DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Walgreens is mobile retail navigation service aisle411's virtual mapping and navigation smartphone app in all of its 7,907 drugstores nationwide. Walgreens is the first national retailer with all of its stores mapped in a mobile application, according to aisle411.
With aisle411's in-store mapping platform, customers can use their smartphones to view maps of any Walgreens store, allowing shoppers to locate products down to a particular section of each aisle.
"Retailers are constantly looking for solutions to enhance their customer's store visits and improve convenience," said Nathan Pettyjohn, CEO of aisle411."aisle411 allows retailers to empower their shoppers by providing information such as product locations right in customers' hands, making the shopping experience more convenient and fun. aisle411's unmatched scalability made it the perfect solution toaccommodate Walgreens nationwide deployment, providing a solution for nearly 8,000 stores."
A national survey commissioned by aisle411 discovered that nearly 84% of shoppers have difficulty finding products on store shelves and more than 20% of shoppers leave the store without their full purchase intent. aisle411 empowers anyone with a smartphone to find products and promotions quickly and easily in retail stores with an in-store search and comprehensive mobile retail shopping solution.
The aisle411 app is available for free from the iPhone App Store and the Google Play store.
"We are always looking for new ways to utilize technology to deliver a better shopping experience and help customers with their health and daily living needs," said Abhi Dhar, Walgreens chief technology officer. "With aisle411, Walgreens further delivers on its goal of providing the most convenient shopping experience by simplifying store visits and saving customers' valuable time."
Founded in 2008, Palo Alto, Calif.-based aisle411 provides a comprehensive in-store search and navigation solution for consumers via mobile technologies with support for iOS and Android devices.
As the nation's largest drugstore chain with fiscal 2011 sales of $72 billion, Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens operates stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
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