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Biggest Challenges in Retail Industry Right Now

Mar 11, 2019

Customers today are no longer forced to make a purchase decision by comparing a few options that are available. Rather, they are now bombarded with dozens or even hundreds of options to choose from. Therefore, one of the key challenges in retail industry is for companies to differentiate themselves from the other players and consequently improve their visibility in the market. Furthermore, waning brand loyalty as customers tend to switch from one brand to another based on what best serves their requirements now proves to be a unique challenge for modern retailers. They now need to find innovative ways to appeal to both existing and potential customers.

In this blog, retail industry experts from Infiniti Research highlight some of the biggest challenges in retail industry this year and how reliable retail industry data coupled with effective market intelligence solutions can help oust such roadblocks.

We understand that businesses face several challenges in retail industry while identifying and curating high-value customers to develop marketing strategies and maximize profitability. Request a free brochure to know more about our solutions for the retail industry and how we help clients identify market trends, opportunities, and challenges in the retail industry.

Challenges in retail industry 2019

Consumers moving to multi-channel buying experiences

Technology has been a major boon to retailers and customers alike, however, they also play a major role in propelling the challenges in retail industry. As consumers are seamlessly moving between online and brick and mortar platforms for shopping, they are becoming more open to retailers who can facilitate these transactions. So, companies that want to thrive in this sector must heed to such retail industry trends and focus on creating top-notch customer experience across all platforms.

 Demand for impeccable customer experience

Brand loyalty largely depends on the customer experience. The level of effort taken to enhance customer experience is directly proportional to the customers’ likelihood to engage in repeat purchases with a brand. However, this is currently one of the key challenges in retail industry as creating a significant customer experience requires retailers to dive-deep in customer details in order to understand their customer better. Providing personalized experiences by identifying customer preferences could contribute to delivering great customer experiences.

Siloed marketing infrastructure

Effective marketing today requires companies to engage with their target customers across various platforms. Multi-channel communications are essential in driving the creation of seamless customer experience. But this could also prove to be one of the major challenges in retail industry because with so many different channels customer data could be siloed. In case all the elements of the marketing department are not working in synergy, chances are that customers could be overwhelmed with conflicting or repeat messages.

To gain a competitive edge in the retail industry despite several ongoing trends and challenges, it is vital to adopt a data-driven approach coupled with the right solutions that can transform this data into meaningful insights. Request a free proposal to learn how our market intelligence solutions can help overcome challenges in the retail industry.

How Infiniti’s solutions can help retailers overcome these challenges?

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