For Customer Experience Professionals (Length: 15 pages)

December 10, 2007

Web-Store Experiences: Department Stores

Forrester Evaluated Channel Transitions Of Four Department Stores

This is the first document in the "Best And Worst Of Web-Store Experiences" series.

by Bruce D. Temkin, Adele Sage

with Andrew McInnes


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Forrester applied its Cross-Channel Review methodology to the experiences at four department stores — JC Penney, Kohl's, Macy's, and Sears. While Sears received the top overall score, none of the four companies received an overall passing grade. Despite uncovering many flaws, we also found a number of good practices, like Sears' online store inventory check and JC Penney's clear store directories. Firms that want to improve the coordination between their Web sites and their stores need to evaluate and explicitly design the experiences with a cross-functional team.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemExamining Department Store Web-Store Channel-Transition Experiences

itemOverall Results For Department Stores: Not Good

itemWhat Issues Plagued The Department Stores?

itemDespite The Problems, Some Good Practices Emerge

recommendations

itemImprove Cross-Channel Experiences With A Companywide Effort

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester evaluated the cross-channel experience at four department stores: JC Penney, Kohl's, Macy's, and Sears.

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Analyst: Adele Sage, Bruce D. Temkin
Technology: Channel Design Strategies, Customer Experience, Design & Usability Processes, eBusiness/eCommerce
Industry: Business-To-Consumer eCommerce, Consumer Retail & CPG, eBusiness/eCommerce Best Practices, eBusiness/eCommerce Strategy, Multichannel Retail, Retail, Retail Marketing
Geography: North America

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