Tag Archives: multichannel

Customer Expectations: A New Shopping Infographic

Baynote (a provider of personalized customer experience solutions) recently released the results of its 4th annual “Holiday Online Shopping Survey.” 1,000 U.S. online holiday shoppers were surveyed during the week after Cyber Monday 2013. The survey looks at consumer behavior … Continue reading

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Lessons from the Holiday 2013 Hacking and Shipping Fiasco

Now, that the dust has settled on the 2013 holiday shopping season, let’s take a look at two major problems that have impacted millions of shoppers. As we all know, there were a lot of unhappy shoppers this past holiday … Continue reading

Posted in Online Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, 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, Privacy and Identity Theft Issues, Technology in Retailing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

What’s Ahead for Retailers in 2014? A Compilation of Forecasts

Now that we are at the start of 2014, many predictions about the coming year for retailers have been published. Here is a compendium of some of the more interesting forecasts to look at: “15 Retail Experts Share Predictions for … Continue reading

Posted in Global Retailing, Part 1: Overview/Planning, Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional, 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, Part 8: Putting It All Together, Technology in Retailing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment