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Connection = Conversion: The Formula for a Fruitful Holiday Season
Trends This Holiday Season
According to holiday shopping statistics from 2020, 38% of US consumers planned to start stocking on gifts in October, and another 23% before Thanksgiving. Only 22% said they’d wait until Thanksgiving to start their holiday shopping.
With the customer concerns of the state of the economy, many retailers are encouraging early consumer spending by running sales to compete with their Black Friday promotions. These sales are spanning from anywhere between 20%-70% off to capture even the most strategic of holiday spenders. With early promotions and strategic sales tactics ruling the holiday season, we can only wonder, what this will look like for consumers and how can retailers best prepare?
What Retailers Can Expect
Higher volumes of shoppers! Customers will capitalize on these promotions while also heading to retailers for the in-person experience, service, and holiday shopping tradition.
“In the US, 81% of Gen Z consumers prefer to shop in stores to discover new products and more than 50% say in-store browsing is a way to disconnect from the digital world.”
What Customers Can Expect
With customers being hyper focused on promotional sales, many of which they can capitalize on through omni channel, their in-store shopping experience will be quite specific. Customers will be seeking excellent service, authentic engagement, a well-loved store, and overall, a strong brick and mortar shopping atmosphere.
Implement A Fluid Shopping Experience
In-store and omni channel experiences are more intertwined than ever before. While some customers may visit stores to view an item and later order it online, some customers will do the opposite: viewing merchandise online and making purchases in-store. Brands that create fluid cross channel shopping experiences for the customer will see a smooth and fruitful season.
Be a Leader That Inspires
In the spirit of the holiday season, we cannot forget the hard retail workers that drive the in-store experience. As retail leaders, it is important to inspire excitement of suggestive selling and authentic customer engagement to all employees that interact directly with customers. This year, a big driver of conversion of sale will be the connection that is made between the customer and the sales associates. Customers are being very thoughtful and strategic in their purchasing, so it is important when they are visiting the stores to invoke a connection and level of trust in what is being suggested to the customer by the team. A great reminder is to keep work fun for the team! In-store contests, praise, and empowerment make a big difference in employee attitude during this time of the year.
Take Care of Your Team
Employees tend to buy into initiatives and perform better when they feel valued and motivated. This season can be physically and emotionally training for most, including the teams that work tirelessly to support the magic of the season in the retail setting. This is a reminder to be empathetic leaders this season. Honor requests and suggestions where possible without disrupting business. Check in on your team, an extra 10-minute break when business permits will go a long way on those long days. You can also consider shorter shifts to optimize productivity and minimize burnout. It is in your power to set the example for tone and pace when working with the team. The season is taxing for retail employees, so be thoughtful and creative in ways to keep it fun. The greatest asset to a brand’s success this season, and every season, is its people.
Articles referenced:
Retail Statistics for 2022: 53 Data-Backed Retail Stats To Know (shopify.com)
115 Customer Service Facts (Including Trends and Statistics) | Indeed.com
Retail Facts and Figures – October 2022 Update (shopreme.com)
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Tis The Season: Retail Holiday Hiring
Holiday retail sales are likely to increase between 4% and 6% in 2022, according to Deloitte’s annual holiday retail forecast. eCommerce sales will grow by 12.8% to 14.3%, year-over-year, during the 2022-2023 holiday season.
Due to recent inflation, budgeting is top of customers’ mind this season. Brands are having to be strategic about their Q4 hiring forecasts and distribution of talent. Some areas brands are digging into for hiring are:
The number of roles to fill vs. the number of people to hire.
When to hire (now vs. later as customers are starting holiday shopping now.)
Peak weeks vs. peak days (Customers are forecasted to be less interested in Black Friday and boxing day deals and more focus and multi-day discounts over the season.)
Diversifying the support needed for all channels of service for the customer to maximize ease of purchase and quality service (forecasting the needs for DTC, BOPIS, and in store success and hiring to those needs vs. historical holiday hiring forecasting.)
With current and anticipated customer purchasing trends throughout the season, the second week of October could be considered a bit of a delay for Q4 hiring. However, creative, strategic, and focused brands can still hire optimal talent in time for the holidays.
