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Location Data is a Must for Site Selection

Retail TouchPoints

Between difficult compliance requirements and the public’s general reluctance to shop in person at the beginning of the pandemic, many business owners have had to suspend plans for expansion, limit their operations or even shut down entirely. Consumer Behavior has Changed.

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The Road from Brand Safety to Corporate Responsibility

Retail TouchPoints

To effectively reach consumers and support publishers, marketers should be concerned about the quality of the publisher’s brand and the sentiment of the information their ads appear next to, instead of the generalized context. Work with companies that deeply understand audiences and check that they are not just looking at context (i.e.

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Elf on the Shelf CEO on the Brand’s Unlikely but Enduring Success

Retail TouchPoints

Image courtesy The Lumistella Company The success of the brand feels like something of a Christmas miracle to Co-founder and Co-CEO Christa Pitts, who launched the Elf on the Shelf with her twin sister, Chanda Bell, and mother, Carol Aebersold, in 2005. Pitts: Well, at its core this tradition is extraordinarily simple.

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How cult brand Nasty Gal is continuing to ride the vintage wave

Inside Retail

In 2005, when e-commerce and upcycling were still in its infancy in the mainstream fashion industry, entrepreneur Sophia Amoruso shook up the landscape when she launched her cult brand Nasty Gal on eBay from her apartment in San Francisco. KB: Our customers are at the heart of everything that we do.

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The Downfall of Sears, 5 Reasons Why it’s Struggling to Survive

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon Did you know that at one time Sears was the largest retailer in the world? A few decades later when Sears merged with Kmart in 2005 the combined organization generated a substantial $55 billion in revenue. That insight was the impetus for Sears’, at one time, immensely popular, catalog. That was back in 1969.

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With Consumers Awash in Subscriptions, Brands Set Sights on Paid Membership

Retail TouchPoints

Some stats support the gloomy outlook: according to Kearney , 40% of consumers feel they have too many subscriptions, and subscription ecommerce is predicted to have its slowest growth year on record in 2023 ( Insider Intelligence ). Today, brands are competing for consumers’ share of wallet. The reality though is less stark.

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Reducing Environmental Harm and Regulatory Penalties as Hurricane Season Nears its End

Retail TouchPoints

Its formation brought the season even closer to the record of 28 named storms set in 2005. Left in the storm’s path were many types of debris, including a massive amount of episodic hazardous waste at retail locations. In late October, Hurricane Zeta became the 27th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.