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Best Practices For Brand And Retailers: Harnessing The Impact Of Social Media

RTP blog

74% of consumers say text-based keyword searches are inefficient in helping them to find the right product online. 67% of consumers say that the quality of product images is very important in selecting and purchasing a product, based on a Slyce Report on Visual Search.

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Smile For The Camera: Use Selfies To Boost Customer Engagement

RTP blog

By Adam Blair, Executive Editor The new Broadway musical Amélie , based on the beloved 2001 movie starring Audrey Tautou, takes place in a long-ago, far-away place. The ability to sell something that is quite old-fashioned and yet avail yourself of cutting-edge technology is one that a lot of retailers can, and should, take to heart.

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Customer experience: Nostalgia, the weapon of the future post-crisis?

365 Retail

In 2001, a US billboard showed a picture of the first iPod alongside the slogan “1,000 songs in your pocket”. If nostalgia works, it’s because it enables brands to develop a more human relationship with consumers. Only 8% of consumers globally said in-store sanitary measures affected their shopping experience.

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Why and How to use Baidu for Ecommerce Success in China

Retail TouchPoints

Chinese consumers have a growing interest, and affinity for, Western brands and products, particularly in the luxury sector. And with current travel restrictions and concerns around the virus preventing them leaving the country, Chinese consumers are increasingly looking to purchase from Western brands online. and Europe.

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25 DTC Shopify Brands Featured on Dragons' Den

Smile.io

Dragons' Den is a popular reality TV series where entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists, also known as “dragons” Originating in Japan in 2001, the show has expanded into over 40 countries, including Canada and the United Kingdom.  And with that, Abokichi was born. 

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33 Ecommerce Strategies for Growth from 12 $1M+ Brands [18 Must Have Tools Included]

BigCommerce

Automate where you can: Before moving to BigCommerce, Corey and his team had to upload 1 set of images for desktop and another for mobile –– among a variety of other manual and time consuming tasks. Tori Gerbig initially started Pink Lily , an online women’s fashion store, as an eBay shop in 2011. often on the customer themselves).

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Stories From the Road During ECF Week

eCommerceFuel

So anything that’s in the consumer product space that we think we can make more fun, we’ll make that, and then we’ll just trying to build a brand around it. Another one is our hipster kid line, which is sort of fashion-forward accessories for very young children. I’ve been in Brooklyn now since 2001.