{"id":1674945,"date":"2019-11-22T14:58:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/?p=1674945"},"modified":"2021-11-22T10:58:17","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T18:58:17","slug":"2019-holiday-game-plan-3-ways-to-help-shoppers-find-the-perfect-gift-and-get-on-with-their-holiday-parties-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/11\/22\/2019-holiday-game-plan-3-ways-to-help-shoppers-find-the-perfect-gift-and-get-on-with-their-holiday-parties-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Holiday game plan: 3 ways to help shoppers find the perfect gift and get on with their online parties \u2013 faster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1674942\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/RPP-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/RPP-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/RPP-640-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/RPP-640-436x300.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s face it \u2013 even if you\u2019re someone\u2019s absolute FAVORITE retailer, they still don\u2019t want to spend their holiday season with you, and this year, even less so with COVID.<\/p>\n<p>What your customers want most is to find fun gifts for friends and family fast \u2013 and get on with the white elephant and ugly sweater parties online.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be offended. You know the feeling is mutual.<\/p>\n<p>So this holiday season, give your shoppers the gift that matters most to them: time.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 3 ways to help your customers find what they need and get on with the digital festivities \u2013 faster.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #6f737b;\">1. Send gift ideas and personalized offers<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The biggest challenge in holiday shopping is actually deciding what to buy \u2013 so use your data resources to help your shoppers out.<\/p>\n<p>Their past purchases will give you an idea of their unique style and will help you extrapolate from those qualities to tie in with the new items you\u2019re carrying for the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/include\/eng\/Solutions\/AppCard-for-Retail-Pro\/\">AI-powered personalized marketing and loyalty platform<\/a> AppCard for Retail Pro listens to your transaction data for you, watching for trends for each individual shopper.<\/p>\n<p>Use it to send personalized offers tailored to your shopper\u2019s style so it piques their interest and brings them into your store to find that perfect gift.<\/p>\n<p>The offers will help you get your customers in the store, and their purchase will get them more loyalty points.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a win-win!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #6f737b;\">2. Give them all the options with endless aisle<\/h3>\n<p>How about those shoppers who just walked in your store and don\u2019t have a shopping history with you?<\/p>\n<p>Show \u2018em everything you\u2019ve got with an endless aisle!<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve already got full visibility into inventory at each location in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/include\/eng\/Solutions\/Prism\/index.php\">Retail Pro<\/a>, and you have the inventory pictures, so make it available for shoppers to see your full collection.<\/p>\n<p>Give shoppers free reign to browse and find what they\u2019ll love on a secure touchscreen tablet or kiosk in your stores.<\/p>\n<p>With an easy to use interface, customizable workflows, and detailed permissions settings, you can control the experience to ensure customers find what they need \u2013 without finding POS screens not intended for their use.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, sales associates can be on hand to answer questions, offer suggestions, or for help navigating for first-time users.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #6f737b;\">3. Get them out faster with efficient mobile checkout<\/h3>\n<p>Shoppers can spend all evening browsing your store but once they\u2019re in the checkout line, <em>they want<\/em> <em>out. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Get them through the queue faster by setting up extra points of sale on mobile tablets.<\/p>\n<p>Sales associates can be available anywhere your customers are on the sales floor to help them find what they need and wrap up the conversation right there by completing the transaction on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/include\/eng\/Get-Whitepaper\/Is-Mobile-POS-Right-For-Your-Enterprise\/\">mobile POS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Because Retail Pro is browser-based software, you can access it on any mobile or desktop device, so you can ramp up more points of sale for the holidays to keep lines short &#8211; especially with COVID considerations &#8211; and customers happy.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t have time this season to invest in mobile printers and accessories for mobile POS?<\/p>\n<p>Send email receipts!<\/p>\n<p>Or, for customers who prefer paper receipts, you can ring up all the items while clienteling and hold the transaction for associates at an express counter to pick up and finish off to get customers on their merry way faster.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This holiday season, help your shoppers find gifts for every person on their list \u2013 and then just let them enjoy the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Your customers probably won\u2019t thank you for it.<\/p>\n<p>But they\u2019ll be back in January to redeem their loyalty points, and that\u2019s pretty much the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:76px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RPP-640.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas at the mall\" class=\"wp-image-1674915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RPP-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RPP-640-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/RPP-640-436x300.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/10\/09\/7-ways-to-get-your-store-tech-and-staff-ready-for-the-holiday-rush-with-retail-pro-pos\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">7 Ways to get your store tech and staff ready for the holiday rush with Retail Pro POS<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Slide8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1674678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Slide8.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Slide8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Slide8-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/01\/29\/how-to-extend-your-holiday-sales-momentum-through-2019-using-data-ai\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">How to extend your holiday sales momentum using data &amp; AI<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1674550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_blog.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_blog-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/img_blog-436x300.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/01\/29\/how-to-extend-your-holiday-sales-momentum-through-2019-using-data-ai\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">How to extend your holiday sales momentum using data &amp; AI<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:186px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Let\u2019s face it \u2013 even if you\u2019re someone\u2019s absolute FAVORITE retailer, they still don\u2019t want to spend their holiday season with you, and this year, even less so with COVID. What your customers want most is to find &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/11\/22\/2019-holiday-game-plan-3-ways-to-help-shoppers-find-the-perfect-gift-and-get-on-with-their-holiday-parties-faster\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1674943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,45,50],"tags":[105,154,63,41,92,177],"class_list":["post-1674945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-experience","category-specialty-retail-industry-trends","category-retail-merchandising-and-marketing","tag-customer-experience","tag-e-commerce","tag-holiday-shopping","tag-mobile-pos","tag-omnichannel","tag-unified-commerce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1674945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1674943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1674945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1674945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1674945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}