Marketing’s Secret Weapon: Your Birthday
Ecommerce

Marketing’s Secret Weapon: Your Birthday

9y Idris Nagri

Marketing’s Secret Weapon: Your Birthday

One of the most powerful ways to connect with consumers is to market to them on their birthdays. Are you taking advantage of this? Read More...

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Mobile Holiday Shopping by the Numbers
Media

Mobile Holiday Shopping by the Numbers

9y Idris Nagri

Mobile Holiday Shopping by the Numbers

As Black Friday inches closer, here's a look at how consumers are using their mobile devices to shop more than ever before. Read More...

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The Top Technologies You Need to Juice Your Post-Holiday Sales
Marketing

The Top Technologies You Need to Juice Your Post-Holiday Sales

10y Idris Nagri

The Top Technologies You Need to Juice Your Post-H...

Marketers need to invest in iBeacon technology and apps, mobile-enabled systems, better analytics, and more in order to succeed in 2015. Read More...

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Spotlight On: Jennifer Kasper, Macy's
Ecommerce

Spotlight On: Jennifer Kasper, Macy's

10y Mike O'Brien

Spotlight On: Jennifer Kasper, Macy's

The group vice president of digital media and multicultural marketing at Macy's speaks to ClickZ about social media, in-store marketing, and more. Rea...

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5 Best Practices to Steal for Your Holiday Marketing Campaign
Marketing

5 Best Practices to Steal for Your Holiday Marketing Campaign

10y Idris Nagri

5 Best Practices to Steal for Your Holiday Marketi...

Learn from brands that have mastered the art of holiday marketing, including OfficeMax with its Elf Yourself campaign, Macy's and its easy-to-use app,...

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Macy's Brings Location-Based Deals Nationwide With Expansion of iBeacon
Ecommerce

Macy's Brings Location-Based Deals Nationwide With Expansion of iBeacon

10y Mike O'Brien

Macy's Brings Location-Based Deals Nationwide With...

Implementation of location technology is just one example of Macy's new omni-channel improvements, which also include smart fitting rooms and enhanced...

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Twitter and Apple Are Changing the Way We Shop
Social

Twitter and Apple Are Changing the Way We Shop

10y Idris Nagri

Twitter and Apple Are Changing the Way We Shop

Twitter's new Buy button and Apple's new Apple Pay are revolutionizing the social commerce industry, and will give marketers a host of new marketing o...

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Cross-Channel Sales to Grow, Spurred by In-Store Mobile Research
Media

Cross-Channel Sales to Grow, Spurred by In-Store Mobile Research

10y Idris Nagri

Cross-Channel Sales to Grow, Spurred by In-Store M...

Growth in cross-channel sales means it’s important for retailers to cater to consumers’ in-store behavior, so as not to alienate an increasingly mobil...

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Groupon Adds In-Store Coupons to Its Freebie Offers
Social

Groupon Adds In-Store Coupons to Its Freebie Offers

10y Idris Nagri

Groupon Adds In-Store Coupons to Its Freebie Offer...

Groupon says the addition of in-store coupons will bring 1,100 coupons from more than 250 retailers across 245,000 locations. Read More...

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Macy's American Rag Seeks Millennial Relevance via Instagram-Heavy Music Promo
Ecommerce

Macy's American Rag Seeks Millennial Relevance via Instagram-Heavy Music Pr...

10y Idris Nagri

Macy's American Rag Seeks Millennial Relevance via...

The Macy’s exclusive clothing brand has launched an Instagram-heavy campaign for its Millennial consumers that will provide music and other digital co...

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American Eagle to Deploy Shopkick’s ShopBeacon in February
Marketing

American Eagle to Deploy Shopkick’s ShopBeacon in February

10y Idris Nagri

American Eagle to Deploy Shopkick’s ShopBeacon in ...

The clothing retailer will roll out ShopBeacon in 100 of its "top-performing" locations to "provide [its] customers with the best mobile shopping expe...

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Macy’s Gives Busy Mobile Consumers Scan and Shop Technology
Marketing

Macy’s Gives Busy Mobile Consumers Scan and Shop Technology

10y Idris Nagri

Macy’s Gives Busy Mobile Consumers Scan and Shop T...

Macy's has integrated visual recognition technology into its Star Gifts app. Read More...

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Wanderful Brings Social Shopping to Newspapers
Social

Wanderful Brings Social Shopping to Newspapers

11y Idris Nagri

Wanderful Brings Social Shopping to Newspapers

No more dirty fingers for consumers, who can throw away print circulars and browse sales on their tablets, phones or desktops thanks to Find&Save....

