Customer Engagement

The NRF Big Show is the world’s greatest showcase for technology designed to create exceptional shopping experiences. Retailers go to the show to listen and learn.

The modern shopping experience typically starts long before a customer enters a physical store. So how can associates capture customers in the moment once inside? Find out.

H-E-B has jumped ahead of Amazon and Costco to dethrone Trader Joe’s as the top U.S. grocery retailer in the 2020 dunnhumby Retailer Preference Index. Uncover all 14 grocers on the list and garner key findings from the study.

As improving the retail experience weighs on many grocers’ minds, GIANT Food Stores has recently made two moves to attract families to its grocery stores. Take a photo tour of the Ahold Delhaize USA-owned retailer’s new augmented reality experience and The Berenstain Bears Treehouse at its flagship.

Buy-online-pickup-in-store, better known as BOPIS, isn’t just a trend — it’s becoming a staple of modern retail. RIS takes a look at how far the retail industry has come with this tech and examines where top retailers are with their BOPIS plans in 2020.

Retail has been rapidly evolving and 2020 will be no different. To stay ahead, retailers need to know the hot trends before they emerge. You don’t want to miss industry insider Justin Honaman’s annual look at the top retail tech trends to watch in the New Year.

While mobile services are booming, many retailers have struggled managing their mobile deployments correctly with challenges sometimes outweighing benefits. Learn how to optimize deployment.

Retail is undergoing a period of rapid evolution, and much of that change is being introduced by new players in the market. Now in its second year, RIS takes a look at the retail startups we believe are having the greatest impact on the industry thanks to their unique business models.

Wayfair is using Google Cloud as the foundation for its new hybrid cloud strategy. Find out how the tech is helping it make real-time decisions as the business grows, increase employee productivity, and ensure a smooth customer experience.

What defines customer experience today and how will it evolve through the year 2030? A comprehensive global research study reveals four new retail rules to abide by in the coming decade: where we are today, where retail will be by 2030, and the technology in play for each.

The regional grocers can now tap into shopper data and behavior, using sophisticated machine learning algorithms to serve relevant product content to customers throughout the shopping journey.

Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer and pioneering sports executive Larry Lucchino and tech startup Standard Cognition have teamed up to bring autonomous checkout to sports and entertainment venues around the world. Find out when the new experience will launch.