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Internal communication: the key to succeed in the retail industry

Internal communication is essential for any kind of business, but in retail this is even more important. It’s not enough to reach employees with just an email most of all because the people who work in stores or warehouses don’t really have time to sit in front of a computer. Yet, employees must be kept updated about what’s going on in the company in order to provide a better customer service. So… How do we solve this dilemma? The answer is through mobile apps such as RetailApp, with simple and intuitive interfaces that allow a closer communication between members of…

Date: 27 October, 2020
Category: Retail Trends

How will shopping malls be transformed by COVID-19?

Due to the huge and devastating impact the pandemic has had in retail stores and, most of all in shopping malls, they are trying to find a way to avoid closure. According to experts, the industry was already in crisis before the quarantine because of the rapid growth of e-commerce and this situation just accelerated it. But how are shopping malls facing this situation? What is expected in the near future? Keep on reading and find out more. An initial estimation made by Coresight Research, for 2020 is that in the United States, almost 15.000 retail stores will shut their…

Date: 31 August, 2020
Category: Retail Trends

10 ways the pandemic will change our shopping habits

Undoubtedly, the pandemic has caused economic damages at a global level and the retail sector is not the exception. Though the coronavirus keeps with its expansion on the American continent, also including some new outbreaks in Europe and Asia, we are beginning to see how’s life going to be like in the new normal. That is why we will tell you 10 ways in which the pandemic will change our shopping habits. Is then retail industry ready for the challenge? Just keep on reading and find out! Consumption, hygiene and trustfulness During the so called ‘new normal’, people will go…

Date: 22 July, 2020
Category: Retail Trends

RetailApp - The industry that knew how to adapt to survive in times of pandemic

Retail: The industry that knew how to adapt to survive in times of pandemic

We’ve heard that e-Commerce has moved forward rapidly from something that was expected to be happening in a couple of years to being a reality in just a few weeks, adapting itself to the immediate demands generated due to the Coronavirus crisis. Retail is one of the unique industries that understood the needs of a digital transformation and under these circumstances reacted and managed to mitigate the pandemic’s impact. The results are clear and we’ve already mentioned some of them in our latest post. In spite of that and looking ahead, the world’s biggest challenge is to discover if we…

Date: 18 June, 2020
Category: Retail Trends

RetailApp - The first data about ecommerce

Coronavirus and Retail: The first data about E-Commerce

The global crisis of COVID-19 sped up convergence between traditional and online commerce, an outcome that we were beating in the retail world, not just because of what numbers and tendencies promised, but because of a situation that nobody ever imagined. In times of social distancing there is no safer alternative, for our customers and for our employees, than to shop online. Lockdown due to the health emergency raised the numbers of online purchases at global level. The WTO highlights that B2B and B2C sales soared. Industries that were in the last positions, talking about the amount of online transactions,…

Date: 18 May, 2020
Category: Retail Trends

Artificial Intelligence in resource planning, a growing trend in retail

It is well known in the retail industry that an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software is, by far, one of the best investments a business can make. Specially if it’s supplemented by AI . Each year, more and more companies are being buoyed up by this, generating results in a faster and visible way. We are talking about improving performance, customer service, and working capital, which inevitably leads to company growth. Are you thinking on taking your company to the next level? Keep reading, everything you need to know is in the numbers. It is proven that 95% of companies…

Date: 13 March, 2020
Category: Retail Trends

2020: The new decade of retail

The new year is already around the corner with a number of innovative tendencies in the retail world. We are talking about a sector that evolves continuously and it seems to have no limits. But what will the future bring, with this new decade? The retail industry aims at augmented reality, at the instantaneousness and personalization of the customer’s experience, new tools, new concepts. The future is already here. One of the most important aspects, the industry’s digitalization will continue to strengthen itself in 2020. It will no longer be an ‘end’ by itself but instead it will become a…