The Retail Reckoning: How retailers can survive the digital revolution
Disruptive MarTech

The Retail Reckoning: How retailers can survive the digital revolution

9y Evan Magliocca

The Retail Reckoning: How retailers can survive th...

The retail bubble is finally bursting. For too long, retailers have remained bloated in store footprints and overconfident in mindset. Finally, retail...

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FedEx launches fulfillment service to take on Amazon
Ecommerce

FedEx launches fulfillment service to take on Amazon

9y Al Roberts

FedEx launches fulfillment service to take on Amaz...

From its $1.5 billion air cargo hub to its growing network of contract last-mile delivery drivers, Amazon is increasingly looking like a logistics com...

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Ads are now a billion-dollar business for Amazon
Display Advertising

Ads are now a billion-dollar business for Amazon

9y Al Roberts

Ads are now a billion-dollar business for Amazon

Yesterday, Amazon disappointed Wall Street when it reported its fourth-quarter earnings for 2016. But buried within its earnings report was data sugge...

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Amazon's latest Prime perk: a credit card with hefty cash back
Ecommerce

Amazon's latest Prime perk: a credit card with hefty cash back

9y Al Roberts

Amazon's latest Prime perk: a credit card with hef...

Amazon Prime was launched in 2005 as an express shipping membership program and more than a decade later it has tens of millions of subscribers who en...

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Consumers continue to turn to Amazon first for product search
Ecommerce

Consumers continue to turn to Amazon first for product search

9y Al Roberts

Consumers continue to turn to Amazon first for pro...

Every year, Google handles more than a trillion search queries, making it the world's most popular search engine. But when it comes to searches relate...

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Blast to the past: Amazon purges old incentivized reviews
Ecommerce

Blast to the past: Amazon purges old incentivized reviews

9y Al Roberts

Blast to the past: Amazon purges old incentivized ...

Last month, Amazon announced an update to its community guidelines that was intended to end incentivized reviews for all products other than books. Re...

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Amazon to build convenience stores for grocery business
Ecommerce

Amazon to build convenience stores for grocery business

9y Al Roberts

Amazon to build convenience stores for grocery bus...

Amazon is the king of online commerce, but in an effort to become a real player in the grocery business, the company is reportedly preparing to build ...

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Amazon now forbids incentivized reviews, sort of
Ecommerce

Amazon now forbids incentivized reviews, sort of

9y Al Roberts

Amazon now forbids incentivized reviews, sort of

Yesterday, Amazon announced an update to its community guidelines that will put an end to incentivized reviews for products other than books. Accordin...

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Amazon accused of hiding best deals from customers
Ecommerce

Amazon accused of hiding best deals from customers

9y Al Roberts

Amazon accused of hiding best deals from customers

Amazon prides itself on being the most “customer-centric” company in the world, but according to investigative journalism non-profit ProPu...

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55% of online product searches begin on Amazon: stats
Data insights

55% of online product searches begin on Amazon: stats

9y Graham Charlton

55% of online product searches begin on Amazon: st...

A new study underlines the massive influence that Amazon exerts over the ecommerce market, with the site being the first port of call for the majority...

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Capitalising on change to take internet retailing to new horizons
Ecommerce

Capitalising on change to take internet retailing to new horizons

10y Ian Jindal

Capitalising on change to take internet retailing ...

As the UK now embarks on the journey to leave the European Union, and as new opportunities – and challenges – open up for retailers of all sizes, what...

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How to combat an agency's top four collaboration killers
Agency Spotlight

How to combat an agency's top four collaboration killers

10y Pramit Nairi

How to combat an agency's top four collaboration k...

We've all been to the eternal meeting with the dull presentation. These four tips can keep those disruptions from killing agencies' collaborative vibe...

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Which CPG brands are winning on Amazon?
CPG (FMCG)

Which CPG brands are winning on Amazon?

10y Graham Charlton

Which CPG brands are winning on Amazon?

The best sellers on Amazon aren’t always the brands you would expect. While the market-leading brands are becoming more effective on the site, i...

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What can we learn from Amazon Prime day?
Ecommerce

What can we learn from Amazon Prime day?

10y Michael Barber

What can we learn from Amazon Prime day?

So yesterday was Amazon Prime Day, an event more celebrated in the Barber household than yours truly’s birthday. The invention of Amazon Prime a...

