Digital data dictates in-store decisions for modern retailers
Ecommerce

Digital data dictates in-store decisions for modern retailers

8y 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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How Sam's Club and Macy's are simplifying the mobile checkout experience
Mobile

How Sam's Club and Macy's are simplifying the mobile checkout experience

8y Mike O'Brien

How Sam's Club and Macy's are simplifying the mobi...

As ecommerce conditions consumers to expect easier checkout experiences, Sam's Club and Macy's are bringing that frictionless-ness into their stores. ...

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Why influencer marketing is the best option for your e-commerce business
Ecommerce

Why influencer marketing is the best option for your e-commerce business

8y Natalia Kharchenko

Why influencer marketing is the best option for yo...

Influencer marketing is quickly occupying e-commerce niche and it is absolutely natural. This new way of promotion became a trend that brings a large ...

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What does Prime Day mean for retailers other than Amazon?
Ecommerce

What does Prime Day mean for retailers other than Amazon?

8y Mike O'Brien

What does Prime Day mean for retailers other than ...

Prime Day broke sales records for Amazon in both 2016 an 2017. However, there's also an opportunity for every other retailer to have a great day, as w...

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Why beauty retailers are leading the way in digital transformation
Ecommerce

Why beauty retailers are leading the way in digital transformation

8y Mike O'Brien

Why beauty retailers are leading the way in digita...

Failure to embrace digital transformation is a death sentence for retailers. However, beauty brands like Sephora, L'Oréal, and Ulta aren't struggling ...

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For brands like REI, Indochino, and Swarovski, the future of retail stores goes past product
Ecommerce

For brands like REI, Indochino, and Swarovski, the future of retail stores ...

8y Mike O'Brien

For brands like REI, Indochino, and Swarovski, the...

Executives from REI, Indochino, and Swarovski discuss the future of retail stores and how they're far more than places where they can sell products. R...

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The rise of connected packaging as a marketing channel
Disruptive MarTech

The rise of connected packaging as a marketing channel

8y Davor Sutija

The rise of connected packaging as a marketing cha...

Connected packaging is becoming an increasingly effective marketing channel, bridging physical products to the digital world and influencing consumers...

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Pinterest and Home Depot has officially launched "Shop the Look"
Ecommerce

Pinterest and Home Depot has officially launched "Shop the Look"

8y Bobby Macri

Pinterest and Home Depot has officially launched "...

Pinterest is one of the coolest kids on the social media block in 2018 and has the highest average order value of any other social media platform, at ...

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IGTV is launched and ready to influence the marketing landscape
Disruptive MarTech

IGTV is launched and ready to influence the marketing landscape

8y Tereza Litsa

IGTV is launched and ready to influence the market...

Instagram has seen an impressive growth over the last few years. The introduction of IGTV can change the game in social media marketing for brands. Wh...

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How a shoppable fashion show gave Roots a record-breaking quarter
Ecommerce

How a shoppable fashion show gave Roots a record-breaking quarter

8y Mike O'Brien

How a shoppable fashion show gave Roots a record-b...

How do you stand out during the holiday season? Canadian retailer Roots created a Black Friday fashion show that was shoppable, Shazam-style. Read Mor...

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3 ways Target is trying to become "America's easiest place to shop"
Ecommerce

3 ways Target is trying to become "America's easiest place to shop"

8y Mike O'Brien

3 ways Target is trying to become "America's easie...

2017 was a pivotal year for Target, having invested billions of dollars in expanding its omnichannel shopping capabilities. CEO Brian Cornell wants to...

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What's your Alexa strategy?: Smart speakers and their role in the customer journey
AI & Automation

What's your Alexa strategy?: Smart speakers and their role in the customer ...

8y Mike O'Brien

What's your Alexa strategy?: Smart speakers and th...

Voice commerce is projected to explode over the next few years, from $2 billion today to more than $40 billion by 2022. But marketers don't have four ...

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How to close the sales and marketing gap to maximize eCommerce opportunities
Ecommerce

How to close the sales and marketing gap to maximize eCommerce opportunitie...

8y Cassandra Stephens

How to close the sales and marketing gap to maximi...

eCommerce is driving retail growth, presenting a significant opportunity for brands. However, as customer behavior changes, brands must ensure they do...

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4 takeaways from Neiman Marcus' awesome mobile app
Ecommerce

4 takeaways from Neiman Marcus' awesome mobile app

8y Mike O'Brien

4 takeaways from Neiman Marcus' awesome mobile app

As many legacy retailers struggle, Neiman Marcus is flourshing, something attributed to the brand's digital-first strategy. The mobile app epitomizes ...

