The Brisqq Blog

Big data is one of the hottest buzzwords of the moment, not merely in the retail world. Innovative technologies and IoT has opened new possibilities for gathering and interpreting customer data in retail. According to McKinsey, implementation of big data analytics could improve retailers operating margins by 60%. In the age of the e-commerce boom, it would be a mistake to assume that only online r...

We headed down to the 2018 Retail Design Expo to find out more about the latest trends in retail and engage in the conversation. The Retail Design Expo is Europe’s leading annual event for innovation and inspiration in retail. New approaches to customer engagement, retail strategy, the latest in new thinking, inspirational talks and innovative suppliers are all under one roof.

Your Logistic Prayers Have Been Answered We are excited to announce the launch of the multi-drop feature on the Brisqq platform. Multi-drop allows you to schedule deliveries using one pick-up location and multiple drop-off locations. Our seamless scheduling process optimises the route using the drop-off addresses provided, no matter what order you input them in. This ensures your deliveries get to...

Low prices are no longer enough to attract customers, so it’s imperative that retailers think outside the box. Business owners are diving deep into what their customers want, and they’re using these insights to offer memorable customer experiences.

The customer experience isn’t something that retailers are always able to control. In an age where shoppers are spending more and more on delivery and their expectation for convenience keeps rising higher, many retailers have no choice but to rely on third party delivery providers to ensure that the customer’s expectations are met.

Blockchain has an endless list of possible applications, and is quickly emerging as one of the major innovations in the digital technology industry. Supply chain management experts are already looking at practical applications for blockchain. Given that UK online sales alone are expected to grow by up to £77bn every year until 2021, they can see blockchain is poised to completely disrupt the logis...

Three Unique Opportunities They Can Leverage to Flourish The past decade has seen the rapid rise of the retail giant and the slow descent of the traditional retailer. The retail landscape has been transformed to such a degree, as to be unrecognisable. From this chaos, however, opportunities for the small, independent retailers are emerging.

Retail Conversions in Today's Marketplace In the past, retailers had always seen delivery as something boring that ‘had’ to happen after the real work (i.e. the transaction) had occurred. Delivery from store was something pretty much unheard of and was handled, in niche cases, by a shop assistant physically delivering items to high value customers. Delivery from online channels has existed for man...

Although online sales are growing at a rate of 19.5 percent year-on-year, the majority of retail purchases still occur in bricks and mortar stores.

The Change in the Retail Landscape This past decade retail has undergone a transformational change. Mobile technology and the Internet, as both a tool and a channel, have completely disrupted the retail industry. At the same time, populations have been concentrating in cities, driving growth and creating both challenges and opportunities as cities design urban logistics ecosystems that revolve aro...