What makes retail mobile apps rock solid, according to Forrester Research
Mobile

What makes retail mobile apps rock solid, according to Forrester Research

5y Mike O'Brien

What makes retail mobile apps rock solid, accordin...

Consumers are selective about the mobile apps where they spend the majority of their smartphone time. Forrester determined what makes a great retail o...

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How to execute on your big retail marketing ideas for 2019
Ecommerce

How to execute on your big retail marketing ideas for 2019

5y Tiffany Delmore

How to execute on your big retail marketing ideas ...

JLL Retail estimates that ecommerce brands will build 850 physical stores in the next five years. Three tactics for your retail marketing plan this ye...

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What does blockchain mean for the diamond industry?
Blockchain

What does blockchain mean for the diamond industry?

5y Mike O'Brien

What does blockchain mean for the diamond industry...

The diamond industry is among the first to go all-in on blockchain, an emerging technology that mystifies many marketers. Read More...

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How brick & click retailers can win with personalization in 2019
Ecommerce

How brick & click retailers can win with personalization in 2019

5y Rohan Ayyar

How brick & click retailers can win with perso...

Nordstrom and Walmart are growing their ecommerce businesses faster than Amazon. Here are four ideas for how retailers can personalize experience in 2...

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5 retail technology highlights from NRF 2019: Retail's Big Show
Ecommerce

5 retail technology highlights from NRF 2019: Retail's Big Show

5y Mike O'Brien

5 retail technology highlights from NRF 2019: Reta...

There were plenty of amazing innovations in retail technology at NRF 2019: Retail's Big Show. Here are five of the highlights. Read More...

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Global Commerce Review 2018: Takeaways from changing purchasing habits
Ecommerce

Global Commerce Review 2018: Takeaways from changing purchasing habits

5y Tereza Litsa

Global Commerce Review 2018: Takeaways from changi...

How does the rise of mobile usage affect retailers? What can we learn from global commerce 2018 about what the future of ecommerce will look like? Rea...

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ClickZ's 2018 holiday season recap
Ecommerce

ClickZ's 2018 holiday season recap

5y Mike O'Brien

ClickZ's 2018 holiday season recap

Now that the 2018 holiday season is over, we're looking back at some of the past few weeks' biggest trends, from mobile commerce to ecommerce in Wyomi...

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How to regain control of your brand on Amazon from rogue sellers
Ecommerce

How to regain control of your brand on Amazon from rogue sellers

5y Josh Neblett

How to regain control of your brand on Amazon from...

If an unauthorized seller lists your products, it affects your online representation. Follow these steps for how to regain control of your brand on Am...

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"Stores are the new media": Q+A with Adobe's Michael Klein
Ecommerce

"Stores are the new media": Q+A with Adobe's Michael Klein

5y Mike O'Brien

"Stores are the new media": Q+A with Adobe's Micha...

Michael Klein, Adobe's Director of Industry Strategy for Retail, shares his insights on what is the biggest holiday shopping season ever. Read More...

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With augmented reality and inner-city stores, IKEA aims to disrupt itself
Ecommerce

With augmented reality and inner-city stores, IKEA aims to disrupt itself

5y Mike O'Brien

With augmented reality and inner-city stores, IKEA...

"Disrupt" is an unpopular marketing buzzword, but that's exactly what IKEA is doing with technological enhancements and more stores in cities. Read Mo...

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How Best Buy, Nordstrom and Nike bring personalization to physical stores
Analytics

How Best Buy, Nordstrom and Nike bring personalization to physical stores

5y Mike O'Brien

How Best Buy, Nordstrom and Nike bring personaliza...

Personalization is a hallmark of online marketing and savvy retailers like Best Buy and Target are bringing it to brick-and-mortar with modern technol...

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How legacy retail brands can evolve for today’s digital consumer
Digital Transformation

How legacy retail brands can evolve for today’s digital consumer

5y Leah Eyler

How legacy retail brands can evolve for today’s di...

What challenges led to Sears' demise, and what can similar legacy retail brands do to adapt their technologies and strategies in a competitive market?...

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5 takeaways from the record-breaking Cyber Weekend
Ecommerce

5 takeaways from the record-breaking Cyber Weekend

5y Mike O'Brien

5 takeaways from the record-breaking Cyber Weekend

Cyber Monday was the largest online shopping day in both U.S. and Amazon history, while Cyber Weekend saw a surge in sales globally and on mobile devi...

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Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday 2018 sales
Ecommerce

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday 2018 sales

5y Kimberly Collins

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monda...

