In-Store Technology

Lush Cosmetics Reduces Costs, Improves Service With Store Communication Platform
February 13, 2019 at 12:03 pm

In an effort to better connect its remote brick-and-mortar employees with company headquarters, beauty retailer Lush Cosmetics recently introduced a communication and workflow platform for its store associates and managers. The app-based platform is used as a vehicle for daily communications between the company's executives and its front-line staff in its stores. Lush uses the…

Building a Store of the Future? Read On!
January 29, 2019 at 11:58 am

A store of the future should always be customer-first, open to new experimentation, and have a fluid and dynamic support system, at least according to Albert Vita, director of in-store experience and visual merchandising at The Home Depot. Vita addressed the topic during a conversation with Zivelo CEO Healey Cypher at the National Retail Federation's…

Enhanced Customer Dwell Time Drives Retail Profits
January 17, 2019 at 12:33 pm

In the retail industry, customer experience has always been important, but it's now vital to drive customer satisfaction, repeat business and store profitability. Improving customer satisfaction and dwell time drives more items in the shopping cart and enhanced profitability. There’s a growing demand for new technologies to help retailers improve operations, develop stronger connections with today’s…

5 Retail Industry Predictions for 2019
January 4, 2019 at 9:03 am

In this episode of Retail Right Now, Joe Keenan offers five predictions for the retail industry in 2019, from a variety of sources.