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Rethinking the Customer Experience: Themes from the 2017 Model Bank Submissions

Celent Banking

This is the third article in a weekly series highlighting trends and themes from Celent’s Model Bank submission process. Customer experience initiatives are typically the most numerous. Digital banking subsidiaries : Many banks are finding that existing systems are too rigid to accommodate a truly digital experience.

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Retail Pulse: Wayfair Opens Mall Store; Banana Republic Unveils Style Passport

PYMNTS

Wayfair , for instance, opened a store at the Natick Mall in suburban Boston, where consumers can experience products firsthand before making a purchase, after debuting a pop-up shop there last year. After experimenting with the pop-up shops, it was reported in February that the company would be opening an outlet store in Kentucky.

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Amazon Pushes Retailers To Same-Day Delivery

PYMNTS

In data that will likely surprise anyone who has avidly watched retail over the last few years, the market is trending strongly toward same-day delivery. According to the “2017 Digital Commerce Benchmark Survey,” conducted by Boston Retail Partners (BRP), some 65 percent of retailers will offer same-day delivery within the next two years.

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Top 13 Bank, Fintech & Financial Services Marketing Conferences

Fintech Labs Insights

For financial marketers, especially those in credit unions and community banks, the biggest event of the year, The Financial Brand Forum , is just two months away. For the most part, early-bird (or very-early-bird) prices are still in effect, so you can easily save $1,000 or more on a pair of tickets. But there is much more to choose from.

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Bringing “The Next Big Thing” To A New Group Of Consumers

PYMNTS

Berger’s ambition is to for Marie Claire to be the brand that curates an experience for women that is about discovering the “ Next Big Thing ” at the intersection at fashion, beauty, content and technology as women go about their day – making it, as Berger told Webster, experiential and real.

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How Siri And Alexa Could Be The New Face — Or Voice — Of Hospitality

PYMNTS

Like so much of the retail industry, hospitality is all about customer experience. A happy customer is an asset and a source of repeat revenue, either because they will stay at the hotel chain again themselves or because they will recommend it to family and friends. Aloft Hotel — Boston Seaport & Santa Clara, California.

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Retail Pulse: AMC Theatres Premieres Mobile Ordering, Papa John’s Teams With DoorDash

PYMNTS

Alternatively, customers can have their food sent straight to their seats in some of the theatres. As it stands, mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations — and more markets are said to be in the works for this year. To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check next week’s Retail Pulse.

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