News Roundup: July 2016

It’s time for the monthly news roundup! In case you missed it, here are some hot headlines from the ecommerce channel in the month of July.  

Getting The First Mile Right: Retailer-Supplier Collaboration Is Key

Retail is all about the customer today, and it’s vital to get the first mile of the shopping journey right in order to ensure a great customer experience through the last mile. That’s where retailer-supplier collaboration comes in.

4 Tips to get your Sales Presentations Seen/

Picture this: you have a fabulous sales pitch, a beautifully designed PowerPoint and a flawless presentation. What’s the problem? Sadly, hardly anyone is watching. How do you get your voice heard? Obviously, having a good product speaks for itself, but there are a few ways to get your presentation seen.

New Ways Tech Can Reinvent the Shopping Experience

Consumers will always crave a physical in-store experience, and, if retailers adapt and innovate, technology can be used to elevate the brick-and-mortar experience — not drive it into extinction.

Three Key Shifts in Consumer Attitude & Behavior

Unlike their older counterparts, millennials are digital natives with preferences and behaviors continuing to shake up the retail world. This poses a quandary for retailers. In a highly competitive market, how can they engage millennials without alienating or “creeping out” older consumers?

Amazon Prime Day brings trend of manufacturing holidays into mobile-app era

Amazon’s Prime Day is the latest holiday to be ginned up for the purposes of selling goods, extending a trend that includes Black Friday, Cyber Monday and, more recently, Alibaba’s $14.3 billion Singles’ Day.

Leveraging Digital Strategies to Win the Omnichannel Shopper – Both In-Store and Online

Omnichannel shoppers want to shop anywhere, at any time. Mobile devices, particularly smartphones, have become revolutionary for retail shopping. This digital personal shopping assistant in the palm of your hand is molding and shaping the path to purchase into a highly customizable and personal experience.

How 3 Retailers Are Breaking Through The Mobile And Online Satisfaction Barrier

Even though acronyms like IoT and AI may create excitement and draw crowds at trade show booths, the real thrill in retail is winning sales and delighting loyal customers by getting the basics right. Many of the conversations and demos at the recent IRCE event centered around those key business goals for retailers looking to improve the online and mobile experience.

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