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How to Improve Digital Privacy and Trust Between Consumers and Companies

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers are quickly losing trust, and companies must act swiftly and responsibly to restore it. A Pew Research study reveals a concerning trend: 67% of consumers have little understanding of what companies do with their data, a sentiment echoed by an IAPP study which found that only 29% feel informed about how their data is protected.

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2018 Continues To Be Tumultuous Year In Smartphone Industry

Forrester eCommerce

2018 brought no calm to the smartphone industry, and Appleā€™s Q1 2019 earnings are an indication that this trend will continue this year. After years of consistent double-digit growth rates, a slowdown in smartphone sales that started in 2017 continued in 2018. In 2018, many of […].

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Under Armour Promotes EMEA Head to Newly Created Chief Consumer Officer Role

Retail TouchPoints

Under Armour has named Massimo Baratto to the newly created role of EVP, Chief Consumer Officer, to oversee all aspects of Under Armour’s consumer strategy across global marketing, ecommerce and retail. Kara Trent, a seven-year Under Armour veteran, will replace Baratto the SVP/General Manager of EMEA.

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The Top 10 Sessions to See at IRCE 2018

Optimizely

IRCE 2018 takes place from June 5 to 8 at McCormick Place West in Chicago and, with an agenda put together by the experts at Internet Retailer magazine, itā€™s a canā€™t-miss event for everyone in ecommerce. Here are the sessions you absolutely have to attend at IRCE 2018. Marketplaces in 2018 and Whatā€™s Coming in 2019. 97% of U.S.

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ā€˜Tis The Season For Consumers To Still Not Buy On Social Media

Forrester eCommerce

This blog post is part of Forrester’s Holiday 2018 retail series. Despite news of brands such as Nike, Adidas, Allbirds, and SeatGeek successfully selling on social networks, social media is still not a place that consumers buy products and services.

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Predictions 2019: Ethics And Consumer Action Transform Privacy Practices

Forrester eCommerce

2018 was a tumultuous year for privacy: The GDPR went into effect, California passed its Consumer Privacy Act, Equifax revealed the largest consumer data breach to date, and Facebook disclosed separate incidents of data misuse and a massive data breach.

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Consumer Marketing 2018: Build Emotion-Powered Brands With Dipanjan Chatterjee

Forrester eCommerce

I sat as a silent observer at an internal marketing workshop of a multi-billion-dollar consumer brand. WHAT DO EMOTIONS HAVE TO DO WITH BRANDING STRATEGY? They spoke for three hours about being customer-obsessed. They never spoke about the customer. Thatā€™s the old way of marketing.

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