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Instacart increases grocery personalization with new AI tech
The grocery technology company unveiled tools to help better predict customers’ dietary needs and refine product recommendations.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • March 18, 2025 -
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Most consumers wouldn’t let AI make purchases on their behalf, study finds
Shoppers still find AI useful for personalized product recommendations and discovery, according to an Omnisend survey.
By Bryan Wassel • March 17, 2025 -
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In this Trendline, CX Dive explores where and how leaders are encouraging customer loyalty.
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Luxury shoppers embrace AI, but remain wary of sharing personal information
Two-thirds of luxury fashion customers use AI when they browse online, but are cautious about the details they provide, according to a Saks Global survey.
By Bryan Wassel • March 3, 2025 -
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Warby Parker pushes CX investments in-store and online
The eyeglasses retailer is rolling out an AI-powered recommendation engine and helping associates train to become opticians.
By Bryan Wassel • Feb. 28, 2025 -
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Is customer experience more important than the product?
From Amazon’s extensive selection to Sephora’s personalized service, brands are considering whether customer experience matters just as much as the product itself.
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Verizon’s investments in AI-driven personalization help fuel growth
The company will use its expertise in AI — honed through efforts like plan personalization — to help it create solutions for corporate clients, too.
By Bryan Wassel • Jan. 27, 2025 -
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At NRF, 40,000 humans contemplate AI
Artificial intelligence is useful to many areas of retail, from sourcing to customer service, making it a hot topic during this year’s Big Show.
By Daphne Howland • Jan. 17, 2025 -
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Consumers want deals, convenience from personalization, survey finds
Simple acts of recognition, with or without a human touch, can build long-term customer relationships, Boston Consulting Group’s Mark Abraham said.
By Bryan Wassel • Jan. 2, 2025 -
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Yelp enhances platform with more personalized home feeds
The review platform added over 20 features, including AI-powered review insights and enhancements to its business product suite.
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USAA tops KPMG’s list for best customer experience
H-E-B and Patagonia also rose to the top of the list for excelling at meeting customer needs and demonstrating a deep commitment to the communities they serve, according to KPMG.
By Kristen Doerer • Dec. 4, 2024 -
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Nordstrom leverages generative AI for holiday app refresh
Among the new app features are trend reports, which blend the expertise of Nordstrom stylists with AI to deliver relevant trends.
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CEOs say personalization is the key to success in music retail
The leaders of two of America’s top musical instrument retailers, Guitar Center and Sweetwater, say guiding customers through product discovery is key to sustaining sales momentum.
By Nate Delesline III • Nov. 13, 2024 -
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How retailers can foster loyalty for Black Friday and beyond
Half of U.S. consumers say they will remain loyal to the brands they buy from on Black Friday, a SAP Emarsys survey found.
By Kristen Doerer • Oct. 15, 2024 -
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Walmart advances AI ambitions with LLM trained on its own data
The retailer’s AI investments include LLMs tailored to its own needs and personalized homepages planned for launch by the end of 2025.
By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 9, 2024 -
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What’s the winning formula for a loyalty program?
Sephora, PetSmart and Famous Footwear operate loyalty programs that lean into data to meet customers’ interests and preferences.
By Rosalyn Page • Oct. 7, 2024 -
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A closer look at Grocery Outlet’s unique shopping app
Unlike other retailers’ omnichannel apps, the discount grocer’s one focuses on personalized savings and in-person shopping.
By Catherine Douglas Moran • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Brand BFFs: How building strong bonds with customers pays off
Genuine relationships matter. Research shows emotionally connected customers are twice as valuable as highly satisfied customers.
By Rosalyn Page • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Salesforce expands access to unstructured data to fuel customer insights
The company is adding the ability to mine unstructured data from audio and video sources, which can provide new insights into customer behavior and improve personalization.
By Bryan Wassel • Sept. 18, 2024 -
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Shoppers want personalization online, in-store and on customer service calls
Personalization doesn’t end on the website or app. Customers are looking for personalized assistance from in-store associates and customer service agents as well, an Incisiv and Talkdesk study found.
By Bryan Wassel • Sept. 11, 2024 -
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Bath & Body Works to launch generative AI fragrance finder
The retailer plans to leverage large language models and data to increase customer traffic and sales over time.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Sept. 3, 2024 -
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How Chase, Visa use customer transaction data for personalization
First-party data is a boon for personalization, and financial institutions are awash in it. But careful tactics are required to ensure customer trust is not violated.
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ThredUp debuts AI search, chatbot tools
The recommerce company said the tools are designed to understand natural language and visual cues to help customers get more personalized results.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Aug. 9, 2024 -
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Aldi adding Instacart’s omnichannel tech to all US stores
The discounter is also rolling out the grocery technology company’s Caper Carts overseas for the first time.
By Peyton Bigora • Aug. 9, 2024 -
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To boost Olympics engagement, the IOC turned to a customer data platform
The International Olympic Committee blew its digital engagement targets out of the water in the first week of the 2024 Paris Games, crediting its customer data platform, developed with Deloitte, for its success.
By Kristen Doerer • Aug. 8, 2024 -
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Good loyalty programs drive word-of-mouth recommendations
Most customers will recommend brands with good loyalty programs, but few pass the test and make members feel recognized, a recent study found.
By Bryan Wassel • Aug. 6, 2024
