We shop online for convenience, for bargains and for the wide product range. But if a retailer’s website wasn’t up to scratch, would it put you off shopping there?
Some of the U.K.’s biggest high street shops - including WHSmith, JD Sports and Dorothy Perkins - were recently named and shamed by consumers for having websites with poor user experience.
At a time when online sales make up nearly a fifth of all national retailing, most retailers simply cannot get away with delivering a substandard online shopping experience.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/annaschaverien/2018/11/24/retail-website-user-experience/
It's not easy for retailers to keep up with the pace of marketing innovation. One challenge is their inability to keep up with the changing ways people want to shop for products and connect with brands.
Consumer behavior has shifted to smaller, more customer experience-oriented retailers, with e-commerce perceived to offer better choice, convenience and price. Consumers want to feel connected to the brand and expect to receive the same experience they've come to know in brick-and-mortar locations. More and more, consumers want to reach out digitally. Consumers expect a customized and personal shopping experience with seamless and immediate support.
Consumers are demanding that retailers change, yet so many are still not investing in the technologies and strategies necessary to meet this demand.
https://www.retailcustomerexperience.com/blogs/4-steps-for-retailers-striving-to-be-customer-centric/
Mobile websites and mobile apps each have their own unique advantages. Where web offers immediate access and wide reach, apps are able to provide a rich, convenient experience that creates and engages loyal users. As per the report published by appannie, smartphone users spend 7x more time in native apps than in browsers, and access apps more frequently. Globally in H1 2017, native mobile apps accounted for 88% of time and 93% of sessions on Android phones (the remainder was spent in browsers).
https://www.indianretailer.com/article/multi-channel/mobile-commerce/Why-it-is-important-for-retailers-to-focus-on-app-strategy.a6141/
