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Hyperphysical Luxury Retail Stores: Bridging the Gap Between the Physical and Digital Worlds

Retail Focus

Luxury marketers are exploring multi-sensory experiences in physical stores, potentially integrating ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response). This involves engaging multiple senses to create a memorable and unique experience for digital-native customers. These experiential zones add variety to the shopping experience.

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How digital signage and kiosks can help stores match the online experience

Inside Retail

As retail evolves, market-leading brands understand that consumers don’t separate their online shopping experience from their physical shopping experience and that shoppers expect a seamless experience in both,” explains Cameron Hanns, director at Entwined, a digital signage and kiosk solution provider.

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How technology can drive meaningful engagement between store staff and shoppers

Inside Retail

Consumers shopping in physical stores are seeking a more personalised and relevant engagement with retailers today, based on their needs and desires – they want more than conversations with sales associates merely trying to sell them something. Cook is referring to one of the key takeaways from the 2024 Omnichannel Leadership Report.

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Aussie supermarkets have a trust problem. Here’s how they can fix it

Inside Retail

At the big end of town, Woolies X, with its embedded Quantium research is driving the customer data revolution for team green, while Wesfarmers’ OneDigital promises to play catch up and unleash the power of Flybuys with a huge commitment in talent and marketing (what about that AFL Grand Final budget).

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Why local retail communities are important, and how retail design can encourage community retailing.

Retail Focus

Creating a brand community has always been an important marketing concept and a valuable brand asset. It places emphasis on integrating the retail environment with the local community and building strong relationships between the retailer and customers. Customers are also the primary drivers of the project and its sustainability.

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Retail’s tech revolution sets laser-like focus on the consumer

Inside Retail

As we edge closer to 2024, this phygital wave is being propelled by a raft of emerging technologies that promise to redefine the contours of retail operations, marketing strategies and customer engagement paradigms. Here, we delve deeper into some of the key technologies already steering this change.

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How to Manage Seasonal Sales and Promotions Across Multiple Locations

Compliantia

Differences in local consumer behavior and preferences Each location has its own unique customer base with varying preferences and behaviors. It requires market research and a tailored approach to ensure promotions resonate with the local audience. Understanding and catering to these differences can be a challenge.