel, online shopping, promotion, Retail Touchpoints, showrooming, technology
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Window Shopping Goes High Tech
High-tech window displays are bringing new life to shopping. It’s fun, too. Consider this illustration: adidas NEO “is taking window shopping to a new level with an interactive digital window concept that connects to your smartphone. Now it is possible to shop … Continue reading
Posted in Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 4: Store Location Planning, Part 5: Managing a Retail Business, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Technology in Retailing, Video Clips (non-career)
Tagged adidasNeo, customer expectations, display, experiential retailing, global, interactive, merchandising, multichannel, QR, social media, technology, video, window
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Store Mannequins Mimic Customer Movements in Japan
There are many fun uses of technology by Japanese retailers to encourage more shopper engagement. John Yong reports for designtaxi.com that: “Japanese clothing retailer United Arrows has found an innovative way to make customers pay attention to its display windows. It … Continue reading
Posted in Global Retailing, Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information, Part 6: Merchandise Management and Pricing, Part 7: Communicating with the Customer, Technology in Retailing, Video Clips (non-career)
Tagged customer expectations, display, experiential retailing, fun, global, interactive, Japan, Kinect, mannequin, merchandising, mimicry, movement, opportunity, promotion, shoppers, storefront, technology, Tokyo, trends, United Arrows, video
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