The online and offline channels have been are converging for some time largely because of the mobile phone. But we’re now at a tipping point, according to Ksenia Khalina, Head of Global Heineken Trade Marketing and Global Commerce, as the screen in our pockets becomes the store front.
And not only are brands having to react to this behavioural change by bringing the store to people, they are also having to meet the increased consumer expectations as digital services influence what consumers expect from traditionally physical services.
The point of purchase is no longer a physical place so much as...