Theatro and Curbside Announce Partnership to Improve the Click and Collect Customer Experience
Theatro to showcase the benefits of the partnership at booth #1121 during NRF Big Show 2018
DALLAS – Jan. 8, 2018 – Theatro, pioneers of the world’s first intelligent assistant and voice-controlled mobile app platform, today announced a partnership with Curbside, a leading in-store fulfilment solution provider, to improve the ‘click and collect’ customer experience. This partnership will allow retailers to increase the efficiency of in-store pickup of online orders by empowering retail associates with hands-free, real-time communication and insights about consumer orders. Theatro and Curbside will demonstrate the functionality and benefits of the partnership in booth #1121 at the NRF Big Show 2018 in New York City, Jan. 14-16, 2018.
“To meet the growing demands of today’s customers, in-store services such as click and collect must be as frictionless and efficient as possible,” said Chris Todd, CEO of Theatro. “By partnering with Curbside, we are combining hands-free mobile and voice technologies with real-time operations information to optimize omnichannel retail. This creates a truly fluid experience that enriches the shopping journey for everyone.”
How it works: When a customer order is received through a retailer’s order management system, Theatro’s voice-enabled intelligent assistant will immediately notify associates directly in their ear that an omnichannel order has been received – guiding the associates through picking and fulfilling the order. The associates can instantly confirm who will manage the task, identify the matching order and its location in the store and stage the product(s) for pick up. Through integration with Curbside’s location technology, ARRIVE, Theatro notifies the associate with a proximity alert when a click and collect customer is on the way, allowing the associate to stage the item at the front end, and again notifies the associate when the customer has arrived. Upon arrival, the right associate is assigned to greet the customer and offer cross-sell items to complement their purchase. This creates a streamlined omnichannel fulfilment process for the associate and a personalized and frictionless click and collect experience for the customer.
“The physical store is rapidly changing as consumer expectations for omnichannel execution increase and retailers rising to the challenge are rewarded,” said Jaron Waldman, founder and CEO, Curbside. “By integrating the notifications from our ARRIVE product into their voice platform, Theatro is enabling efficient pickups and personal engagements with order-ahead customers who seek an elevated experience.”
Theatro will lead demonstrations throughout the NRF Big Show in Booth #1121, Jan. 14-16 at the Javits Center in NYC.
About Curbside
Curbside, a Silicon Valley startup, connects stores and restaurants with mobile customers. The solution makes ordering ahead and picking up merchandise or food easy and efficient. Founded by former Apple experts in location services in 2013, Curbside works with leading retailers such as CVS, Nordstrom and Sephora, and leading restaurant chains such as Chipotle, Pizza Hut and Boston Market to scale their order ahead programs. The company is enabling the rapid growth of Curbside pickup programs globally. Curbside recently announced a public SDK for ARRIVE, its predictive arrival technology already downloaded onto millions of consumer smartphones, so that global app developers could take their customer experiences to new levels.
About Theatro
Theatro, based in Dallas, Texas, brings the advantages of IoT, wearables, and new workforce-optimized apps together in a SaaS offering to provide companies in retail, hospitality and manufacturing with a new breed of mobile solutions for hourly employees. The Theatro intelligent assistant and voice-controlled mobile apps connect hourly employees to each other and to critical enterprise applications.
With Theatro, employees stay focused on the customer, without having to look at a screen to access information. Theatro’s solution enables employees to play their role in providing an incredible customer experience while increasing sales, employee productivity, conversion rates and operational profitability. For more information, visit theatrostaging.wpengine.com/
Media Contacts
Greg Earl, Ketner Group PR + Marketing (for Theatro)
512-794-8876
Melinda Hickman, Access Brand Communications (for Curbside)
415-844-6249
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