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Amazon Prime Day creates a 'halo effect' for rival retailers
Ecommerce

Amazon Prime Day creates a 'halo effect' for rival retailers

10y Graham Charlton

Amazon Prime Day creates a 'halo effect' for rival...

Prime Day may be intended to benefit Amazon, but it can also work for rival retailers, as shoppers looking for deals tend to visit not just Amazon, bu...

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Three ways to create insights from consumers’ click histories
Actionable Analysis

Three ways to create insights from consumers’ click histories

10y Deren Baker

Three ways to create insights from consumers’ clic...

Without any action behind it, data is just a bunch of numbers. Clickstream data is particularly valuable, providing insights about what consumers are ...

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Stats of the Week: Mobile ad revenue, mobile ad blocking
Display Advertising

Stats of the Week: Mobile ad revenue, mobile ad blocking

10y Mike O'Brien

Stats of the Week: Mobile ad revenue, mobile ad bl...

This week's stats round-up is all about mobile advertising: its growth around the world, both in terms of revenue and the frequency that it's blocked....

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Keeping the right balance of "person" in "personalization"
Data insights

Keeping the right balance of "person" in "personalization"

10y Mike O'Brien

Keeping the right balance of "person" in "personal...

Some brands don't target well enough, while others go way too far, creeping people out. With personalized marketing, striking a delicate balance is th...

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Can advertisers make the walled gardens hand over their keys?
Media

Can advertisers make the walled gardens hand over their keys?

10y Merrily McGugan

Can advertisers make the walled gardens hand over ...

Giants like Google and Facebook have a monopoly on data, something that will only change if advertisers call them on it, the way Kellogg's and Kraft F...

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Six omnichannel retailing lessons from Dr. Martens, UGG and VIP.com
Asia

Six omnichannel retailing lessons from Dr. Martens, UGG and VIP.com

10y Sophie Loras

Six omnichannel retailing lessons from Dr. Martens...

How can retail brands develop an omnichannel strategy for market entry into China? This was the focus of an ecommerce panel at this week's Retail Asia...

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Seven cases of brands with brilliant product copy
Ecommerce

Seven cases of brands with brilliant product copy

10y Mike O'Brien

Seven cases of brands with brilliant product copy

Here are seven examples from brands like Nike, Nordstrom and Amazon that show you how product copy should be done. Read More...

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Stats of the week: All about mobile apps
Ad Industry Metrics

Stats of the week: All about mobile apps

10y Mike O'Brien

Stats of the week: All about mobile apps

What do 11, 15, -42 and 1 (and 5) have in common? They're all big numbers from the past week in digital for Pandora, Apple, Facebook, and Chick-fil-A....

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Google beats Apple to become world's most valuable brand [Study]
Ad Industry Metrics

Google beats Apple to become world's most valuable brand [Study]

10y Mike O'Brien

Google beats Apple to become world's most valuable...

Since 2011, Google and Apple have been competing to be the most valuable, according to Millward Brown Digital's annual report. This year, Google is ba...

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Where do the biggest brands spend their marketing dollars?
Ad Industry Metrics

Where do the biggest brands spend their marketing dollars?

10y Mike O'Brien

Where do the biggest brands spend their marketing ...

Different retailers have different priorities when it comes to their marketing budgets, but the most valuable brands - Amazon and Apple - are banking ...

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Five tips for ensuring harmony between CIOs and CMOs
Ecommerce

Five tips for ensuring harmony between CIOs and CMOs

10y Jay Marwaha

Five tips for ensuring harmony between CIOs and CM...

Alex and Ani demonstrates how today's businesses must operate like silo-less ecommerce brands, avoiding friction between different departments. Read M...

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The Digital Download: In with TAG anti-fraud program; out with Facebook Exchange
Media

The Digital Download: In with TAG anti-fraud program; out with Facebook Exc...

10y Mike O'Brien

The Digital Download: In with TAG anti-fraud progr...

This week in digital, we said goodbye to Facebook Exchange and Post-it wars, as we welcome TAG's latest anti-fraud development, Shift, and maybe Siri ...

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Five fantastic 'phygital' campaigns from this spring
Strategies

Five fantastic 'phygital' campaigns from this spring

10y Mike O'Brien

Five fantastic 'phygital' campaigns from this spri...

We're always talking about the growing convergence of the physical and digital worlds. Here are five brands with great phygital campaigns all over the...

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