After focusing on online sales in recent years, amid trends imposed by pandemic restrictions, retailers are now having to rethink their brick-and-mortar strategy to meet consumer expectations. According to the latest PwC Global Consumer Insights Pulse 2023 survey, consumers want a personalized and digital experience to spend as little time as possible buying and actually paying for products.

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When asked what would be the most important thing that would improve their physical shopping experience, 27% of respondents cited assistance from knowledgeable sales advisors as a top priority for half of baby boomers.

At the same time, for 16% of respondents, the most important thing is the ability to use self-checkout machines, to use a retail website or mobile application in a store to search for specific products (15%), in second place is the ability to use “scan and go” devices and applications (12%), which allows bypassing service buildings.

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