Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 8, 2021

As technology and digital continues to infiltrate consumers’ lives, the need for human interaction and emotional connection is more important than ever. Take chatbots — we’ve all probably had frustrating experiences with customer support chatbots, where they are unable to answer a question or only have a determined set of answers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Today’s retail environment is challenging — whether it is price pressure from discounters, market disruption from online players, increased price transparency for shoppers or changing macroeconomics. Retailers must create experiences that are unique to their brand and tailored to individual customers based on their behavior, needs and habits.

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365 Retail

DECEMBER 12, 2023

On top of that, customers are demanding greater privacy and control of their data. To thrive in today’s fast-paced and dynamic retail environment, retailers must embrace the power of data and use it to bridge the gap between their customers’ needs and their business objectives. Earlier this year.

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365 Retail

JANUARY 18, 2024

The world of customer data is rapidly changing, and companies are responding with diverse strategies to stay ahead in this dynamic environment. The data foundation is behind the wall, and all the marketing and analytics tools get power from the foundation. Let’s dive in.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 28, 2020

Numerous industry experts have commented that COVID-19 has accelerated many existing retail trends, most notably consumers’ embrace of digital commerce. But what do those who are directly involved in decision-making — marketers on one side, consumers on the other — really think about this shift? 12 webinar.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the course of her expansive career in marketing, Kristen D’Arcy has worked for household names like American Eagle , PacSun , Ralph Lauren and Oscar de la Renta. Lesson 1 Build your core strategy around creating customer value: D’Arcy has worked for brands across a vast scope of categories.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 17, 2023

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data highlights a significant deceleration in inflation, now standing at half of last year’s peak. In response to this unpredictable economic landscape, consumers have recalibrated their shopping habits, demanding businesses to exhibit a newfound agility and innovation.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 14, 2020

Understanding consumer behaviors will be key to building (or rebuilding) a successful retail business in a post-pandemic world. However, retail marketers often lack the data they need to develop and execute more empathetic messaging. Last year the top priority was engaging customers in real time.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 20, 2024

Removing cookies will wreak havoc on marketers, as they won’t have access to third-party data that many companies rely on to target consumers with personalized ads. pop-up, giving you the option to enable that site to remember your data or not. Conversational commerce. Let’s explore. What is Conversational Commerce?

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

New to this year’s event is the Consumer Product Showcase , offering SMB brands the opportunity to show off innovative customer-facing products. The industry’s ongoing search for talent — a particularly challenging problem in today’s tight labor market — will be addressed in a number of NRF sessions.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 24, 2023

With so many unique approaches to connectivity, retailers often struggle with effectively reaching their customers. Yet despite the complexities, an effective personalized approach to marketing is critical to success. According to The Small Business Blog , emails are an effective marketing channel because most U.S.

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UpSellIt

MARCH 13, 2024

Seasonal marketing isn’t just about promoting products or services during specific times of the year, it’s about resonating with your customers as their needs, desires, and behaviors evolve with each season. As the seasons change, so do the lives and priorities of your target audience.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 17, 2024

Within the world of B2B and B2C commerce, where understanding consumer behavior is key, this change has spurred a quest for innovative solutions. It’s a catalyst reshaping the core of digital marketing. Consider the application in ecommerce where gen AI-powered chatbots redefine customer interactions.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 16, 2022

The importance of winning loyal customers depends on one-to-one customer personalization and engagement based on customers’ behavior and intent. As the benefits of personalization become more apparent, the rise in data privacy concerns and their impact on organizations are beginning to take center stage.

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Optimizely

JUNE 24, 2020

This guest post was written by John Gallagher at Vektor Strategies & Marketing. John joined the Vektor Strategies & Marketing team, looking to leverage his English writing background in a full-time digital role. Identifying change: Where 99% of customer lifecycle tracking falls short. Our clients’ customers will change.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 31, 2023

While consumer spending might be slowing as a whole — the National Retail Federation’s most recent analysis showed the year-over-year increase in consumer spending dropping from 4.2% The return to office (RTO) mandate is already strong in Europe and Asia and continues to grow in the U.S., in the first quarter to a mere 1.6%

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Optimizely

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Marketing during the Super Bowl. If you’re reading this blog on our site, it’s because you came here for information about collecting customer data. And I can’t think of a more efficient way to campaign directly to consumers than the Super Bowl. Now, let’s get to the heart of the matter. million U.S. Far from it.

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Kissmetrics

JUNE 1, 2018

Keep your customers from cheating on you. And, just as the number of ecommerce companies have exploded, so too has the consumer’s opportunity and willingness to switch brands. Consumers are inundated with Facebook and Instagram ads, and don’t bat an eye at the notion of switching from one shop to another, or to Amazon.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 15, 2022

New research from PwC has found that three in 10 customers are more likely to try a new brand — and that number is even higher among younger consumers. But winning (and keeping) customers’ loyalty is no longer confined to programs and points. Collect and Leverage First-Party Data .

