Seamless mobile connectivity can help prevent this from happening explains Colin Abrey of Nextivity.
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Instore and online retail services must play nicely together – lest iconic brands will disappear
May 28, 2019
ISV focus for Ergonomic Solutions
May 28, 2019
Retail Technology Review spoke with Colin Mackie, Chief Marketing Officer for Ergonomic Solutions, during the recently held Retail Expo at London’s Olympia.
Here, he discusses the background behind the launch of the company’s popular SpacePole Duo sled last year, together with the rationale behind the company’s new ISV initiative as part of its established Space Program channel network.
Too much choice and a lack of advice when shopping online is causing high-intent shoppers to abandon purchases, new research reveals
May 28, 2019
Too much choice and not enough product information online is causing high-intent consumers to abandon purchases, right at the moment they are ready to buy, a new report from iAdvize, the leading conversational commerce provider, warns.
Sub-par e-commerce conversion rates should no longer be seen as acceptable, says Conversity
May 28, 2019
Despite the ever-growing dominance of e-commerce as part of the overall retail sales mix, conversion rates across online channels remain a long way behind their in-store counterparts.
Men are spending more on the high street than ever before - new research from the Fashion Retail Academy
May 28, 2019
Better clothing designs for men, more styling options and an improved shopping experience are all helping to drive men’s fashion sales, according to research from the Fashion Retail Academy.
But the record online growth highlights the task ahead for bricks-and-mortar shops
May 28, 2019
Phil Mullis, Partner and Head of Retail and Wholesale at accountancy firm, Wilkins Kennedy, said: “These results show that any retailer out there without an online presence is severely harming their business.
In-store digitalisation to drive success for beauty retailer
May 28, 2019
Customer experience has become the focus of in-store point of sale, with brands and retailers having to adapt their spaces to align with the changing expectations of buyers and the increasingly tech-centric shopping environment.
Twelve months on and organisations are still not GDPR compliant, say 68 per cent of respondents to Infosecurity Europe poll
May 28, 2019
It’s almost one year on since GDPR came into force yet there appears to be a lack of confidence in its application according to the latest Twitter poll from Infosecurity Europe 2019 – Europe’s number one information security event. The majority of respondents to the poll (68 per cent) believe that organisations have not taken the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) seriously and are still not compliant.
Twitter and Facebook worst channels for retail customer experience, finds research by Eptica
May 28, 2019
Retailers are neglecting social media when it comes to customer service, and are not listening to consumers to drive customer experience improvements, according to the 2019 Eptica Digital Trust Study.
Retail isn’t dead – it’s cyclical
May 28, 2019
Empty shopping centres. Plummeting high street footfall. It is hard to imagine a worse time for retail. But is this really the case? Retail has reinvented itself in the past – more than once – and will do so again.
