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Retailtainment: the RGmania services for in-store customers

Everything you don't know (and don't see) about RGmania and RG Commercial's approach to mixing the shopping experience with services designed to entertain the customer.

Today we are taking a little detour from what we are used to talking about, to delve into something that for RGmania has always been very important: the user experience, that is, the user experience on the site. If in fact the web is also the place to find products by comparing prices among different offers, every e-commerce, and ours has been ranked among the 'stars' 2022, applies smooth and facilitated sales strategies.

Clarity, simplicity, intuitiveness and attractiveness are some of the key elements for a site.

To make this clear, we can give a few examples:

  • Users are stimulated with ad hoc discounts and offers;
  • Sales strategies are employed that are in step with the times and new customer needs: display of best-selling, recently viewed products, suggestions based on searches;
  • Different types of payments are offered: instant, on delivery, deferred;
  • Personalized newsletters are sent out, both about the catalog and about after-sales, such as tracking and satisfaction level.

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RG Commerciale's in-store and showroom benefits.

If the Web experience is getting better, more and more physical stores, traditional retail outlets, are suffering. It is to make up for these difficulties that businesses are striving to offer increasingly engaging experiences for the customer. Indeed, the user experience is not only to be referred to online shopping, but also offline. While it is true that the Internet has made everything much faster, cheaper, and more accessible, let us introduce a concept here, that of retailtainment, a term formed from two words-retail, retail, and entertainment-a strategic approach that aims to mix the shopping experience with services designed to entertain users.

We will not go into the debate here of what the pros and cons of buying on the web are, but we would like to remind you that even before being a web store, RGmania was born as a showroom of the company RG Commercial, which in the province of Piacenza offers a number of advantages for buying locally that are sometimes unjustly underestimated.

RG has always been very attentive to the needs of its customers, which is why in the spring of 2019 the new showroom was inaugurated, in which products were divided by areas of interest. Thus, three rooms have been dedicated only to the kitchen (pans, pots, ladles, tools for pizza and pastry, detergents and professional clothing), while on the upper floor there is a large section dedicated to glasses, with thousands of samples; a considerable assortment of bar tools; supports for tableware and mixing; references for coffee processing, catering and disposable, almost all of which are made of sustainable materials; and a wide selection of plates and supports. In this exhibition area there is also a space dedicated to setting up one's favorite mise-en-place, i.e., uncluttered tables to be 'invented' in order to understand the final result of assembling choices. At the same time, it is possible to be inspired by the tables already set up differently, with refined and particular styles. Just as there is a space for the table, so it is possible to choose one's own line of glasses and arrange it on the professional bar counter, which is used internally for seminars and the filming of video-appearances.

RG's strength is not only thewide assortment, which is continuously updated and accessible to everyone, both individuals and professionals, but also theattentive and professional assistance. In fact, those who decide to visit us at our headquarters are accompanied by a salesperson who is responsible for answering all kinds of questions about the products. Assistance is not limited to just information, but also to the preparation of a real-time quote, left for the customer to consult outside the company. RG thus provides a comprehensive and competent staff, trained by decades of experience.

To complete the atmosphere at RG Commerciale, we remind you that you can enjoy a moment of relaxation in the coffee break area while you wait for the attendants to prepare the purchased goods or simply to regenerate upon arrival.

RGmania and RG Commerciale's projects.

We could anticipate some of the projects to make the showroom more and more a place of reference for professionals, a place to meet, exchange and grow, but it is all still in the works.

However, we can anticipate that we never stop and we are not content, so follow us on our social media (starting with Facebook e Instagram) to find out what improvements we will make to our display, what events to find us at, and what fairs we will attend to unearth new products for you!