Hybrid Work for Retail

Hybrid Work for Retail

Hybrid Work for Retail Hybrid Work for Retail

Cisco empowers your associates and agents, whether at home, in the store, or anywhere else.
Because work is not where you go, it's what you do.

Provide hybrid work experiences so you can deliver experiences that meet customers’ expectations
wherever, whenever, and however they choose to shop.

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The current state of the retail workforce

With staffing shortages causing an array of issues for retailers, it's time to rethink
the work experience.

Flexible job

More than 40% of workers say they are likely to switch to a more flexible job, even if it means taking a pay cut.

(Source: Axios)
47% agents working remotely

Over the long term, contact center leaders anticipate a hybrid work environment with 47% of agents working remotely.

(Source: 8x8)
Remote worker

98% of businesses predict
that going forward, meetings
will have at least one remote worker.

(Source: Dimensional Research)

Hybrid work improves the associate experience

Attract and retain your workforce by empowering associates and agents with the tools to
be productive in multiple environments.

Associate experience

Hybrid work use cases in retail

Intelligent contact center

Intelligent contact center

Equip associates with the information and capabilities they need to improve customer experience from anywhere.

Secure connectivity and optimization

Secure connectivity and optimization

Securely connect stores and prioritize traffic to help ensure uptime and reliability.

Multichannel fulfillment

Multichannel fulfillment

Enable store associates to fill and deliver customer orders quickly and accurately.

Explore all use cases

Build a resilient and secure workforce

Prepare your business for the future with a suite of flexible, supportive, and inclusive
hybrid work tools. No matter how your retail business operates, have the confidence that
the connections are secure.

Resilient and secure workforce

Better customer experience

Hybrid work is beneficial for more than just the retail workforce. Intelligent self-service
and agent-based customer interaction capabilities provide customers with the
opportunity to engage and shop via whatever channel they prefer.

Better customer experience

Get started with hybrid work today