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Clienteling Gives Retailers COVID-19 Interaction Options

PYMNTS

According to Boston Retail Partners , 63 percent of retail personnel can’t identify customers prior to checkout. It also has a new video-call feature that gives shoppers images of products in real time. They can also send customers attachments from a photo library.

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Kombucha, Bingeing, Legos And Wine: How We’ll Keep Busy In Quarantine

PYMNTS

The phrase has since been uttered quite a few times, by many, many sports luminaries: Magic Johnson, Nancy Kerrigan, Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the 2004 World Series Boston Red Sox. Americans are brave people. Strong people. People who (mostly) have Prime accounts and the will to think outside of the box when they can’t go out.

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The Week In Very Weird Commerce

PYMNTS

The drink was so popular it often sold out, and baristas took to social media tearfully begging people to stop ordering it. So in some sense, it is not surprising that the team at Boston Dynamics chose a dog to be their robotic delivery beast. No one would say A, and no one who didn’t work for Boston Dynamics would say B.

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#InBound17 – Celebrating the Helpful Side of Business at HubSpot’s Yearly Inbound Conference

William Mills

This year’s HubSpot Inbound conference was held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center September 25-28. With ninety percent of the information our brain stores being visual, it is important to have clear and high-quality images on social media when promoting content. Video Content is extremely important as well.

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The Best Opportunities for Retail Banks to Improve Customer Experience

Cisco

And it’s not just about happy customers… Boston Consulting Group data indicates personalizing customer journeys can lead to a 10-30% increase in revenue. Customer satisfaction scores also decline in online assisted customer service (online chat, email or social media channels).

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The Best Opportunities for Retail Banks to Improve Customer Experience

Cisco

And it’s not just about happy customers… Boston Consulting Group data indicates personalizing customer journeys can lead to a 10-30% increase in revenue. Customer satisfaction scores also decline in online assisted customer service (online chat, email or social media channels).

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Talking in a Digital World

Independent Banker

But consumer visits to branches have been declining at a pace of 5 to 10 percent a year for all financial institutions alike, says Bob Meara, financial retail service analyst for the Celent, a Boston research and consulting firm. Bank of America has more than a dozen employees charged with handling social media monitoring and responses.