A survey of worldwide retail professionals from Retail Systems Research (RSR) found there's a lot that keeps them up at night.
For one, they're worried about their competitors. When asked to pick their top 3 retail challenges, nearly half (49%) of the 182 worldwide retail professionals polled said that online competitors are innovating too quickly, and it's hard to keep up, while another 28% felt they were behind in digital adoption compared with other players in the space.
Other retail professionals felt they weren't able to deliver what their customers really wanted. There were those who felt that consumers have become trained to serve themselves more—and want the proper technology in-hand to do it (36%), worldwide retailers who said they have been unable to deliver the level of service their consumers have come to expect (23%), and worldwide retailers who are aware their consumers are dissatisfied with their omnichannel efforts, or lack thereof.