Online shopping, meal delivery, and virtual experiences have become popular and routine since the pandemic. However, Brick + Mortar still has an advantage. There’s no substitute for in-person experiences. The best approach for long-term success in the brick-and-mortar world is to adopt an omnichannel approach, allowing customers to interact with you in-person, online, and a combination of both.
What does the omnichannel approach look like?
Visiting the physical brick + mortar location.
People still want to interact with you, and your brand. Customers know there is no substitute for eating a freshly cooked meal in a restaurant or trying on clothes to find the best fit in a fitting room.
Give customers a reason to visit you in person:
- In-store only promotions
- Personal shopping or dining experiences
- Events
- Live music
- Tastings
Bottom line, do what it takes to get them in the store when possible – in-person exchanges increase sales by 100% due to staff’s personalized nature and customer service.
Add a digital component to your offerings.
Sometimes, people are crunched for time, and in-person experience isn’t feasible. Maximize your sales by offering options available online to complement your in-store offerings.
- Online ordering
- Delivery
- Flash Sales
- Curbside Pickup
- Customer service text or chatbot
Don’t be afraid that moving some of your brick-and-mortar sales will hurt your physical location. In fact, it may help. Your brick-and-mortar location is a permanent billboard – and a study found that by simply having a physical location, online web traffic exceeded those who did not by 27%.
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