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A New Take on ‘Native Retail’: Boutique Hotel Chain Mint House Lets Travelers Shop Their Stay

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It’s an experience common to almost every traveler — you stay at a hotel and fall in love with the mattress, the sheets, the lamp. It’s great for brands, because they get the benefit of having these properties as marketing partners with showrooms that essentially act as free retail space.

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Why UK Retailers Should Save Some of Their Christmas Marketing Spend for Chinese New Year

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Retailers naturally plan a lot of spend around this, with extra staff and extra marketing. This means that marketing spend aimed at these high-spending visitors over Christmas is likely to get less return than usual. It is unlikely that travel next year will be back to the pre-pandemic peak. Here’s why.

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What is Geofencing Marketing?

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With geofencing marketing, or location-based marketing, this convenient strategy turns into a reality. What Is Geofencing Marketing, and How Is It Used? With technologies like GPS and radio frequency identifiers, marketers can specify a perimeter or boundary based on a real-world location. How can you leverage it?

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Nosto Acquires UGC Marketing Platform Stackla

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Ecommerce personalization platform Nosto has acquired visual content marketing platform Stackla , which helps marketers discover, manage and display authentic, influential visuals across all their marketing touch points via its AI-powered user-generated content (UGC) platform and asset manager.

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Why You Should Still Be Using Personalized Marketing to Boost Your Brand

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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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RICE22 Keynote: How to Turn Word of Mouth Into a Mighty Marketing Weapon

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As a marketing tool, word of mouth outperforms paid advertising on multiple levels, according to Jonah Berger, a marketing professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Marketers can multiply these types of triggers by associating products with more frequent events. When do we want them to think of us?

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The Power of Shared Experiences: Why Brands Should Prioritize Micro-Influencer Communities in 2024

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However, beyond celebrity mega-influencers, many influencers are curating a wealth of unique audiences that marketers may not be aware of. For example, micro-influencer Monet Hambrick combines her love of travel with her role as a mom of two to curate content specifically designed for vacation-seeking parents.