{"id":82447,"date":"2012-01-22T03:21:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T11:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/community\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/01\/22\/retailers-are-doing-a-better-job-with-their-apps-than-other-sectors\/"},"modified":"2012-02-01T08:55:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T16:55:59","slug":"retailers-are-doing-a-better-job-with-their-apps-than-other-sectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/01\/22\/retailers-are-doing-a-better-job-with-their-apps-than-other-sectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Retailers are doing a better job with their apps than other sectors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While retailers may still have room for improvement with their mobile apps and websites, they are doing better as a whole than other sectors, according to a new customer satisfaction survey conducted by ForeSee Results.<\/p>\n<p>Apple and Amazon had the top-rated apps of the retail sector, achieving ratings of 85 and 84 points out of 100, respectively. While Amazon&#039;s desktop site was still perceived as being better, the difference was only marginal &#8211; 88 points compared to 84. The average customer satisfaction rate for retailers analyzed is 76, significantly higher than the overall average score of 67.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The largest gaps between web satisfaction and mobile satisfaction are for Avon, with a gap of eight points, and Walmart.com, with a gap of seven points,&quot; InternetRetailer notes, citing the report. &quot;A large gap indicates that customer needs are not being met nearly as well in the mobile experience as they are online.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The number of Americans owning smartphones is growing quickly, with the devices currently in the hands of 91.6 million consumers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While retailers may still have room for improvement with their mobile apps and websites, they are doing better as a whole than other sectors, according to a new customer satisfaction survey conducted by ForeSee Results. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/01\/22\/retailers-are-doing-a-better-job-with-their-apps-than-other-sectors\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":82448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retail-technology-and-security"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82447","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}