Cyber Monday 2018 hit $7.9 billion in sales yesterday, a 19.3% YoY increase from 2017. It was the biggest online shopping day in U.S. history. Read Mo...

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Alibaba's record-breaking Singles Day and its impact on global ecommerce
Ecommerce

Alibaba's record-breaking Singles Day and its impact on global ecommerce

5y Mike O'Brien

Alibaba's record-breaking Singles Day and its impa...

How did Singles Day, essentially a made-up holiday, become the world’s largest online shopping day? And how does it influence the rest of the world? R...

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Thinking outside the box: A look at the popularity of subscription boxes
Ecommerce

Thinking outside the box: A look at the popularity of subscription boxes

5y Mike O'Brien

Thinking outside the box: A look at the popularity...

Subscription boxes are more popular than ever and since this category has traditionally struggled with retention, there's a lot of opportunity for bra...

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Customers love shopping in-store but still expect connected experiences
Digital Marketing

Customers love shopping in-store but still expect connected experiences

5y Emily Alford

Customers love shopping in-store but still expect ...

What generations shop in-store and what kind of experiences are they looking for? New report details in-store shopping behaviors and what brands can d...

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Attention to attribution: Q+A with The Trade Desk CMO Susan Vobejda
Analytics

Attention to attribution: Q+A with The Trade Desk CMO Susan Vobejda

6y Mike O'Brien

Attention to attribution: Q+A with The Trade Desk ...

In this Q+A with The Trade Desk CMO Susan Vobejda, we discuss the importance of offline attribution as a KPI during the holiday season. Read More...

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Amazon is on track to dominate apparel sales. What's next for retailers?
Ecommerce

Amazon is on track to dominate apparel sales. What's next for retailers?

6y Mike O'Brien

Amazon is on track to dominate apparel sales. What...

Morgan Stanley estimates that Amazon will be the country's top apparel retailer by the end of the year. How can clothing brands compete? Read More...

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Location, location, location: Where do Snapchat users go before shopping?
Social media

Location, location, location: Where do Snapchat users go before shopping?

6y Mike O'Brien

Location, location, location: Where do Snapchat us...

Much more forthcoming with marketers these days, Snapchat has valuable location data that demonstrates where users tend to go before and after they sh...

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What makes Target so popular among Gen Z consumers?
Ecommerce

What makes Target so popular among Gen Z consumers?

6y Mike O'Brien

What makes Target so popular among Gen Z consumers...

C+R Research analyzed Google search volume from major college towns and determined that Target is Gen Z's favorite brand. What about the retailer reso...

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Has the retail apocalypse come for grocery brands?
Digital Transformation

Has the retail apocalypse come for grocery brands?

6y Mike O'Brien

Has the retail apocalypse come for grocery brands?

With Amazon investing heavily in the grocery space, brands like Kroger, and even Walmart and Target, have no choice but to embrace digital transformat...

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How to make your ecommerce website more mobile friendly and drive conversions
Ecommerce

How to make your ecommerce website more mobile friendly and drive conversio...

6y Alpi Mantry

How to make your ecommerce website more mobile fri...

For today’s buyer, it is essential to create a great mobile experience. In this article, we cover six techniques ecommerce brands use to optimize thei...

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How luxury brands like Burberry prioritize ecommerce for younger audiences
Ecommerce

How luxury brands like Burberry prioritize ecommerce for younger audiences

6y Emily Alford

How luxury brands like Burberry prioritize ecommer...

Until lately, many luxury brands have been too scared of cheapening their high-end image to try ecommerce. However, younger audiences are developing t...

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Bots, chatbots, robots, AI! Here’s why knowing the difference could set your company apart
AI & Automation

Bots, chatbots, robots, AI! Here’s why knowing the difference could set you...

6y Emily Alford

Bots, chatbots, robots, AI! Here’s why knowing the...

Bots, chatbots, robots, and AI are some of the most buzzed words in the industry right now, but even insiders are sometimes unclear on their differenc...

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Technology enables brands to evolve their loyalty programs
Leadership

Technology enables brands to evolve their loyalty programs

6y Mike O'Brien

Technology enables brands to evolve their loyalty ...

Loyalty programs are older than the state of California (seriously). Technology has enabled brands to evolve their programs, earning more loyalty. Rea...

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Digital data dictates in-store decisions for modern retailers
Ecommerce

Digital data dictates in-store decisions for modern retailers

6y Mike O'Brien

Digital data dictates in-store decisions for moder...

Data is central to everything modern marketers do online. But digital data is also a factor in physical stores, as T-Mobile, Roots and Birchbox demons...

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