3 Retail Trends You Must Watch in 2014 презентация

rethink the purchase they are about to make, which could result in retailers losing money.
More than 42% of retailers currently offer mobile POS programs.

Retailers are using mobile POS to reduce customer wait times.

Scan & Go feature on the Wal-Mart mobile app, which allows users to scan products in participating Wal-Mart stores and pay at a self-checkout lane.

Wal-Mart’s Scan & Go Service

it comes to digital and mobile technologies.
U.S. customers now use Starbucks’ mobile payments app to make, on average, more than 4.5 million mobile transactions per week.
In fiscal 2013, Starbucks generated $1 billion in revenue from smartphone transactions, according to estimates from BI Intelligence.

messages and coupons to nearby consumers.
The number of U.S. smartphone owners using mobile coupons is set to top more than 47 million this year.

It’s all about creating value for the customer

stores throughout the U.S. In doing so, Macy’s is able to send special promotions and product recommendations to participating iPhones as the customers navigate through its stores. Other retailers, as well as major sports teams, are also using the technology to drive sales today.

before they shop in stores, according to research from Deloitte. However, shoppable windows now bring the online experience into the store.

Kate Spade tested digital storefronts with shoppable windows in New York last fall.

out digital technology to all of its U.S. stores that will allow customers to shop Lululemon’s online inventory while in the store.
Department store chain Kohl’s is experimenting with smart fitting-room technology. Smart fitting rooms use radio frequency identification, or RFID, sensors to pick up signals from RFID tags on the clothes and bring up additional information about those items on a touchscreen.
Last year, eBay debuted digital storefronts for Sony, TOMS, and Rebecca Minkoff stores in the Westfield Mall in San Francisco.

retailers to simply offer an online sales channel. In today’s evolving retail landscape, physical retail chains also need to tailor the in-store experience to better fit mobile and digital-savvy consumers. Moreover, the best retailers today are succeeding by creating a seamless customer experience both online and in-store.