Get creative in how you connect with your market talent. As we head into the holidays, retailers are focusing on creativity and strategy with their hiring and marketing efforts. Brands across the country are hosting company hiring events and are taking to their corporate blog posts to communicate their seasonal hiring strategy with full transparency. We are also seeing an increase in brand partnerships beyond hiring but in a way that could drive talent interest. For example, Howard Meitiner, managing director at Carl Marks Advisors said that retailers that have “increased their visibility through strategic partnerships, will benefit in terms of sales from such exposure (Neiman’s/Farfetch, Toys R Us/Macy’s, Amazon/Kohls, Ulta/Target etc). This is a winning strategy when the partnership adds value to both parties.”
Meet your talent where they are. Store signage, flyers at the local coffee shop, and job postings on your website’s career page are classic ways to let talent know you are hiring, but these are no longer the most effective way to grab the attention of your talent. More brands than ever have turned to virtual hiring tools and social media strategies for hiring. Brands are tapping into passive interested talent by meeting them where they are, on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok.
Consider referral incentives this season! We believe that good people know good people. Encourage your employees and customers to support your hiring efforts by offering a Referral Bonus Program! The return on asking for referrals can be good, but the return when incentivizing referrals is better!
If you’re ready to grow your retail team for the peak season and could use a helping hand, connect with us or shoot us an email at info@emergingblue.com!
References & Additional Sources:
Kohl’s Prepares for the Holidays with Seasonal Hiring Across Stores and Supply Chain (kohls.com)
Remote Work, Quiet Quitting May Make Holiday Hiring Difficult For Retailers (forbes.com)
Holiday Retail Forecasts and Predictions for 2022 | RIS News
How retailers are hiring for the holidays in 2022 | Retail Dive
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Are you on trend? Peak retail hiring trends for Q3 and Q4
Hiring trends in the retail industry typically remain similar from year to year, however, as retailers rapidly approach peak seasonal hiring this year, many brands are adopting new strategies.
Brands noted that in late 2021, they struggled to staff their stores and omni channel supporting teams in time for the peak season. This time last year, brands were still battling COVID safety protocols, retail burnout, and symptoms of the great resignation, all on top of the typical retail talent fluctuation during 3rd and 4th quarter.
It’s time to start talent acquisition planning for the 2022 peak season. Here are some of the latest retail staffing trends that may be the key to securing top retail talent prior to the 2022 holiday season.
1. Virtual recruiting: Since the pandemic, brands and talent have grown accustomed to Zoom and other forms of virtual meetings. To make the talent acquisition process more seamless, brands are meeting their desired talent where they are, quite literally, and minimizing friction in the hiring process by keeping as much of the hiring process virtual as possible.
2. A shift in social recruiting: Social recruiting typically used to occur in-store or at hiring events and soirees. This season, to reach talent where they spend majority of their time, brands are advertising their job openings and conducting outreach via social media and other digital tools.
3. Creating a seamless hiring process: Brands are making a seamless hiring process a priority in 2022. Convenience is key, and from start to finish, brands are improving their applicant systems, better training and developing their hiring managers, and creating an overall more efficient and effective hiring experience. Smoother processes represent an organized and secure workplace for candidates.
4. Hiring generalists and specialists (play to strengths): Diversifying your talent team creates a healthy balance of those with broad skillsets and those who can excel within a specific area of roles and responsibilities. Help your retail team work smarter, not harder.
5. Brands are communicating offerings for continued development, training, and education as greater incentive: Talent is often looking for the “value added” when accepting new opportunities. Many brands have started to adopt these offerings and share with talent as a draw to join with discounts, benefits, etc.
6. Nature Vs. Nurture: Brands are focusing more on brand DNA fit vs. the perfect skillset match during the interview process. In doing this, brands are finding that this yields greater investment from the talent, performance, and retention. You can learn more about finding the perfect fit and brand DNA on our Blog":
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Brands that are exploring these hiring trends and are assessing their own creative approaches to what they need talent wise for the season, are seeing great return on their efforts. Now is the time to start assessing and frontloading peak hiring talent needs to ensure a well-supported remainder of Q3 and a seamless and fruitful Q4.
AdditionalSources:
10 Future Retail Trends & Forecasts for 2022/2023 - A Look Into What’s Next - Financesonline.com