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Social Buzz Finds Shoppers Psyched for Holidays
Ad Industry Metrics

Social Buzz Finds Shoppers Psyched for Holidays

11y Idris Nagri

Social Buzz Finds Shoppers Psyched for Holidays

In 2.6 million social media conversations -give or take a few -consumers are in full holiday hunter-gatherer mode, according to an analysis by Digitas...

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Macy's Builds 'Social' Community for Customers
Social

Macy's Builds 'Social' Community for Customers

12y Idris Nagri

Macy's Builds 'Social' Community for Customers

In Star Advisor program, retailer offers $5 monthly reward to active participants of its online community. Read More...

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Facebook Updates Pages, Allowing Brands to Have a History
Social

Facebook Updates Pages, Allowing Brands to Have a History

12y Idris Nagri

Facebook Updates Pages, Allowing Brands to Have a ...

Coke, Walmart, Hyundai, and others are launch partners. Read More...

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Facebook Face-off: Macy's And Target Score Early Holiday Wins
Social

Facebook Face-off: Macy's And Target Score Early Holiday Wins

12y Idris Nagri

Facebook Face-off: Macy's And Target Score Early H...

Retailers appear to be clobbering JCPenney and Kohl's for social engagement. Read More...

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Kidz Bop Launches Social Brand Pages With HarperCollins
Marketing

Kidz Bop Launches Social Brand Pages With HarperCollins

13y Idris Nagri

Kidz Bop Launches Social Brand Pages With HarperCo...

Kids music powerhouse has integrated with brands like Macy's and ConAgra's Kid Cuisine. Read More...

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Can Shopping Cart Abandonment Predict Online Buying Behavior?
Marketing

Can Shopping Cart Abandonment Predict Online Buying Behavior?

13y Idris Nagri

Can Shopping Cart Abandonment Predict Online Buyin...

Study shows 48 percent of "serial abandoners" return to make a purchase under certain circumstances. Read More...

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Glam Media Rolls Out Mobile Ad Offering
Media

Glam Media Rolls Out Mobile Ad Offering

13y Idris Nagri

Glam Media Rolls Out Mobile Ad Offering

Lexus and Macy's among launch brands in effort to rival Apple. Read More...

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What's New in Lifestyle Publications
Media

What's New in Lifestyle Publications

13y Idris Nagri

What's New in Lifestyle Publications

One site delivers a beauty high and the other, a sweet experience. Read More...

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Fitness Chain Targets Bike-Minded New Yorkers on HopStop
Display Advertising

Fitness Chain Targets Bike-Minded New Yorkers on HopStop

13y Idris Nagri

Fitness Chain Targets Bike-Minded New Yorkers on H...

Equinox purchases two months of display ads. Read More...

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F-Commerce, the Arrival of the Facebook Consumer
Social

F-Commerce, the Arrival of the Facebook Consumer

13y Idris Nagri

F-Commerce, the Arrival of the Facebook Consumer

Retailers, businesses, and brands test approaches for commerce inside or influenced by Facebook. Read More...

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Is Facebook Marketing Behind Macy's Online Sales Jump?
Data insights

Is Facebook Marketing Behind Macy's Online Sales Jump?

13y Idris Nagri

Is Facebook Marketing Behind Macy's Online Sales J...

Retailer's 50 percent increase in e-commerce revenue follows heavy rotation of social and online marketing. Read More...

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Macy's 'Flower Show' Blossoms on HopStop, Foursquare
Display Advertising

Macy's 'Flower Show' Blossoms on HopStop, Foursquare

13y Idris Nagri

Macy's 'Flower Show' Blossoms on HopStop, Foursqua...

Retailer purchases takeover ads for six markets while adding a dash of geo-social. Read More...

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Want This Facebook Offer? Better 'Like' Us First
Data insights

Want This Facebook Offer? Better 'Like' Us First

13y Idris Nagri

Want This Facebook Offer? Better 'Like' Us First

Oscar Meyer, Bud Light, and Macy's require users to "Like" their brand before participating in a promotion. Are marketers diluting their "likes?" Read...

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Macy's Goes Big With 'Makeover' Campaign on Facebook
Social

Macy's Goes Big With 'Makeover' Campaign on Facebook

13y Idris Nagri

Macy's Goes Big With 'Makeover' Campaign on Facebo...

Campaign propels brand's Facebook page well past 1 million "likes." Read More...

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