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WEBINAR: Personalization Rules the 2017 Holiday Season

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B2C marketers everywhere are in agreement: personalization continues to be vital for success, especially this holiday season. In the 2017 Ecommerce Holiday Report , which asked hundreds of ecommerce leaders how they’re approaching marketing this holiday season, 31% of B2C marketers say personalization is their #1 focus.

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Brand Loyalty Examples: 8 B2C Brands with a Rabid Fanbase

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Following in Apple’s footsteps, we’ve put together a list of B2C brands that have built up a loyal following of fans that have enabled them to grow and expand their businesses rapidly. STAT: From its launch in 2007 until the end of 2017, Brewdog has grown to more than 1,000 employees, and has brewed 343,253 hectoliters of beer.

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Should Your B2C Brand Switch to Direct-to-Consumer?

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There were 21 retail bankruptcies in 2017 alone — dubbed the “retail apocalypse” — and there doesn’t seem to be a turnaround in sight. Buyers today have simply changed the way they purchase products, with more and more of the B2C market moving online (or to Amazon) each year. But clearly, DTC is worth the effort.

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AdTech Is Losing The Plot On Made-for-Arbitrage (MFA) Sites

Forrester eCommerce

The company created the site in 2017 as a subdomain, stretched its own content to fit more ad formats (e.g., Last week, Forbes was accused of misleading major advertisers with a spoof of its own website – www3.forbes.com. forbes.com.

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Walmart Is Currently The World’s Largest Retailer, But Alibaba And Amazon Are Closing In

Forrester eCommerce

Global B2C eCommerce grew by 10% in 2017 to reach US$1.8 Marketplaces Grow Their Share Of eCommerce Fifty-six percent of global B2C eCommerce occurred via marketplaces in 2017. trillion, driven by online sales from brick-and-mortar stores and marketplaces.

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Every Marketer Must Become a Cutting Edge Technologist

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When you think of your role as a B2C marketer, does “technologist” immediately come to mind as a description? Consider the following stats from MarTech Today : The MarTech industry grew by 27% (1,500 new solutions) YoY from 2017 to 2018. The B2C marketer’s technology challenge. If it doesn’t, it should. …and much more.

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Brand Energy 2023: Here Are The Brands That Are Salient, Relevant, and Loved

Forrester eCommerce

BRAND ENERGY REBOOT In 2017, we introduced a seminal approach to understanding a brand’s performance: Forrester’s Brand Energy framework. Based on a survey of 4,436 US online adults, we combined iterative data-mining techniques and structured equation modeling to test millions (yes, millions!)