The Retail Industry Is Focusing on Customer Experience and Convenience to Win in Ecommerce

Digital brands have been experts at understanding consumers

For decades, the retail industry stood strong. Retailers emerged fairly unscathed during the first wave of the internet in the ’90s because consumers still by and large chose to shop in physical stores staffed with employees that strived to provide customer service. So, it was business as usual with a small number of wary execs cautiously eyeing the growing shift toward ecommerce.

Those days are long gone thanks to Amazon and the latest wave of technology that makes it convenient for consumers to shop from anywhere via ecommerce sites and mobile apps.

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This story first appeared in the April 16, 2018, issue of Adweek magazine. Click here to subscribe.