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

Retail TouchPoints

Retailers naturally plan a lot of spend around this, with extra staff and extra marketing. But their return to our shores after the pandemic has been far slower than Americans’ — flight bookings are down around 50% of pre-pandemic levels. Here’s why.

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For Better Customer Experience, Make Your Website Easier to Search

Retail TouchPoints

Customer experience (CX) optimization is a necessity for ecommerce retailers and other online businesses that want to convert visitors, drive sales and cultivate customer loyalty. The costs of a poor search experience go beyond lost sales and loyalty opportunities.

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The CFO-CMO balancing act: Marketing efficiency goals that keep everyone happy

Inside Retail

In today’s complex retail landscape, chief marketing officers (CMOs) find themselves in a perpetual balancing act. You need to drive growth, deliver compelling customer experiences, and demonstrate a tangible return on investment from your marketing initiatives. Here are strategies for success: 1.

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4 Steps Retailers Can Take to Market Themselves in a Recession

Retail TouchPoints

Marketing is often first on the chopping block during a recession, and with GDP contracting two quarters in a row, retail marketers are working hard to determine how to make each dollar go further. Many organizations will cut marketing spend in a bid to preserve margins. Investing in Long-Term Brand Building.

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How Data Security Shifts are Driving New Marketing Mandates

Retail TouchPoints

And for the most part they didn’t mind — if they were offered personalized experience across channels in return. And this disruption has implications across so many different touch points for marketers, from your advertising to your data platform stack , right to your martech and adtech. adults and 125 marketers.

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4 Tips for Driving Digital Sales in Hyper-Dynamic Markets

Retail TouchPoints

On one hand, the volume of business transacted online continues to grow at a breakneck pace while it has been getting exponentially harder to connect with would-be customers. According to recent Statista Market Outlook reports, the global transaction value of digital payments is as follows: 2020: $5.2 Digital ad spend is growing fast.

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CMO Council: Marketers Move Further into the Sales Game, Boosting Revenue Opportunities — and Challenges

Retail TouchPoints

The importance of top-of-funnel marketing is growing as shoppers become better informed and more likely to do their own research. Marketers should think beyond marketing ,” said Tom Kaneshige, Chief Content Officer at CMO Council in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. They’re in the revenue game now.

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