The document discusses top ways for retailers to convert more sales in stores during the peak holiday season. It identifies five best practices: 1) allowing customers to buy online and pick up in stores, 2) enabling "save the sale" functions in stores for out-of-stock items, 3) expanding endless aisle capabilities, 4) providing visibility to global inventory availability, and 5) increasing associate engagement through customer insights. The webinar promotes the Escalate solution as an all-channel commerce platform that can help retailers implement these practices across all customer touchpoints including web, mobile, in-store kiosks, and store associates.

1. Holiday Sales Checklist
The Top Five Ways To Convert More Sales In The
Store During The Peak Selling Season
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3. Panelists
Moderator
Andrew Gaffney
Editor
Retail TouchPoints
Speaker
Gene Weaver
Product Manager
Escalate Retail
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4. Holiday Sales Checklist
The Top Five Ways To Convert More Sales In The
Store During The Peak Selling Season
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5. Agenda
New World/New Reality Scenario
Best Practices
Escalate Solution
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6. Introducing…
Busy professional, wife, and
mother who embraces technology.
Very demanding of her retail brands:
• She expects compelling, efficient,
shopping experiences that are relevant
to her needs and wants
• She requires the ability to shop when,
where, and how she chooses
• She refuses to patronize brands that fail
to recognize and adapt to her as she
crosses channels
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7. The Scenario
Store Wish
Pickup List
Shop Online, Browse Rich Store Shopping Store Kiosk /
Content, Ratings & Reviews … Store Portal
Inventory ATP Lost Sale
Save-the-Sale /
Endless Aisle
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8. Best Practice #1: Cross Channel Buy
Online, Pickup from Store
Source: RSR Research, July 2010
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9. Best Practice #1: Cross Channel Buy
Online, Pickup from Store
Key Requirements
 Store inventory availability
 Safety stock levels
 Customer email notification ‘Ready
for Pickup’
 Store Portal for packing, hold for
pickup, customer pickup
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10. Best Practice #2: In-Store
Save the Sale
Source: RSR Research, Q3 2009
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11. Best Practice #2: In-Store
Save the Sale
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12. Best Practice #2: In-Store
Save the Sale
Key Requirements
 In-Store Order Capture
– Sales associate driven
– Customer Kiosk driven
 Shared Commerce Services
– Catalog/content
– Customer
– Pricing/Promotions
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13. Best Practice #3: Expanding Endless Aisle
“Store Systems Under Pressure:
Customer expectations for anywhere/
anytime shopping mean stores are
increasingly serving as extensions for
multi-channel shopping, supporting
cross-channel fulfillment, endless aisle
availability and save-the-sale functions.”
RIS Thought Leadership Series, August 2010
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14. Best Practice #3: Expanding Endless Aisle
Key Requirements
 In-Store Order Capture
– Sales associate driven
– Customer Kiosk driven
 Shared Commerce Services
– Catalog/content
– Customer
– Pricing/Promotions
 Expanded Assortments
 Vendor Drop Shipments
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15. Best Practice #4: Global Inventory Availability
Key Requirements
 Open integration points for real-
time, near-real time and/or batch
inventory updates
 In-store portal to view cross
store inventory availability by
product/SKU
 Safety stock levels
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16. Best Practice #5: Increasing the relevance of
Associate Engagement
 Key Requirements
 Customer-centric suggested selling
– 360° customer view
– Virtual Closet
– Wish Lists
 Special Event Management
– Automated invites
– Follow-up/RSVP
– Monitoring
 Automating Store Best Practices
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17. Holiday Sales Checklist Best Practices
 #1: Cross Channel buy online,
pickup from store
 #2: In-Store Save-the-Sale
 #3: Expanding Endless Aisle
 #4: Global Inventory Availability
 #5: Increasing the Relevance
of Associate Engagement
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18. Escalate Solution
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19. All-Channel Commerce
CONNECTED • ADAPTIVE • EVERYWHERE
Web Mobile Kiosk Contact Center Store Portal / Social
Commerce Clienteling
Blue Martini
Commerce Suite
Single
Commerce
Pla/orm
Across
All
Touch
Points
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20. All Channel Platform Services
Customers
contact center
Catalog
e-commerce
smartphone
store portal
Shopping Cart
Orders
kiosk
Prices & Promotions
Content
Inventory
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21. The Scenario
Store Wish
Pickup List
Shop Online, Browse Rich Store Shopping Store Kiosk / Store Portal
Content, Ratings & Reviews, …
Inventory ATP Save-the-Sale / Increase Sales
Endless Aisle
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22. Our Commitment: Ensuring Our Clients are
Ready for the All-Channel Consumer
Store
Contact
Portal /
Center
Clienteling Kiosk
Ecommerce
Mobile
In-Store
Mobile
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23. Escalate Customers: Premier Brands in Retail
North
America
EMEA
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