Being A Star In Your Industry Is A Matter Of Web3 In Retail

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Publish Date: 11/10/2022 Update Date: 11/10/2022 Writer: Mahdi Rajabian

It hasn't been long since Starbucks broke through the retail market using the enormous world of web3 and blockchain.

The branding and retail market are emigrating to a new generation of technologies and consumer buying behaviors.

 With this in mind, marketers are trying to crack the code for retail market success, considering consumers, merchants, and each other in light of new technology.

Therefore, traditional business models open up the floodgates to success at an alarming rate, and the successful participants are the ones who can quickly adjust.

We expect brands to use Web3 technologies like blockchain, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and decentralized financing (DeFi) as soon as possible.

Blockchain technology could solve problems that have existed long in the business world. It could do this by improving data management tools, improving supply chain operations, and lowering the risk of fake goods and grey markets.

In this article, we will show you the critical role of web3 in various industries to see how it can evolve the future of brands and retailers with its powerful outcomes.

 

Why does Web3 shopping open a huge opportunity for brands?

  1. Pace with Innovation

E-commerce expansion expanded many merchants' brand reach and boosted sales. Slow-to-adopt online retailers have historically struggled to stay up.

Web3 will rewrite how brands engage in e-commerce in the same manner that e-commerce rewrote retail. In addition to enhancing consumer data privacy and security, Web3 also opens up intriguing new opportunities for merchants.

  1. Generate the unique Shopping Experience for the Customer

With Web3, the buying experience will be improved because of the platform's decentralized, transparent, and trustless nature. Marketers can use this to their advantage by:

Innovative contract-based payments can be integrated to ensure safe financial transactions and lessen the occurrence of chargebacks, lost or stolen credit card information, and unused products.

 

Promote Social Cohesion and Shared Benefits

Consumers today care more about being part of a community than they do about buying a particular product, and they are actively seeking out brands whose values and goals they share. Businesses will have to foster and maintain communities of customers who are passionate about their products and provide incentives to those customers. With the aid of Web3, they will be able to:

Directly interact with your target audience without incurring any additional costs.

 

Following Orders Through the Supply Chain

There has been a widespread backlash against fast fashion companies like SHEIN for quite some time now. The company's lack of transparency, its bad reputation for blatant rip-offs from designers, and its questionable supply chain origins have all contributed to this.

Modern consumers expect a trustworthy brand, and Web3 was designed from the ground up to be open and honest. One of the most popular applications of blockchain technology is supply chain tracking. This allows shops to:

Improve visibility and compliance over outsourced contract production; increase material supply chain traceability; reduce losses from counterfeits;

Provide its customers with more information about where its products come from, which could boost the company's reputation for doing business morally and ethically.

 

How can brands keep from falling behind the web3?

Those companies that introduced groundbreaking products first had a significant market advantage. Companies that can develop their digital capabilities quickly and provide the best online experience stand the best chance of attracting new customers and retaining existing ones.

The same thing is happening with Web3. Brands may set themselves apart from the competition by learning about Web3 and jumping on the opportunity quickly.

Web3's (based upon blockchain technology) long-term goal is to provide users with enhanced privacy, security, and management of their personal information.

It provides a method for brands to increase user confidence in vulnerable online infrastructures by addressing data privacy, security, and authenticity concerns.

The third generation of the World Wide Web offers exciting new prospects for brands, retailers, and shoppers alike.

As the new infrastructure presents new opportunities for brands to maximize their value, Web3 will force them to adapt their business models, embrace digital transformation, and dive into the deep end of agile marketing.

 

 outstanding web3 use cases

Starbucks wants you to have an "immersive coffee experience."

Starbucks has always been a third place, a place to meet over the coffee, community, and belonging. Starbucks Odyssey will increase the third place's digital link, said Brady Brewer, VP of Marketing. Starbucks Rewards members with each other."

Web3 technology will give members new experiences and ownership. Starbucks Odyssey will unleash digital, physical, and sensory benefits that make Starbucks apart. By integrating into the Starbucks Rewards ecosystem, they are entering the Web3 area differently than any other brand and enhancing their members' connection to Starbucks. So, they aim to establish a space where their digital community can exchange coffee and experiences.

 

Real McDonald's food might be ordered in simulated environments.

This year, McDonald's has already taken the first steps toward expanding into the virtual world by filing 10 trademark applications.

Users may now visit a digital McDonald's and get food delivered straight to their homes, whether a Big Mac or a Filet o' Fish.

Because we all still need to take care of our physical bodies while exploring virtual worlds, it is interesting to keep an eye on this even though it hasn't been fully implemented yet.

Since people from all over the world would be visiting virtual worlds, I'm interested to see how McDonald's plans to address the question of where their restaurants are physically located. I'm hoping that the 'global' McDonald's virtual restaurant will allow me to place an order for McDelivery from any place where McDonald's is present.

 

As an example, the Stella Artois Zed Run NFT Project

According to Lindsey McInerney's 2020 thesis on Web3, the metaverse, NFTs, and crypto for brands, successful businesses will be those who replicate their strengths in the actual world within the metaverse. It's not far-fetched to assume that brands that don't stick to that pattern won't succeed.

Stella Artois's Zed Run NFT project illustrates how to create and implement a similar event.

Regarding premium sports in the metaverse, Zed Run is a popular choice because it facilitates purchasing, selling, and exchanging virtual horses through NFTs. Every 'horse' is unique in appearance and personality, and its DNA can be traced back several generations, allowing for breeding and competition.

In the actual world, Stella Artois supports high-end events like the prestigious Wimbledon Horse Race; Lindsey, thinking about this, decided that Zed Run would be an excellent venue for Stella Artois to test the waters of the metaverse.

Together, Stella Artois and Zed Run auctioned off 50 sets of 3 assets over three days in the summer of 2021. There was a digital horse NFT, a commemorative piece of artwork, and a Stella Artois skin included in each set (a jersey that the horses could wear in the game).

 

Incorporating New Technology Despite Difficulties

Crypto wallets, fiat-to-crypto conversions, buying NFTs and remembering not just passwords but 24-word seed phrases soon become a stumbling obstacle to mainstream acceptance for individuals new to or interested in the Web3 domain.

Even though the concept of Web3 has generated widespread attention online, retailers are hesitant to adopt it out of concern that their target audience won't embrace the changes. The effects of emerging technologies on established commercial practices must be investigated.

It is not hard to introduce Web3 to current retail consumers.

The key is providing users with a simple and natural interface (UX). This, in turn, necessitates a solid technological foundation that is simple to integrate, construct, and scale up in light of existing platforms. Web3 is the future of a comprehensive shopping experience, and as technical barriers diminish, more stores will begin to see its value and use it.

 

Conclusion:

The Web3 blockchain system has brought fascinating potential applications in the retail market. Brands and retailers will benefit from the information, analysis, and clarity it provides, allowing them to develop more successful marketing strategies and, in turn, increase customer satisfaction. We can see how far we've come with this promising technology in the examples above of blockchain. Also, as with the introduction of any novel technology, developing novel use cases results in new career paths and employment possibilities. Companies in the Web3 space need talented engineers to help them construct the next generation of the internet and develop visionary blockchain use cases like these.

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