The fusion of physical and digital – how the phygital world influences the retail business
Ordering and picking up groceries from a supermarket easily with your smartphone, no longer holding a restaurant menu in your hand but scanning the QR code, or paying for purchases contact-free with your smartphone. These are all changes in the customer experience that have increasingly determined the everyday life of consumers, especially during the Corona pandemic. The same goes for monitoring our health or checking whether we are near someone who is ill via an app. These new functions all have a common point of intersection. They are part of the changes brought about by the phygital world and also by the advancing digitalisation. But what exactly does phygital mean and which opportunities arise in marketing to further improve the customer experience and increase sales?