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The new luxury landscape: How Tiffany & Co., Gucci and LVMH are embracing digital transformation
Ecommerce

The new luxury landscape: How Tiffany & Co., Gucci and LVMH are embraci...

8y Mike O'Brien

The new luxury landscape: How Tiffany & Co., G...

As wealthier consumers do more of their shopping online, luxury brands have no choice but to embrace digital transformation. See how Tiffany & Co....

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5 first-party data strategies to power your personalization
Analytics

5 first-party data strategies to power your personalization

8y Mike O'Brien

5 first-party data strategies to power your person...

The most valuable data is the first-party data brands get directly from their customers. Here are five strategies that will help brands and advertiser...

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Informed delivery and the omnichannel future of the United States Post Office
Leadership

Informed delivery and the omnichannel future of the United States Post Offi...

8y Mike O'Brien

Informed delivery and the omnichannel future of th...

Don't let Amazon's dominance fool you—the United States Post Office is the real biggest player in ecommerce. When it's not delivering millions of pack...

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Google, Yandex and Baidu: Strategies for expanding your search marketing
Search

Google, Yandex and Baidu: Strategies for expanding your search marketing

8y Mike O'Brien

Google, Yandex and Baidu: Strategies for expanding...

Most marketers plan to expand their global footprints very soon... but they also have a difficult time getting insight into how their content performs...

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Google, Amazon and the relationship between paid search and ecommerce
Search

Google, Amazon and the relationship between paid search and ecommerce

8y Mike O'Brien

Google, Amazon and the relationship between paid s...

Amazon has always threatened retailers, but as the ecommerce juggernaut grows its digital ad business, it's also posing a challenge to Google, which h...

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How 3 retailers are looking ahead in the wake of Toys ‘R’ Us
Leadership

How 3 retailers are looking ahead in the wake of Toys ‘R’ Us

8y Mike O'Brien

How 3 retailers are looking ahead in the wake of T...

Earlier this month, Toys ‘R’ Us shut its doors for good, proving once and for all that retail is incredibly disruptable. Three brands that don’t plan ...

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Priceless experiences, storymaking and the "moment of truth": Why MasterCard sees itself as a technology company
Disruptive MarTech

Priceless experiences, storymaking and the "moment of truth": Why MasterCar...

8y Mike O'Brien

Priceless experiences, storymaking and the "moment...

Financial service brands have a reputation for being old-fashioned and stodgy. MasterCard isn’t one of them. The company has a progressive CMO, Raja R...

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6 retail brands who are nailing the app game
Ecommerce

6 retail brands who are nailing the app game

8y Mike O'Brien

6 retail brands who are nailing the app game

Researching how retailers can improve their apps, everyone named a few examples of brands with exceptionally good apps. Amazon, Target and Sephora are...

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18 lessons we can learn from Airbnb, Nike and IKEA in 2017
Content

18 lessons we can learn from Airbnb, Nike and IKEA in 2017

8y Tereza Litsa

18 lessons we can learn from Airbnb, Nike and IKEA...

2017 is almost over and it’s time to review some of the best marketing campaigns of the year. What made them special and what can we learn from them? ...

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ClickZ's top 5 tech predictions for 2018
Emerging Technology

ClickZ's top 5 tech predictions for 2018

8y Mike O'Brien

ClickZ's top 5 tech predictions for 2018

We're looking at the year ahead and making five predictions around the technology that will define 2018. Read More...

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The blockchain workout: ClickZ's most popular articles from October, November and December
Emerging Technology

The blockchain workout: ClickZ's most popular articles from October, Novemb...

8y Mike O'Brien

The blockchain workout: ClickZ's most popular arti...

The summer was retail-focused, but fall was more of a mixed bag. Amazon strategies, AI-powered personal trainers and blockchain made up your favorites...

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Did Amazon acquire Whole Foods with Bitcoin?: ClickZ's most popular articles from July, August and September
Digital Transformation

Did Amazon acquire Whole Foods with Bitcoin?: ClickZ's most popular article...

8y Mike O'Brien

Did Amazon acquire Whole Foods with Bitcoin?: Clic...

We're reflecting on our 2017 and sharing the most-read articles from each month. This retail-focused summer, those top topics were augmented reality a...

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Empathy, transparency and the omni-channel customer: Q+A with Walmart CMO Tony Rogers
Leadership

Empathy, transparency and the omni-channel customer: Q+A with Walmart CMO T...

8y Jenna Sereni

Empathy, transparency and the omni-channel custome...

Amazon has become Walmart's biggest competitor over the past few years, though the world's largest retailer has come back in a big way by investing in...

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