Just when you think online shopping couldn’t get any more convenient during the Coronavirus pandemic, many major retailers have provided us with yet more ways to shop more efficiently — after all, 70 per cent of UK sales are placed on smartphones. These additions could be understood partly as a way to combat the need to return goods once they’ve been received, and a few brands have resorted to using some savvy technology to combat the cost of reimbursing customers, as well as improving their shopping experience.
Looking at recent research, free shipping is more important to a customer than…
Who doesn’t love skipping a line? Now across the nation, our new Check Out With Me service allows our customers to do just that. Outfitted with cellular devices and Bluetooth printers, associates complete the checkout process from anywhere on the sales floor, and provide a receipt via print, text or email.
Dotcom Store App
You’ll never leave a store without getting what you need thanks to the Dotcom Store App. Using their handheld devices, this technology gives associates the power to help customers shop Walmart.com if the item they’re looking for is out of stock. Customers can pay at any…
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Just over 306 million Americans are affected by stay-at-home orders, nearly 95% of the US population. COVID-19 will forever change retailing, and its initial impact on e-Commerce is creating challenges to online selling & service no one imagined in January. The following graphic from COVID-19 Commerce Insight, an Emarsys initiative in collaboration with GoodData shows how year-over-year revenue growth comparing the last seven days to the same period last year:
Mobile devices are the most popular devices for online shopping by a wide margin. 72% of consumers are using mobile devices to shop in stores according to the latest…
Three in 10 consumers reportedly shopped online for the first time.
E-commerce shopping activities have surged significantly, with 74% of consumers making online purchases more frequently, driven by movement restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes Study.
Since many have turned to the internet to shop, 52% of consumers have reportedly visited physical stores less frequently.
Home delivery frequency has been heard as well, with 71% using it more often and 25% trying it out for the first time.
The study also revealed that 31% of Singaporeans had shopped online for the first time…
March 14, 2023
PRESS RELEASE
Apple introduces Shop with a Specialist over Video
Customers in the US can now connect with an Apple Specialist over video to shop the iPhone lineup, including iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, available today in an all-new yellow color
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today launched Shop with a Specialist over Video, a new live shopping experience on apple.com for customers in the US Shop with a Specialist over Video connects customers looking to purchase iPhone with a retail team member via a safe and secure, one-way video shopping session. With this new service, customers can…