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Have you seen The Customer Experience Factbook?

In this 180+ page report, you'll find all the information and support you need to build a profitable, effective CX Improvement Program that spans every part of your business. You'll be able to implement and manage meaningful and profitable change, and grow your bottom line despite a slowing economy.

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In-store Wi-Fi helps build retail customer loyalty

Some 82% of large to medium-sized retailers have already deployed in-store Wi-Fi, and 27.5% reported that customer loyalty had increased as a result of providing in-store Wi-Fi for customers, according to research from cloud solutions provider Earthlink, Wi-Fi solutions provider AirTight Networks and research consultancy IHL Group, which examined the retail industry's plans for store networking, in-store Wi-Fi, store security and retail shopper engagement.

The goal of the study was to establish an actionable benchmark that could help retail IT executives compare the state of their own stores' technology against others in the industry. The study found that 57% of enterprise retail companies offer both customer and employee Wi-Fi, with 70% outsourcing their store-level WAN to managed service providers.

Because many plan to invest in technologies such as in-store Wi-Fi, payment systems, PCI compliance and security to help keep their customers loyal while protecting their data, IHL, EarthLink and AirTight plan to release a benchmarking tool to help retailers to compare their own configuration with their peers, understand best practices, and develop a technology roadmap that differentiates the store experience and supports business growth objectives.

According to IHL Group, nearly 70% of specialty retailers are designing their next POS (point of sale) system based on a central order management system, which could put up to five times more load on the network for core store transactions than most retailers use today. To accommodate this load, the company warns, retailers may need to update their WAN infrastructure at the same time.

"Research findings show that retail has the necessary infrastructure in place and is poised for growth around multichannel engagement using in-store Wi-Fi," said Kevin McCauley, director of retail market development for AirTight Networks. "The companies that implement within the next year will have the 'first mover' advantage to help perfect their engagement strategies."


Sources: EarthLink; AirTight Networks; IHL Group /
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Have you seen The Customer Experience Factbook?

In this 180+ page report, you'll find all the information and support you need to build a profitable, effective CX Improvement Program that spans every part of your business.

You'll be able to implement and manage meaningful and profitable change, and grow your bottom line despite a slowing economy. Grab this goldmine of easily adaptable and up-to-date strategies, walk-throughs, trends, technologies, research, suppliers and partners, plus all the supporting arguments you need to build a solid CX strategy.

While most marketers could list maybe a dozen key points for improving their brand's Customer Experience (CX), the researchers and writers at The Marketing Factbook have identified FORTY main 'CX Keys' which will help you drive your customers to new levels of delight, loyalty, advocacy and profitability.

The areas in which customers have direct contact with your organization are perhaps the most obvious places in which CX improvements can be made, and this report addresses all 24 of these 'Direct CX Keys', applicable to offline and online businesses alike.

At the same time there are many other areas that indirectly affect CX (such as the supply chain, policies and processes) in which every business can make simple but far-reaching improvements. This report guides you through the problems and solutions for all 16 of these 'Indirect CX Keys', many of which are often forgotten or under-played even in the best CX strategies.

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