User Experience

One second of page delay could cost Amazon.com $1.6 billion in annual revenue. But scraping this one second is a tricky task, especially for online retail, with websites all about product images. Consumers want to see high-quality photos of a product from every angle before they click “Add to Cart.” Still, a large number of high-resolution…

While parts of the world are beginning to open up again and some consumers are anxious to get back into stores, many will continue to shop online as much as possible for a long time to come. Over the past couple of months, a lot of retailers have risen to the occasion to serve their…

Today’s shoppers are busier than ever before. Whether it’s due to both spouses working in married-couple families, skyrocketing commute times (at least prior to the COVID-19 pandemic), or just the everyday busyness of modern life, consumers have less time to meet their commerce needs. Beyond the essentials of spending time with family, sleeping, preparing food and…

With brick-and-mortar shopping on pause (at least for most retailers), a new breed of stay-at-home shoppers is emerging and boosting the e-commerce market. In fact, for some verticals, consumer demand has never been higher. There are the obvious winners here, such as grocery brands bridging the gap from supermarket shortages, toy retailers, or sports brands…

The world is currently experiencing unprecedented challenges due to the impact of COVID-19. In the U.S., states and cities continue to enforce stricter policies to slow the spread of the virus, including business closures, curfews, and shelter-in-place orders. With rising uncertainty and anxiety, it has become a priority at Shopkick to understand how consumers are…

It may not come as a huge surprise, but in the current COVID-19 environment, we're seeing an unprecedented shift toward online shopping. Consumers are flocking to online platforms and downloading shopping apps on their phones. Headlines have described platforms like Instacart as being “overwhelmed.” Social distancing and online shopping are like chocolate and peanut butter (two…

Analyzing on-site consumer behaviors is always a strong jumping off point for e-commerce brands looking to better understand shopper behaviors and preferences. And there are plenty of tools available that can help these online brands get at a lot of important information on how their customers navigate through their websites. The resulting data can provide…

At last month's eTail West, enjoying the warm weather and dining on In-and-Out burgers wasn’t the only experience folks were talking about. With the e-commerce industry constantly pumping out emerging technologies that leverage shopper behavioral data, from automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning, personalizing the customer experience has become more attainable than ever before.…

The retail landscape is more crowded than ever. Nearly every day, a new brand pops up seeking consumer attention and buy-in across the globe, and this intense competition has fostered some questionable practices in the world of digital advertising. Hungry for impressions, retailers and online brands have invested billions into powerful advertising technology with the…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is high on the list of priorities for retailers. One of the challenges of AI, however, is the inherent human need for, and capacity to demonstrate, empathy. While AI is evolving to become more human-like, left to its own devices, siloed intelligence can feel robotic. That’s why retail leaders are actively working…