Customer experience is intricately linked to, reliant on and powered by retailers’ frontline associates. Why, then, do retailers struggle to empower them with the right tools, training and incentives?
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Are Retailers Truly Committed to Delivering a Best-in-Class Customer Experience?
[fa icon="calendar'] Wed, April 04, '2018 / by Giri Agarwal
What’s Holding Retailers Back from Investing in Their Frontline Workforce?
[fa icon="calendar'] Wed, March 07, '2018 / by Giri Agarwal
Companies considered employee experience leaders outperform the broader stock market, enjoy higher customer metrics, productivity, sales and profitability. Why, then, do only 1 in 10 adequately enable their frontline workforce with tools and training?
The Future of Stores: How, Not How Many
[fa icon="calendar'] Wed, February 07, '2018 / by Giri Agarwal
Retail innovators are redefining the role of brick and mortar stores in the context of their overall business model and customer experience. Here’s a look at 4 retail upstarts, and the lessons they offer larger retailers weighed down by legacy.
3 Lessons Brick & Mortar Retailers Can (Still) Learn from Apple
[fa icon="calendar'] Wed, November 08, '2017 / by Giri Agarwal
Notes from my visit to Apple’s latest “town square” in Chicago, and from experiencing the launch of the world’s most anticipated “mass-luxury” product.
A Retail Tech Marketer’s Guide to Winning at the NRF BIG Show
[fa icon="calendar'] Wed, September 27, '2017 / by Giri Agarwal
If the cumulative experience I’ve acquired at the retail industry’s largest tradeshow were an actual person, it’d be a rebellious teenager. That teenager has stuff to say.