VoCoVo – Retail Reunited
Blog: VoCoVo – Retail Reunited – Customer frustrations and how to address them Published: 05/05/2021
VoCoVo - Retail Reunited
Customer frustrations and how to address them
Non-essential stores are open again and customers are rediscovering their love of shopping. While the figures for the first week of trading aren’t in yet, high street sales are predicted to surge by almost 50%. Judging by the bustling streets and long queues seen across the country on 12th April, this seems like a fair estimate.
This came as no surprise. In December 2020 VoCoVo surveyed customers from the UK and the US (See report below) about their post-pandemic shopping plans. The results showed that the appetite for in-store shopping was alive and well:
- 57% of shoppers are still confident in physical retail
- 64% don’t expect the pandemic to affect their long-term shopping habits at all
- 41% prefer to see products before they buy them
Since then, consumer confidence has increased even further. A survey by Deloitte in early April found that 56% of shoppers feel completely safe returning to the high street. This is 16% higher than the previous month, suggesting that the vaccine programme is helping to ease consumer anxiety.
Same customers, new expectations
Customers are eager to get back to the high street, but their expectations have changed. Many have grown used to the convenience of eCommerce and, as a result, have become acutely aware of the drawbacks of physical retail.
VoCoVo’s survey found that 93% of consumers are frustrated by in-store shopping and 76% have left a store as a result. Addressing these frustrations will be the key to winning back old customers and attracting new ones. VoCoVo wanted to give you a head-start, so they asked customers to name the worst aspects of in-store shopping. These are the top three.
1. Crowded stores
Both UK and US customers named crowded stores as their top frustration. Overall, 34% of consumers said that it was the worst part of physical retail. At the height of the pandemic, 41% of shoppers admitted to switching stores to avoid crowds. Even after the worst has passed, many will continue to favour less crowded locations.
VoCoVo reduces crowding by allowing you to serve more customers in less time:
- Headsets allow colleagues to alert each other when a queue begins to build
- Call Points let checkout colleagues call for help without holding up the queue
- Colleagues can remotely authorise self-service purchases without having to attend to each customer individually
2. Items out of stock
Nothing annoys customers more than visiting a store only to discover that the item they want is out of stock. 34% of customers told VoCoVo that this is their biggest frustration. Once again, VoCoVo & DTS can help:
- Call Points allow customers to check on the status of Click & Collect orders without searching for a colleague or joining the main queue
- Colleagues can contact the stock room via their headsets. Customers don’t have to wait for them to walk there and back
- Headsets can be integrated with your phone system. Customers can call ahead to check on stock levels and colleagues can answer without having to stop their work
3. A lack of product knowledge
Modern customers are better informed than ever. 81% of customers do their own research before buying a product in store. Shoppers expect colleagues to know as much as they do, and many will take their business elsewhere if product knowledge is lacking. VoCoVo’s survey found that 82% of customers sometimes feel they know more about products than colleagues. 12% said that this was their number one frustration.
VoCoVo Products
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VoCoVo GO+ 10 System
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VoCoVo GO+ 5 System
£2,652.28 + VAT Add to basket -
VoCoVo Touch IP65 external call point with mount box
£785.03 + VAT Add to basket -
VoCoVo Call Point
£262.56 + VAT Add to basket -
VoCoVo 19” Controller (includes rack mount kit and 8 port POE)
£682.71 + VAT Add to basket -
VoCoVo GO 10 System
£2,785.09 + VAT Add to basket -
VoCoVo GO 5 System
£1,707.00 + VAT Add to basket -
VoCoVo Voice 5 way desktop multi charger
£200.60 + VAT Add to basket -
VoCoVo IP20 Repeater
£414.33 + VAT Add to basket -
VoCoVo Pulse IP65 Base Unit (includes universal fixing mount)
£888.91 + VAT Add to basket -
VoCoVo Pulse IP20 Base Unit (includes universal fixing mount)
£628.92 + VAT Add to basket -
VoCoVo rugged handset (includes single charger)
£272.67 + VAT Add to basket -
VoCoVo Pro Voice headset
£159.35 + VAT Add to basket
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