“By 2022, at least 5% of digital commerce orders will be predicted
and initiated by AI”
In
the past, purchases were more transactional in nature but now it’s become a
journey with more emphasis placed on relationship building, not just buying.
Therefore, reinvention in shopper journey is a most universal business trend
right now. The ideal shopping journey blends a brand into the entire customer’s
experience by providing the value before, during and after the shopping and
builds a strong relationship.
Technology
is interlinked into almost every step, with the mobile application
development keeping their customers
bind to the company for forever. With the help of a plethora of available
technologies, businesses are in the middle of a head-to-toe makeover.
Now,
retailers are more focused on the strategic initiatives that will give them a
competitive advantage in the future.
Though
physical stores will continue to play an important role in tracking customer
behavior and shopping pattern, they need to evolve more to serve efficiently
internet-connected shopper as well. If more experiential shopping experiences
will be built around purchases, it will help businesses to know their customer
and their requirement more closely.
“Artificial
intelligence is expected to be the most impactful technological advancement for
businesses in the next five years”.
Nearly
59% of 602 industry professionals surveyed by Euromonitor International in September
2018 ranked AI ahead of other buzz-worthy technologies. It also moved ahead of
the IoT, which respondents in a February survey ranked as being the most
impactful technology in the next five years.
Top Digital Trends to Watch in 2019
1. Conversational commerce
Texting
and voice chatting via a mobile application such as Facebook Messenger, WeChat,
and WhatsApp enable people to discover and purchase goods and services easily.
Although conversational commerce bots met with mixed success but with the help
of AI mobile application development and related technologies improvements are on the way.
2. Immersive commerce
Today
most of the technologies like AR, VR and 360-degree video allow retailers to
project their products virtually into the physical environment to configure for
fit or function. For example, people can view furniture and clothes in 3D then
project the selected items into a physical space to check if they fit, or not.
3. Unified commerce
In
the market, there are various mobile applications are available and customers
use a number of channels throughout both the buying process. And they want a
seamless experience across channels at various stages of the shopping journey.
To make their journey seamless and appealing organizations should interact with
customers in a way that they want by understanding their preferences.
4. Subscription
Currently,
Subscription commerce is in trend, it enables organizations to build and manage
a subscription business model. Now everything from socks to video games can be
sold on a recurring and automatically renewing basis. Mobile app development
companies benefit from repeatable,
predictable revenue and customers like the cost savings, customization, and
convenience.
5. Personalization
Now
technologies have become more mature as compared to the past because of which
personalization throughout the customer journey has become possible. Now, there
are more opportunities in hand to personalize the purchase such as landing
page, search, product recommendation, banners, and offers. It has various
paybacks including increased ROI and lower cart abandonment.
6. Visual configuration
Visual
configuration is a combination of technologies such as 2D/3D images and video,
floor space planning and computer-aided design, and can be used together with
AR and VR. A visual product configurator presents an exact outline of
configurable and customizable products, allowing customers to have a compelling
experience interacting with the product.
7. IoT-Enabled Digital Commerce
“IoT”
provides greater visibility across the fulfillment process. It also enables
retailers to meet the demands of the modern consumer who is purchasing online.
This furious technology also allows companies to track customer behavior and
orders moment.
Today
with the blessings of IoT, connected machines can make purchases on behalf of
human customers directly by gleaning their demands based on rules and
preferences. The main benefit of IoT commerce is to reduce customer effort and
friction in purchases.
8. Enterprise marketplace
Enterprise
marketplace is a growing business model, as instead of selling own products,
organizations are selling third-party products that are owned by someone else.
Early adopters such as shopping malls, mobile app developers and manufacturers already have large numbers of customers
and partners for examples Walmart, Fraport, and Sinopec.
9. API based commerce
To
enhance the new customer experiences, organizations are partnered with
API-based commerce to separate the frontend from the backend and quickly
integrate new capabilities without affecting the existing architecture.
Today
businesses are building commutable platforms instead of relying on a single
commerce solution.
10. Artificial intelligence
AI
is a combination of multiple technologies including machine learning, natural
language processing, deep learning and others that can deal with big data and
can make conclusions without being specially programmed.
Now
organizations are availing AI for content personalization, price optimization,
fraud detection, and virtual assistants for categorization and customer
segmentation.
Summing Up
New
digital trends will not only lead to tremendous financial rewards, but also
spark new possibilities, and opportunities for seamless and secure sales.
Online shopping has undergone several significant transformations with the help
of mobile applications as purchases through mobile phones have increased
globally.
In
2020, according to the market predictors if next-generation 5G networks achieve
their promised super-fast internet speeds then it will start a wild ride for
both businesses as well as customers.
To know more about digital
trends, contact us or visit Consagous Technologies.
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