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The New ‘Pandemic Personas’: Defining the Seismic Shift in Consumer Buying Behaviors

Retail TouchPoints

The consumer buying behaviors retail marketers all once knew to be true experienced a seismic shift. He wants brands to take the time to study consumer behaviors and insights in real time, and use that data to personalize their marketing efforts specifically to Frugal Freddie’s needs. Socially-Conscious Sally.

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The Future of Experiential Retail

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers are no longer satisfied with just making a transactional product purchase from a brand; they crave a purchase from a brand they can get behind , a brand that has purpose, that works to build a sense of community, that offers consumers an interactive shopping experience. But what does that really mean?

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Holiday Shopping in a Post-Pandemic Era: What Retailers Need to Know

Retail TouchPoints

Mask mandates are returning, consumer confidence is dwindling and shortages have caused a strain on retailers’ supply chains. After a year-plus fraught with COVID-19 concerns and uncertainty, consumers are tired. Bose recognized the potential of search marketing as an essential advertising channel in 2004.

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Stockouts Are Costing You Money

Independent Retailer

In 2004, the Harvard Business Review interviewed over 70,000 shoppers to find out how they react to a stockout. Nine percent of customers decided simply not to purchase at all, while 15 percent of consumers pushed off the purchase decision. Since 2004, stockouts have only become worse for retailers.

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What we can Expect this Mother’s Day (Hint: It’s Going to be a BIG One)

Retail TouchPoints

For retail marketers and consumers alike, hope and optimism are not just on the horizon, but on the rise. Bose recognized the potential of search marketing as an essential advertising channel in 2004. We can anticipate buy online, pickup in-store deals to be an important driver this year.

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Honoring Black Business Month: Helpful Resources for Black Entrepreneurs

Rangeme

Black Businesses Month is celebrated during the month of August, building on a successful initiative that has been running since 2004. The consultant McKinsey has published research suggesting Black consumers are willing to shift about $260 billion of their annual spending to companies that better meet their needs. In the U.S.,

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

VMS

Consumers wanted berry spoons, mustard spoons, sugar spoons, and soup spoons in ever increasing variety.”. Right, Left: An advertisement for decor references the return of American soldiers from WWI (left). By 1915, Americans were reportedly consuming half of the global production of plate glass. SELL THEM THEIR DREAMS.