Hands On Mar 11, 2014 retail brick-and-mortar personalization shopping ... CONSULTATIONS Retailers are taking a page from the hospitality industry’s playbook by installing concierges in stores. Unlike regular sales associates, who aren’t necessarily trained experts, store concierges are hired specifically for their extensive knowledge in a particular retail category, as well as their ability to offer assistance, opinions, and advice tailored to each unique shopper. - CONCIERGES AND EXPERTS - UK grocer Waitrose has concierge service welcome desks where shoppers can place and ...
Alt Pay Mar 10, 2014 retail technology e-commerce local mobile social media ... retailers across the US.Mobile wallet app Kuapay works with brands to create built-in loyalty systems and pre-pay options for easier purchasing.Venmo links to users’ bank accounts and social networks, allowing for seamless transactions between Facebook friends and email contacts. The interface features a Facebook-like feed of recent expenses and payments between friends. - PAY-MAIL - New platforms make it easier to exchange cash among friends and enable simple peer-to-peer payments for early-stage ...
On/Off Mar 07, 2014 marketing retail customer service e-commerce shopping On/Off ... of ‘on’ vs. ‘off’ is no longer divided, retailers, too, need to adopt a wholly integrated view of their marketing, services, and access points. We’re seeing this seamless duality arise in a number of themes that are informing the retail landscape of tomorrow. Alt-Pay transaction platforms and systems are enabling consumers to make cashless payments in-person via digital currencies. Hands On customer service programs enhance the personalized relationships between shoppers and sales associates ...
Gut Check Mar 06, 2014 retail consumer reviews e-commerce mobile shopping Crowdsourcing Gut Check ... to grow as Ys and Zs continue to seek out quantifiable recommendations that help them narrow their field of choice. We likewise anticipate the gradual revival of the so-called “expert source,” who can provide curated, niche, and reliable recommendations better tailored to a particular taste and lifestyle. Offline, brands are beginning to offer similar tokens of “product assurance” in physical retail spaces: Nordstrom’s inclusion of most-pinned tags on popular items, for example, and grocery ...
MEtail Mar 05, 2014 retail technology apps e-commerce one-to-one shopping Brand Me ... service Scoutmob, is considered a cross between Etsy and Fab, with curated artisan-made products. Hatch, a custom-made goods marketplace founded by two former Google employees, allows crafters to sell items that can be tweaked to each shopper’s unique preferences.Online creative electronics retailer Grand St. added a marketplace for makers to sell products in every stage of development, including pre-orders, beta testing, and available for retail. - NO LONGER WANT OR NEED - Modezine, an app dubbed ...
NOwners Mar 04, 2014 retail branding collaborative consumption on-demand sharing economy shopping NOwners ... transformed the social network into a sharing network—and, in the process, has normalized the notion that access is not just as good as ownership, but better. As sharing platforms enter the mainstream, this collaborative inclination will become even more entrenched in the consumer mindset. The practice has already had a tangible, and growing, impact on the market. Forbes estimates that revenue from the share economy topped $3.5 billion in 2013, a 25% growth over 2012. And according to a retail study by ...
Fauxsumerism Mar 03, 2014 fashion & beauty retail brick-and-mortar e-commerce malls shopping Fauxsumerism ... . This mindset is bolstered by the fact that young consumers view the world as an always-on, unbounded, global retail environment. As Ys and Zs see it, almost everything they encounter is clickable or searchable, regardless of whether they encounter it online or off. They track and share products incessantly, inviting peers’ opinions and comments, and making known their own appreciation of the objects and services they discover in the world. As a result, the act of browsing without purchasing is more ...
Home & Away Retail Trends Dec 05, 2018 ... WeWork of retail, is launching infrastructure that will allow brands to opt into a seamless combination of co-working and retail concepts when vending their products. Re:store’s platform will allow small brands to sell their products in a physical retail environment that doubles as collaborative co-working space for the retailers. Raven + Lily Austin-based startup retailer Raven + Lily is working to bring female creators together by launching The Collective, a co-working concept that is geared ...
Future Of Fashion & Retail Sep 13, 2018 ... into ecommerce through this and other measures that include its shoppable AR glasses.INNOVATIVE AREAS: FASHION & RETAILOne in five U.S. and UK youth consider fashion and style to be one of the most innovative areas, and compared to the 22 other areas that youth consider innovative, fashion and style and retail/shopping rank 3rd and 8th respectively. While fashion and style rank more highly among youth, retail/shopping only resonates as an innovative area among one in 10 young people today, and ...
Would You(th) Care For A Cause? Mar 20, 2020 ... care about, whether that be through your marketing, your products, or the retail experience you offer. Another way to help Zs get directly involved is to give them a social challenge (via TikTok or Instagram) tied to a cause or issue you’re championing in order to generate authentic, grassroots advocacy that Zs will be excited to participate in. INSIGHT: When supporting a cause or issue, Ys—who, as a generation, are more optimistic and idealistic than Zs—want to feel good and that their ...