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Kissmetrics

JANUARY 17, 2022

One of the most effective strategies to build a personal connection is personalized marketing. What exactly is personalized marketing, and what are the benefits ? Hint: It’s more than adding “$FNAME” to your email marketing!). Here is what marketers need to know about personalized marketing.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 25, 2022

This is before they even address the issue of managing customer data. Customers are also becoming more wary of the way retailers are storing their data. Businesses need to be transparent about their data protection approach and adapt existing procedures in line with digital innovation and regulatory expectation.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 5, 2024

The New Year saw a key step in the coming deprecation of third-party cookies, which have been one of marketers’ most powerful tools for tracking online activity for many years. Google’s move, along with increased privacy regulations (particularly in the EU), have put a premium on zero- and first-party data.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 27, 2021

There is a dizzying amount of change taking place right now in the world of marketing, from huge shifts in consumer behavior to tracking and attribution upheavals as third-party cookies go by the wayside. Check out our special report Modern Marketing Playbook: 3 Key Tactics for Engaging Customers in a Post-Cookie World.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 3, 2024

Chase Media Solutions is one of the first bank-led media offerings but it follows in the footsteps of the many major retailers drawing on their access to first-party customer data and close connections to consumers to help brands advertise to high-intent audiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 3, 2023

Forbes reports that companies are now faced with increased pressure to find new ways to track marketing behaviors. How can companies deliver personalized ads at scale, search for new customers and conquer new markets, launch effective marketing campaigns and optimize products and brand experience? trillion in value.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 9, 2021

These days, the framework for marketing success is still being driven heavily by a company’s media plan rather than in the context of overall customer health. But for consumer brands, the ultimate measure of marketing success is in fostering a better relationship with the customer. That needs to change.

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retailnext

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In today’s world, collecting data and basing decisions on the calculated data is critical to success, especially in the retail market. It is also critical to formulating an effective business and marketing strategy. Ensuring relevancy of products as per demand and the competitive market.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2023

Consumers are becoming increasingly mindful about sustainability when it comes to shopping habits, and luxury retail is responding by investing in sustainable initiatives that will protect the environment while still allowing them to continue delivering luxurious items.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In 2020, consumers spent approximately $630 billion on online shopping, and merchants lost $12 billion to fraud. Federal data indicates that impostor scams and ecommerce fraud topped the list. Consumers in every age bracket are in fraudsters’ sights. The youngest group of consumers is Generation Z.

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Optimizely

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

If you think about it, direct mail marketing has never really gone away. How come certain businesses still find direct mail marketing as an effective way to stay top of mind and engage with customers? What consumer demands does it still meet? a jury summons. How is its effectiveness measured? Direct Mail Use Cases.

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Kissmetrics

MAY 10, 2021

Here’s what you need to know about its effect on the digital marketing industry. Blockchain technology is a new way to secure your data. You can use blocks to store information like: financial transactions contracts medical data supply information confidential customer data. What Is Blockchain Technology?

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ESW

JULY 6, 2023

But as retailers and brands with DTC ecommerce channels know, meeting online customer expectations in an Amazon-dominated environment is challenging to say the least. Essentially, The Amazon Effect refers to the ways in which consumer expectations have changed as a result of shopping with the dominant online marketplace.

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Forrester eCommerce

APRIL 11, 2019

CMOs’ ability to impress and influence consumers becomes more difficult with each new technology and experience that enters the market. Despite a myriad of headlines about the awe-inspiring potential of AI or the wave of entrepreneurs dreaming up the next moonshot, consumers contend with more glitter than gold.

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Groove

APRIL 29, 2022

What is SMS Marketing? With this uptick in cellular device usage, SMS marketing is a hot topic for eCommerce marketers. So, what exactly is SMS marketing ? SMS marketing stands for Short Message Service 一 or text messaging. The Rise in Popularity of SMS Marketing Let’s go back to over a decade ago.

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BigCommerce

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Thinking of dipping your toes into the direct to consumer waters? In fact, according to IAB’s popular new study, The Rise of the 21st Century Brand Economy, the future of retail growth comes from direct consumer relationships. Today we’ll explore five essential elements your brand needs to know for going direct to consumer.

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Forrester eCommerce

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Customer experience (CX) has become the number one business priority for marketers. The percentage of European B2C marketers considering improving CX as their company’s top business priority has jumped from 26% in 2019 to 46% in 2020. CMOs are fully aware of the importance of customer data to personalise experiences.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 26, 2022

Brands are facing a customer data conundrum. While 49% of consumers say they’re frustrated by receiving irrelevant content and offers from brands, 45% say they aren’t comfortable sharing their personal data in exchange for more personalized experiences. Zero-Party vs. First-Party Data.

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