By Ellie Atkinson, Social Strategist
Frictionless user experience has been at the top of ecommerce agendas over the last couple of years, with a real focus on providing customers with smooth and efficient journeys.
While ecommerce was once regarded defensively for taking business away from the store, many retailers have come full circle in their thinking.
The challenge for multichannel retailers now is to capture – and satisfy – this appetite in a way that keeps customers coming back.
Which factors have collided to make the UK such a ripe market for Amazon? Does this apply for other online marketplaces? And can brands benefit from an environment where these selling platforms thrive?
Head of Biddable Media at Havas, Paul Bland, discusses the future of online shopping and the agency’s ecommerce offering
The future of the High Street retailer looks challenging, but we plan to dig out and share stories and lessons from those traditional retail businesses adapting and pivoting their way back to growth.
Social media gets more powerful every year, and currently there are 45 million active users in the UK regularly scrolling to catch up with friends, share milestones and more recently to shop. Up until now, the main shopping experience could only really take place by exiting the platforms to enter a brand or retailer website, but this is no longer the case.
Over the past year most of us have seen our social, work and family life shrink to a glimmer of their former glory. Digital channels have taken a new precedence in our lives.
Will the pandemic save the High Street? Ben Lukawski, Global Chief Strategy Officer at Zenith believes that retail – buoyed by beauty and luxury brands – will come back stronger and reinvent itself.
In today’s competitive global marketplace, brands are increasingly searching for new ways of engaging with customers and managing their supply chains more effectively.
60% of customers globally are unsure if they would make the same purchase decision if given the opportunity to do it again, according to a new report from global marketing agency R/GA.
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