Feb 19, 2019   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

63% of Consumers are Likely to Stop Shopping a Brand if they have an Unsatisfactory Experience, According to New BRP Report

BOSTON, Feb. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today's consumers connect with brands across multiple channels, which complicates the process of recognizing, servicing, and rewarding loyal customers. According to BRP's SPECIAL REPORT: Keeping Loyal Customers Happy, customers expect engaging and relevant interactions and conversations across all channels and they don't have any tolerance for unsatisfactory shopping experiences. Customers want a personalized experience and if they are treated well, they will reward the retailer through additional purchases and brand loyalty.

"Engaging the customer through personalized and relevant experiences is the key to attracting and keeping your customers happy and continuing to shop your brand," said Perry Kramer, SVP and practice lead, BRP. "Retailers that identify customers when they enter the store and equip their associates with the proper mobile tools can personalize the shopping experience based on customer preferences, purchase history, what's in their closet, online browsing history, time of day, weather and their physical location - all based on real-time information and personalized to create a bond with these valuable customers."

Keeping loyal customers happy is critical as it only takes one unsatisfactory shopping experience for 63% of consumers to stop shopping your brand. The most valuable customers have already established their loyalty to your brand but to keep them coming back and to encourage their advocacy of the brand, it is important to ensure each and every shopping experience, in every channel, is seamless, personal and positive.

BRP's SPECIAL REPORT: Keeping Loyal Customers Happy is based on findings from the BRP Consumer Study and the 2018 Customer Experience/Unified Commerce Survey and offers insights into how to enhance customer loyalty.

The SPECIAL REPORT: Keeping Loyal Customers Happy highlights:

CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION

    --  Customer expectations: 64% are comfortable with retailers identifying
        them via their mobile phone when they enter a store, as long as it means
        they are offered a personalized experience
    --  Retailer capabilities: 63% are unable to identify their customers prior
        to checkout and 20% can't identify them until after checkout or not at
        all

CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION INCENTIVES

    --  Customer expectations: 26% want credit or discounts towards future
        purchases as an incentive to allow retailers to identify them when they
        walk in the store
    --  Retailer capabilities: 13% offer credit or discounts towards future
        purchases as an incentive to customers

To download BRP's SPECIAL REPORT: Keeping Loyal Customers Happy, visit: https://brpconsulting.com/download/2019-special-report-customer-loyalty

The SPECIAL REPORT: Keeping Loyal Customers Happy is based on findings from BRP's 2018 Customer Experience/Unified Commerce Survey platinum sponsors are Aptos and Manhattan Associates, gold sponsors are TSYS, ECRS, enVista and PCMS, and the silver sponsor is STORIS.

About BRP
BRP is an innovative retail management consulting firm dedicated to providing superior service and enduring value to our clients. BRP combines its consultants' deep retail business knowledge and cross-functional capabilities to deliver superior design and implementation of strategy, technology, and process solutions. The firm's unique combination of industry focus, knowledge-based approach, and rapid, end-to-end solution deployment helps clients to achieve their business potential. BRP's consulting services include:

Strategy | Business Intelligence | Business Process Optimization | Point of Sale (POS)
Mobile POS | Payment Security | E-Commerce | Store Systems and Operations | CRM
Unified Commerce | Customer Experience | Order Management | Networks
Merchandise Management | Supply Chain | Private Equity

For more information on BRP, visit http://www.brpconsulting.com.

SOURCE Boston Retail Partners LLC