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#TBT: Service Merchandise Was the OG Multi-Channel Shopping Experience

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They offered a breadth of inventory that included fine jewelry, toys, sporting goods and electronics. These items included many children’s toys as well as smaller consumer or commodity items such as batteries, film and videocassettes. No shade, IKEA is the bedrock of everyone’s twentysomething apartments and beyond.) What’s Next?

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Build-A-Bear Names New Chief Marketer as Brand Evolves Beyond the Mall

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Build-A-Bear Workshop has appointed Julia Fitzgerald as its new Chief Marketing Officer with the goal of further driving the company’s profitable growth through the “strategic evolution of the company and monetization of the powerful brand equity.” The company also generates 10 billion media impressions annually.

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Retail Performance Marketers, Rethink Your Barometer of Success This Holiday Season

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With social marketing in decline , and with the economic uncertainty driving the need to reduce “awareness” marketing in favor of performance channels, the need for retailers to find new measurable, scalable marketing channels is more urgent than ever. So holidays are a huge deal for retail.

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eCommerce Marketing Leaders: The 20 Most Influential of 2024

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In the fast-paced world of eCommerce, where trends evolve overnight and consumer behavior shifts at the drop of a hat, the role of marketing leaders is more crucial than ever. As we step into 2024, it’s time to shine a spotlight on the 20 most influential eCommerce marketing leaders who are shaping the industry’s future.

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TikTok Shop Officially Debuts in the U.S.

Retail TouchPoints

Now it’s here: first launched in the UK and several Asian markets, TikTok Shop was quietly made available in the U.S. Brands have been clamoring to sell on TikTok almost from the moment the platform began its meteoric rise and the #TikTokMadeMeBuyIt hashtag proved its commerce potential. in November 2022. reads the company announcement.

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Is Retail Media Like Eating the Forbidden Fruit?

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Is the shiny new toy of retail media everything the market has made it out to be, or is there a second wave of transformation needed for marketers to make the most of their investments? In fact, CPG brand marketers often question the attribution and incrementality of onsite media. So, what’s not to love – right?

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Behind the Scenes of TikTok Shop with a Pioneering U.S. Seller

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Toy company Educational Insights launched in 1962, long before the internet existed. Now the company has become the first toy brand to test out the hottest new arena in digital selling — TikTok Shop. Now it’s here: first launched in the UK and several Asian markets, TikTok Shop was quietly made available in the U.S.

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