Steve Dennis

MAY 14, 2020

While growing competition from the likes of Net-a-Porter, Farfetch, TheRealReal and many others, along with its own vendors’ dialing up of direct-to-consumer efforts, makes it difficult for Neiman’s to gain relative market share, luxury e-commerce remains largely Amazon proof. Department store woes have little to do with Neiman’s problems.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

According to McKinsey “What consumers value is truly shifting, and so is their channel choice. I do think that] mall traffic and department-store visits will be challenged going forward.”. There is far more behavior accessible from the online shopper than was ever visible in-store. In reality, the opposite is true.

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Steve Dennis

JULY 6, 2021

More recently, ebullient stories portend the resurrection of the mall and suggest that department stores are back (narrator’s voice: “Let’s not confuse better with good ”). Choice was mostly limited to what was in stock, accessible only during regular store hours. The hybrid supply chain.

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Steve Dennis

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Indeed, the customer is the channel and retailers with a more harmonized and remarkable retail experience generally outperform those that have failed to break down silos. The Bay has long suffered from the woes of unremarkable department stores. The lines are blurring. Digital drives brick and mortar and vice versa.

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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. While this was good news for brands that had or could set up ecommerce channels, it may have accelerated and intensified The Amazon Effect.

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RTP blog

APRIL 22, 2019

The path to purchase has become a complex fusion of multiple channels and devices, and many stores are struggling to keep up. retailers had announced the closure of a record number of stores, with Toys ‘R’ Us announcing 881 closures, Walgreens closing 600 outlets and Sears revealing plans to close 284 stores, according to Statista.com.

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Steve Dennis

OCTOBER 27, 2021

As has become all too familiar, the moribund department store sector is dominated by huge multi-story formats, most ranging in size between 150,000 – 200,000. The intent of these efforts is to optimize the existing model for what is presumed to be a smaller total addressable market. Open next door).

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Kibo

AUGUST 21, 2020

a department store), or it may have a small number of product categories but lots of variety within feature sets of product offerings (e.g. Kibo’s Monetate Product Recommendations gives merchandisers & digital marketers the power to show contextually relevant product recommendations without burdening IT resources. .

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Steve Dennis

JANUARY 8, 2019

For the most part, the department store sector is boring , characterized by me-too assortments, lookalike environments, rampant promotions and uninspiring customer service. Nordstrom was one of a handful of retailers that understood early on that the customer is the channel and it’s all just commerce. Innovation.

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Wiser

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Which Black Friday marketing ideas drive the most sales? However, one marketing tactic has stood the test of time, and for good reason: the promotion. . On the other hand , brick-and-mortar retailers and department stores, such as Macy’s and J.C. Which channels are used to deliver the promotions .

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Steve Dennis

JUNE 3, 2018

In the more than five years since the Ron Johnson debacle, Penney’s has tried many things to claw back lost market share, improve profitability and become more relevant for a new generation. Fourth, after being a laggard in e-commerce and omni-channel, Penney’s has taken steps to elevate these capabilities.

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Steve Dennis

MARCH 13, 2017

For a long time, the conventional wisdom has been that the luxury market was largely impervious to the ups and down of the economy. Yet recent results suggest otherwise and even with an improving macro-economic picture and booming stock market, most U.S.-based Perhaps this multi-year trend will start to reverse itself.

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Steve Dennis

JANUARY 19, 2022

While sales rung up in a digital channel will continue to grow much faster than those transacted in a brick-and-mortar location, all the metrics for physical retail in 2021 were strong. US sales achieved record levels. The Hybridization of Retail Takes Center Stage. (B). Retail has gone from being largely dualistic in nature, i.e

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ROI Revolution

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The holidays are a hectic time of the year, and there are countless opportunities to put your message out to the market. Galeries Lafayette, an upscale department store chain in France, hypothesized that this extra authentication step was deterring customers from completing their purchases. 2022 Holiday Ecommerce Trends.

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Sailthru

MARCH 8, 2018

Brands must have seamless integrations between channels and expedited shipping options. The research firm graded the brands based websites, store locators, fulfillment, ecommerce, email, mobile, and social media. Leader brands are lauded for making discovery effortless and sync local store inventories to checkout pages.

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Steve Dennis

JANUARY 9, 2018

In some cases, capacity must come out of the market to create any chance for decent profits to return. The department store space is a great example. Well positioned monobrand retailers like Uniqlo, H&M, Primark and Warby Parker also will continue to steal share from less compelling multi-brand stores.

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SellBrite

JULY 12, 2019

Just like the department stores of yesteryear and the convenience they offered, shoppers love online marketplaces — so much so, they spent $1.86 If you’re a seller on the move — perhaps you sell at brick-and-mortar popup shops or weekend markets — you can use the Sell on Etsy app to manage your store from anywhere.

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Payoneer

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The biggest challenge with opening up more contact channels is keeping everything straight and not making customers bounce from team to team to get an answer. This is where a multi-channel helpdesk that organizes customer conversations can help. Keeping the customer front and center pays off in your bank account.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2021

In retail markets where the customer experience is perceived at the same or greater importance of the underlying products and services, a lack of differentiation can rapidly undermine brand value. Trend 4: Proliferation of touch-centric handheld and ruggedized devices boosts omnichannel experiences and operational efficiency.

