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Gift Finder: How To Grow ECommerce Sales This Holiday Season
Expect to see a 2020 Black Friday/Cyber Monday and Christmas/holiday season surge of the ecommerce gift finder quiz.
Most people love receiving gifts and, perhaps with an equal passion, hate shopping for them!
In fact, according to the annual Online Shopping Study from Pitney Bowes, six in 10 online holiday shoppers are dissatisfied with their holiday shopping experience and this is almost double the percentage from just four years ago.
Further, per Coinstar’s Holiday Survey, shopping induced stress is higher than ever. Simply put, there is too much to choose from and many online stores don’t make selecting the right gift easy enough (let alone fun).
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Has COVID-19 Ushered In The Retail Apocalypse? (feat. Hawke Media)
After the COVID-19 pandemic clears up, will brick and mortar centric businesses be a thing of the past?
As we’ve all seen, online shopping has quickly become a staple in our everyday lives amidst widespread store closures. The world of eCommerce has been propelled ten years forward within the span of 6 (quarantined) months.
Coronavirus and Chatbots – Using AI to Answer Urgent Questions During Urgent Times
First, wash your hands, and then read this.
Everyone has questions about the global pandemic caused by the coronavirus, aka COVID-19. With the backdrop of the US government recently declaring a state of national emergency, we’ve been working hand-in-hand with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department to make sure their Gobot chatbot can address questions pouring in from the community on the topic.
Read MoreGuided Selling & Conversational Search To Reduce Choice Overload
Customers leave your online store because they cannot easily find the right product. Browsing takes too long and traditional keyword searches produce too many results. What’s a store to do?
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A tale of two stores
Imagine you’re in a big store, all alone—just you and a self-checkout machine.
There’s no one around to care if you buy something or not, if you have questions, or if you’re able to find what you’re looking for. There’s no one to say anything if you leave, and no one cares if you ever come back. How likely are you to make a purchase there?
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