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Colruyt Amay opened its doors after a few weeks of renovation work.The store has been completely rearranged and restyled into a new-generation Colruyt store. “During closure, we completely rearranged the store”, says store manager ...
To forge ever closer relationships with its customers, Carrefour Belgium has expanded its convenience store network with the opening of two new Carrefour Express stores. They will allow the Group to provide a tailored offering combining shopping ...
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APG Cash Drawer announced the investment of $1 million in automation at its European headquarters & manufacturing plant in Newhaven. The new manufacturing technology signifies APG’s commitment to quickly deliver the latest cash drawer ...
The digitization of the POS has finally reached the DIY sector. The home improvement store as a place where you can touch and try things is more and more turning into a place of digital consulting. The Knauber Freizeitmärkte (English: Knauber ...
As a store owner, your freedom in changing processes is greater than, say, a store manager in a large chain store. But these opportunities also bring a greater responsibility. If the store is doing well, it is likely a product of you having done a ...
Marks & Spencer has announced a trial of fresh sushi counters in partnership with sushi experts Wasabi – bringing customers expertly prepared fresh products and improving the in-store experience with a touch of theatre. The counters, ...
iAdvize, a European leader in online customer service, has launched a chatbot builder for omnichannel and pure play retailers. The Bot Builder allows businesses to create their own branded chatbots to automate part of their customer service ...
Touchscreens, open display behind the counter and digital consultation counters: A look inside the Rathausapotheke (English: Rathaus Pharmacy) at the HUMA shopping center in St. Augustin raises the bar when it comes to digital signage. Its goal is ...
Pottery Barn, a member of the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. portfolio of brands, reopened its doors at University Village in Seattle, Washington. The 16,818-square foot location showcases Pottery Barn’s new store concept, which was introduced last ...
For three out of four customers, according to a study by the trade association HDE “Trends in Trade,” it is important in the future to be able to go shopping in the store. On the other hand, online trading is growing significantly ...
Ice cream lovers in nearly two dozen cities across the country can use DoorDash – the technology company connecting customers with the best local business through door-to-door delivery – to have their favorite Baskin-Robbins ice cream ...
Delivering packages with drones can reduce carbon dioxide emissions in certain circumstances as compared to truck deliveries, a new study from University of Washington transportation engineers finds. Researchers found that drones tend to have carbon ...
Zalando successfully completed its location search to open its first Nordic fulfillment center in Sweden later this year. Together with the developer NREP Logicenters, Zalando will build a fulfillment center in Brunna, situated in the county of ...
With its new solution packages, Bizerba clearly focuses on the individual needs of its customers. Consisting of new, innovative business models, the Smart contracts provide new technologies and systems to customers without requiring any investment ...
In January 2015, Fraunhofer IPA presented a prototype of the “Care-O-bot 4” service robot. The charming helper is now proving its worth in the real world. “Paul” the robot has been greeting customer in Saturn-Markt Ingolstadt ...
Today’s consumers say their online purchasing decisions are directly influenced by delivery and returns and the experiences they encounter. As the findings of this year’s MetaPack 2016 State of eCommerce Delivery Consumer Research Report ...
Store-branded credit cards are charging record-high interest rates, according to a new CreditCards.com report. The worst offender is Big Lots, which charges 29.99 percent. Zales (29.24 percent) and Staples (28.24 percent) aren't far behind. ...
Shopping Headquarters recently shed light on their product returns and exchanges policy, which promises money back guarantee for eligible items. The company stated that the returned products must be in original packaging, have not been used and are ...
Scandit, the leading enterprise mobility and data capture company, specializing in barcode scanning solutions for smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices, was included in a July 2016 Gartner report titled, “Lessons Learned From Supply Chain ...
The Fragrance Shop, the UK’s largest independent fragrance retailer, has launched a new delivery service from Shutl, the platform that gives people control over their deliveries. Shutl will bring The Fragrance Shop a competitive edge ...
Despite its importance to consumers, email is falling behind social media when it comes to customer service, with UK brands answering just 38% of emailed questions, according to a new study.
Invoice, PayPal, direct debit und instant transfer are the preferred methods of payment of German customers in eCommerce. Several studies over the past few years have also shown: offering convenient payment methods has become an especially important ...
When consumers have issues with a product today, they want to contact customer service via a channel that is easiest for them to access in case they have a problem or question. What’s crucial for companies: the quality of service needs to be ...
Eckoh announced today that it has been selected by The Co-operative Group to provide its secure payment solution, CallGuard. CallGuard will be implemented throughout The Co-operative Group's contact centres in its Electrical, Legal ...
The ability to research product availability using a smartphone or tablet PC has long since ceased to be front page news, and has now become an accepted routine aspect of modern shopping. The IT experts at Findbox GmbH were quick to spot this ...
The latest LoyaltyOne, Verde Group research suggests that mass merchandisers should go back to school for a refresher course in securing repeat business from consumers who shop for households with children under 18. A nationwide survey of 2,500 ...
Almost half (47%) of UK adults online admitted to experiencing problems with online orders in the last 12 months, according to the JDA/Centiro ‘Customer Pulse 2015’ Report. Of those shoppers who had experienced problems, nearly half ...
Shell is improving the refuelling experience in retail forecourts through the initial deployment of its digital signage network usingBroadSign International, LLC’s cloud-based platform. Contrary to in-store gas station networks, ...
Periscope, a McKinsey Solution, focused on commercial performance optimization, including price, promotion, assortment and category optimization, welcomed Channie Mize as its new Retail Sector General Manager. With over 15 years’ retail ...
Conversocial, a leading provider of cloud-based social customer service solutions, today announces that it has been selected by beauty subscription service, ipsy, to manage social media workflow across customer service and to empower social customer ...
Retailers who cannot provide finance packages for major purchases are missing out on around £4.9 billion in sales a year, research1 from retail finance specialist Pay4Later shows. Pay4Later, the UK's fastest growing provider of point of ...
As part of a new partnership, Bluegrass Cellular, Inc. has chosen iQmetrix's RQ Retail Management System to enhance their retail operations. Bluegrass will be launching the full RQ suite across their entire retail channel. Bluegrass ...
Not being understood and companies that fail to acknowledge their feelings are the biggest consumer frustrations when dealing with brands through digital channels. 78% of UK consumers surveyed in Eptica research ranked getting a response ...
UK brands are failing to improve the customer service they offer, answering under half (48%) of questions asked via the email, Twitter and web channels, according to a new study. Twitter is coming of age as a customer service channel with ...
We are all now customer service representatives, with most of us preferring to resolve issues with companies by heading online to find similar experiences and opinions - even after we've bought something - a new study from Aspect Software ...
In the old days, it was the market square; today's generation of elderly people likes to have a chat at the café integrated into the supermarket. Stationary retail is facing the challenge of a rapidly aging society. Veit Gregor Lange and ...
More men are grocery shopping for themselves or their families now than in the past, but they’re not happy about it, reports The NPD Group, a leading global information company. Men now represent 41 percent of all primary grocery shoppers, but ...
Despite potential seasonal barriers to store trips such as long lines, heavy traffic and limited merchandise selection, surveyed consumers anticipate spending the majority of their holiday budget in the "brick-and-mortar" store this year, ...
Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) said retailers could count on some steady improvement in retail sales over the Christmas period based on 2014 pre-Christmas sales predictions prepared by the ARA and research ...
Online subscription offers the latest trends and analysis affecting the restaurant industry to help operators and other industry professionals enhance business performance The National Restaurant Association has launched a new and improved ...