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BigCommerce

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

When you factor in the expanded ecommerce selling opportunities through omni-channel retail (like adding Amazon and eBay storefronts to your sales approach, for example), it’s easy to see that now is the best possible time to grow an ecommerce business. Kayla Lewkowicz, Marketing Manager, Privy. It’s Now or Never. Image source.

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365 Retail

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As the festive season draws nearer, multi-category online retailer Very continues to build momentum around its Very Best Excuses campaign, with a new 60 second TV ad, launched this week, that celebrates those things we can only get away with at this time of year. ? a multi-media ? all media channels ? advert is part of ?

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

When the first department store opened more than 100 years ago, the goal was to offer a multitude of specialty goods to a large number of people. Today, online stores serve that same purpose, but brick-and-mortar retail remains a powerful mechanism for both buyers and sellers. That said, there have been a few bumps in the road.

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ROI Revolution

AUGUST 5, 2021

As the most efficient, scalable way to buy digital ads, programmatic should be a strategy every marketer considers in 2021. Claim your copy so you can profit off of this channel’s meteoric rise. But with pandemic restrictions subsiding and in-store shopping making a return, will consumers’ preference for digital continue?

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ROI Revolution

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Shipping, inventory, and fulfillment are the basic underpinnings of a business that must work flawlessly for marketing & advertising to be worth it – and they are all in flux right now. In-store sales were up nearly 43% over Black Friday 2020, with department stores up 86.4%. billion in 2020. billion in 2020.

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ROI Revolution

MARCH 2, 2021

As COVID-19 shut down traditional sales channels for many B2B brands in 2020, the value of digital transactions grew 9.6% With consumers more concerned about their discretionary spending, the online resale apparel market is projected to double by 2024 ( Statista ). March 2 update. New COVID-19 data + stats. to reach $9.92 11/4 update.

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ROI Revolution

JULY 1, 2021

As the most efficient, scalable way to buy digital ads, programmatic should be a strategy every marketer considers in 2021. Claim your copy so you can profit off of this channel’s meteoric rise. Behavioral marketing strategies to reach back-to-school audiences at every step of their buyer’s journey. July 1 update.

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ROI Revolution

OCTOBER 1, 2020

department stores may not survive the pandemic. Will the pandemic be the end of department stores? Department stores have held strong to their fashion and apparel categories, but with apparel sales in a free fall across the board, many department stores are hurting as a result of COVID-19.

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ROI Revolution

JUNE 1, 2021

As the most efficient and scalable way to buy digital ads, programmatic should be a strategy every marketer considers in 2021. In this report, you’ll uncover full-funnel strategies, an in-depth analysis of programmatic ad types, and more so you can profit off of this channel’s meteoric rise. May 20 update. May 14 update.

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ROI Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2022

Shipping, inventory, and fulfillment are the basic underpinnings of a business that must work flawlessly for marketing & advertising to be worth it – and they are all in flux right now. In-store sales were up nearly 43% over Black Friday 2020, with department stores up 86.4%. billion in 2020. billion in 2020.

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ROI Revolution

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Many marketing experts expected social media usage to soar over the course of the pandemic due to stay-at-home mandates and people spending more time isolated. 11% of advertisers expect COVID-19 to significantly impact their ad spending in Q4 ( Influencer Marketing Hub ). department stores may not survive the pandemic.

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ROI Revolution

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Brands and retailers with brick-and-mortar locations can cope with this shift by offering options like buy online, pick up in-store and curbside pickup. Many marketing experts expected social media usage to soar over the course of the pandemic due to stay-at-home mandates and people spending more time isolated. 11/4 update. 9/9 update.

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ROI Revolution

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Digital emerged more than ever as a channel for consumers looking for home products. increase over what expert marketing analysts expected. By 2025, the global consumer electronics ecommerce market is projected to be worth over $511 billion. Facebook and Google channels drove growth several times that of online stores.

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ROI Revolution

JANUARY 5, 2021

While this isn’t as pronounced of an increase as we saw in 2020 from 2019 ($600.1B), marketers and executives should note that these are levels of ecommerce that experts didn’t expect we would reach until 2024. 11% of advertisers expect COVID-19 to significantly impact their ad spending in Q4 ( Influencer Marketing Hub ). 11/4 update.

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ROI Revolution

OCTOBER 7, 2021

By 2025, the global consumer electronics ecommerce market is projected to be worth over $511 billion. Facebook and Google channels drove growth several times that of online stores. The global apparel market was still worth a whopping $1.5 Digital ad spend in the electronics category will account for 9.2% trillion by 2030.

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ROI Revolution

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

department stores may not survive the pandemic. Will the pandemic be the end of department stores? Department stores have held strong to their fashion and apparel categories, but with apparel sales in a free fall across the board, many department stores are hurting as a result of COVID-19.

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ROI Revolution

MAY 6, 2021

With the rapid shifts that took place last year, 2021 will be about finding ways to reach wary consumers and filling your marketing toolbox with innovative strategies to stand out. After the most online-centric year since the dawn of digital marketing, the digital triopoly (Amazon, Google, & Facebook) has shifted in some notable ways.

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ROI Revolution

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The home décor market is expected to be valued at $202 billion by 2024, a 20% increase from 2019. Unpredictable shopping habits and behaviors, the ever-present dangers of another pandemic wave, and the volatility of a market that soared unexpectedly last year will make this holiday season a time of ecommerce instability. YoY growth.

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