All Customer experience articles – Page 30
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Retail VoiceHow essential retailers can keep customers calm through the crisis
As businesses continue to make dramatic changes to the way they operate, OKI Europe’s head of vertical solutions Javier Lopez highlights the role of in-store signage in reducing confusion and distress for shoppers, while complying with social distancing regulations.
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OpinionOpinion: ‘Business as usual’ will be anything but as lockdown measures ease
Travel forward in time – a few weeks, a few months, into the new year? – and imagine how retail might operate when, like moles blinking in the sun, consumers can emerge and go shopping in person again.
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Retail VoiceAmbient commerce: the future of sensory shopping?
Post-lockdown, how can non-essential retailers win back consumers in-store? DLA Piper’s Chloe Forster and Robyn Palmer believe ambient commerce is one answer – but it comes with some veritable risks
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NewsIkea acquires AR start-up to supercharge lockdown shopping experience
Ikea has acquired augmented reality (AR) start-up Geomagical Labs in a bid to drive shoppers to purchase more big-ticket items without needing to visit a store.
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OpinionOpinion: Keeping calm and carrying on – the village store shows its worth
Doing volunteer work in a village shop is normally a pretty relaxed affair, consisting of amiable exchanges with those dropping by and making sure you’ve marked up the papers for those who’ve ordered them if you happen to be an ‘opener’.
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NewsJohn Lewis launches 'virtual experiences' during coronavirus lockdown
John Lewis has launched a series of “virtual services and experiences” to take some of its in-store propositions into people’s homes during coronavirus lockdown.
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AnalysisOn the front line: Meet the retail stars serving the nation
Alongside the NHS, retail workers are the lifeblood of the UK right now. Retail Week speaks to those on the front line who are going above and beyond to serve the nation.
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Retail VoiceDoes print have a place in the store of tomorrow?
Javier Lopez, head of vertical solutions EMEA at OKI Europe, explores the future of print in the retail environment as countless digital technologies come to market.
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OpinionOpinion: Sustainability and purpose are crucial to the future of retail
Retail is facing a period of unprecedented change, as a focus on sustainability and having an authentic purpose become more important to brands and consumers while digital disruption continues.
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InterviewInterview: McDonald’s Pomroy reveals ingredients of enduring success
There’s a real buzz around McDonald’s UK headquarters in north London – and not just because of the heavy machinery renovating its adjoining Hamburger University.
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Retail VoiceThree ways to get ready for the new retail reality
The store is having a resurgence, says Salesforce’s Rob Garf, but there are some measures retailers need to take to stay ahead of the curve.
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NewsHammerson creates new exec role to drive mixed-use strategy
Institutional landlord Hammerson has created a new executive role to drive forward its City Quarters strategy, which will look to diversify the group’s portfolio away from its reliance on retail.
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NewsWalmart scraps personal shopping service, 300 jobs lost
Walmart is closing its personal shopping service after failing to find investors for the struggling operation.
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OpinionOpinion: Far from terminal decline, the physical store is entering a new age
Despite countless headlines to the contrary, the physical store is far from dead. In fact, in many places, it’s thriving.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is small the new big for department stores?
Alongside the news that Macy’s will be shutting 125 stores over the next three years as part of a cost-cutting initiative, the department store retailer also unveiled plans for a smaller-format store.
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Retail VoiceIs personalisation a passing fad or a customer essential?
OKI Europe follows the rise of personalisation and questions whether it delivers value for both retailers and consumers.
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OpinionOpinion: Retailers must embrace the experience economy lifeline
The retail sector hasn’t exactly entered the decade on a high.
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OpinionOpinion: Don’t drown your sorrows, there are lessons to learn from pubs
As another retailer collapses into administration, this time 140-year-old department store business Beales, perhaps store chains can learn lessons from another industry that has been through the mill.
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Retail VoiceOperations 2.0 is coming – are retailers ready?
As collaboration between human workers and intelligent technology ramps up, Cognizant explores how retailers can reimagine their operations in 2020.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Department store Darwinism – how the fittest thrive
Department stores have suffered a dismal few years. Once-loved names such as Debenhams and House of Fraser are in the emergency room after their administrations and profits have evaporated at bellwether John Lewis.