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28 Brilliant Omnichannel Marketing Examples by Famous Retailers

December 27, 2022 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Most businesses need a comprehensive online presence to remain competitive in their given market. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, online shopping was significant, but during the pandemic, there has been a surge that encouraged businesses to be plugged into all channels. Around 90% of customers prefer the stores and brands they frequent to have an online presence, and approximately two-thirds expect it to be consistent across relevant channels. That goes to show that now is the perfect time for retailers to focus on creating an omnichannel marketing strategy. Fortunately, retailers new to omnichannel marketing can use the following 28 omnichannel marketing

How Retail Business Intelligence Can Redefine Customer Experience

December 22, 2022 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Retail business intelligence (BI) has revolutionized the retail industry, allowing retailers to make intelligent and profitable decisions, based on data insights that used to be unavailable only a decade ago. Business intelligence has been very beneficial for retail operations and customer experience, as retail data from sources such as sales logs, customer feedback, inventory management systems, and CRM systems can be analyzed to gain actionable insights. Leveraging business intelligence tools lets retailers make decisions that enhance the customer experience in many ways, such as creating personalized product recommendations and tailored marketing campaigns. The usefulness of business intelligence tools is shown

Retail customer experience best practices in the post-COVID-19 era

November 18, 2021 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

Providing an assistive customer journey and foretelling customer needs is a catalyst for exponential growth, as 89% of profitable companies say. To thrive in retail, you must continually improve customer touchpoints throughout the purchase journey to earn and keep loyal customers. Building on customer experience best practices will fortify the customer journey and refine your overall customer experience quality. ‌Considering that 73% of customers prioritize customer experience over price and product quality when making a purchase decision, it’s clear that a successful customer experience is the lifeline of retail brands. To keep turning profits, you need to implement and maintain

How Videos Can Improve Customer Experience in Retail

November 4, 2021 by Guest Contributor in Ecommerce

Videos are an excellent tool for companies in the retail industry to improve their customer experience. There are plenty of video creation tools and devices to use, so even small retail stores can get their videos done in-house without much hassle. Before the internet was a big thing, companies only used videos primarily for advertising. Nowadays, you can share a video with the whole world with just one click. Therefore, the availability and the benefits of using videos to improve a customer’s experience, leave no excuse for small or large-scale retailers to not implement it. Aside from improving the overall

The 28 Best Customer Experience Examples in 2023

October 7, 2021 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

The focus of retail businesses has shifted in recent years from traditional “customer service” to learning how to create memorable customer experiences. Increasingly, the emphasis is on expanding omnichannel interactions across platforms, mobile devices, online checkouts, brick-and-mortar locations, and anywhere else customers and businesses interact. ‌ eCommerce’s trajectory brought about new and improved ways of conducting business and enhancing the omnichannel experience. Statistics have a funny way of showing retailers and marketers the right way, proving what we already know. That a good customer experience is mandatory for the nurture of brand-consumer relationships; brand loyalty may be hard to come by,

The 2023 Retailer Guide to Customer Engagement Best Practices

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September 10, 2020 by Sofia Spanou in Ecommerce

In recent years, customer engagement has grown to be the new buzz word among customer experience advocates. The more engaged your customers are, the more emotionally invested they are in your business, and hence more likely to advocate your brand. Given that study has shown that a 5% growth in retention can lead to 25% growth in future profits, it’s no wonder organizations across all sectors have embarked on passionate pursue in growing customer engagements from the leadership and down. As an industry disproportionately affected by the recent pandemic, retail businesses have extra incentive to provide distinctive customer experience to

Secrets to Writing Customer Service Emails That Work

July 21, 2020 by Guest Contributor in Ecommerce

Working in customer service, you deal with tons of emails every day. No wonder, 96% of consumers consider it essential for brand loyalty. So you try to manage your customer service appropriately to influence your overall conversion rates, don’t you? The problem is that there’s a big gap between what businesses and customers consider excellent service. While 80% of companies believe they deliver super experiences, only 8% of customers agree with that. Customers want to feel that brands are on the same wave with people and that their problems matter. As a brand representative, you understand it. However, when dealing with hundreds of customer

How to Automate Your Customer Support in 2023

May 11, 2020 by Guest Contributor in Marketing Automation

It’s no secret that rapidly developing new technology is changing the world of business for the decades to come. It’s 2023 and your customers have yet again raised their expectations as to how their experience with your product or service should look like. Not convinced? Studies show that 93% of customers are likely to make repeat purchases with companies that offer outstanding customer service. It’s pretty clear that the quality interaction between your customers and your customer support team is what can make or break your business. That’s why providing excellent customer support is an investment that will pay off

How to Leverage Marketing Automation to Enhance the Customer Experience

Marketing automation for enhanced Customer Experience

December 11, 2017 by Guest Contributor in Ecommerce

Marketing automation is no longer a new concept, but it is an evolving one. In a way, marketing comes full-circle, beginning with one-on-one relationships that eventually become too numerous to manage. When marketing automation first entered the scene, it was a welcome solution to the growing problem of having too many audience members to engage and too few marketers (or too little time) to give them the individual attention they deserve. These early solutions focused on lists and segmentation, turning one-to-one efforts into one-to-many efforts – a time saver, indeed. Yet marketers soon realized the result of automating marketing activities