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From China to India, how the world’s retail markets stack up: report

Inside Retail

In an era marked by economic flux and shifting consumer preferences, the global retail landscape stands at a pivotal juncture, ripe with both challenges and opportunities. China is the world’s largest retail market, accounting for almost 50 per cent of global retail transactions. It was valued at $3.8

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Amazon holds 42 percent of the online retail market

Retail Wire

Sellers on Amazon.com’s marketplace account for 25 percent of the total U.S. market share of e-commerce spending and 60 percent of the platform’s total sales, according to eMarketer. Amazon’s direct sales represent another 17 percent of the market.

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To Email or Not to Email: The Pros and Cons of Retail Marketing Approaches

Retail TouchPoints

Some people check their email accounts hourly while others always have thousands of unread emails in their inbox. With so many unique approaches to connectivity, retailers often struggle with effectively reaching their customers. Yet despite the complexities, an effective personalized approach to marketing is critical to success.

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How to Develop a Retail Marketing Personalization Roadmap in 5 Steps

Retail TouchPoints

Here are five achievable steps to developing a retail marketing personalization roadmap that will boost your profitability by helping you define your personalization goals, timelines and leaders. Understanding the current state of retail marketing personalization in your organization is important for defining your goals for its growth.

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An ad agency creative’s take on how to boost your BAU marketing

Inside Retail

In this excerpt from Unnecessary Tales of a Retail Marketer , our lead character discovers that balancing their gorgeous new ad campaign with the rigours of BAU is more annoying than they would like. Retail marketer: Got a brief for you. Retail marketer: The broader ad campaign is kicking goals.

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3 Ways Livestreaming is Shaking Up the Retail Marketing Playbook

Retail TouchPoints

As retailers shift more of their attention and dollars to digital content and community-building activities, livestreaming has moved into the spotlight. and global brands to consider its role in their marketing playbooks. Brands and retailers can tap the active communities of influencer partners by encouraging them to go “live.”

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Watch titans unite: Rolex acquires Bucherer and aims at pre-owned market

Inside Retail

While Rolex is an internationally recognised brand, Bucherer isn’t as well known outside of Europe and the US, and operates in a highly homogenised luxury and jewellery retail market. “I It’s driving customers into a dark secondary market, where they risk buying a lemon, or, worse, a fake,” he stressed.

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