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Will E-Commerce be ever able to match In-store shopping experience

Over the last 5 years variety of e-commerce platforms are trying to cater to each of these shopping needs but most of them are offering similar experiences. Instead of trying to offer category specific experience all of them are trying to catch consumer attention using deals and discounts and that too on big ticket items which actually deserve planned shopping experience.

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Customer joy, not sales is the key to retail success

Most modern retailers rely on simple logic to measure their success: if sales are up, business must be doing well. What they don’t consider is, you don’t have to do much to grow in India today. Modern retail accounts for 4-5% of overall trade while the number of consumers who want to shop in this

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A smile can make all the difference

Store staffers should be more focussed on their customers The decision by the Jet Airways management to sack thousands of customer-facing staffers justifies the perception that the Indian service industry is driven by sheer numbers rather than competence and aptitude to deliver quality service to customers. When service sectors face growth challenges, companies begin to

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Managing more consumer touch points will make a difference

Most retailers only manage 4 or 5 of these touch points, creating a huge opportunity for competitors to address the unmanaged points. As modern retail gains ground in India, brands have begun competing with each other and retailers have begun putting aside budgets for brand building, CRM implementation, building consumer experience in the store and