Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Consumers commonly invest in the product recommendations of their chosen influencer; others are turned away by what they deem inauthentic content. This paradox signals a growing trend: influencers can both entice and deter consumers. “In Influencer Red Flags For The Consumer: Beware of ‘Over-Sponsored’ content.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As The Wall Street Journal noted, consumers are making 8% more trips to different retailers as inflation impacts household budgets. The Journal also reported that consumers are traveling to cheaper zip codes to shop and are joining loyalty programs to take advantage of promotions in greater numbers, according to retail analysts.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

With the growth of buy online, pick up in-store and expedited shipping options, consumers experienced firsthand the ease of digital shopping versus going to the store to make a purchase. This, coupled with the rise of social commerce, has indicated major potential for retailers to adopt social advertising into their marketing mix.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

But consumers are demanding in other ways, too. According to a study by UC Today , 90% of consumers expect to have an omnichannel retail experience when we shop. Digital channels are alive with opportunities to dazzle consumers. But where does that leave your marketing strategies for the humble shop floor?

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Desire Company CEO Eric Sheinkop discussed the survey results with Retail TouchPoints : Retail TouchPoints (RTP): What’s the significance of the fact that so many consumers doubt influencers even use the products they’re recommending? It’s mental exhaustion for consumers and also a lot of money wasted by marketers.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 11, 2025

By offering participants a chance to win a fun prize through this type of consumer promotion, you can create excitement for your brand, attract new customers and keep existing consumers coming back for more. Sweepstakes are often used by brands to promote products and create buzz. Increase website traffic?

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 18, 2023

Zeropark offers commerce media solutions, targeted at retail brands and agencies looking to drive incremental performance and efficient sales with sustainable, cookieless and 100% brand-safe advertising. The solutions are designed to meet consumers while they’re in a shopping mindset and at their highest moments of intent.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Out-of-home (OOH) advertising has played an integral role in the media mix for decades due to its influence and impact. adults have noticed an OOH ad within a one-month period and 78% of these consumers took some sort of action after, according to research from Morning Consult and the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA).

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The Black Friday Cyber Monday sales period has expanded to become ‘Black November’ this year, with many retailers and brands starting their promotions earlier than ever. However, many consumers only appear willing to buy if there’s a significant markdown involved, so where does that leave retailers?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 3, 2021

A unique opportunity: promotions. Yet according to POI , 69% of retailers believe the time required to create a promotional plan is “highly burdensome.”. The act of coordinating a promotion is not a siloed project. So how can retailers make the right pricing and promotion decisions to truly boost profits without wasting time?

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Retail Focus

MARCH 25, 2025

Inflation has an impact on nearly every aspect of the economy, including raw material costs, wages, transportation, and, ultimately, the prices consumers pay for goods and services. Rising costs and shifts in consumer behaviors have a significant impact on the retail industry. Value replaces aspiration across advertising.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 30, 2025

As online purchases increased and face-to-face consumer engagement with staff reduced, more and more retail brands leaned into communications that reflected this new reality. They focused on purpose, product superiority, promotion and emotional benefit. Employee-centric communications were relegated to the scrap heap of advertising.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

There are a lot of theories about how inflation, supply chain constraints and other dynamics will impact consumer behaviors. But clearly deal hunting is top-of-mind for older consumers: while 55% of Gen Z consumers said they plan to spend more on holiday shopping and celebrations, a mere 39% of millennial shoppers intend to do the same.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

James Weiss, Managing Director, Big Drop If the social media platform goes away, millions of passionate consumers — not to mention the brands that use the platform to connect with them — will be devastated. Retail TouchPoints: What makes TikTok such a powerful platform, both for consumers and marketers?

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 24, 2021

consumers spent an estimated $14.9 These have made it generally legal to sell CBD nationally while simultaneously making it difficult to advertise , especially since major platforms like Facebook, Google and Amazon currently ban the promotion of CBD products. It is a great tool to use on our site and in advertising.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 7, 2024

Meta has introduced a series of new generative AI tools to help advertisers automate and scale the “diversification of their creative,” which company executives said is key to seeing success from advertising campaigns on its platforms, including Instagram and Facebook.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 26, 2024

Leading the charge in innovative, consent-driven strategies is the adoption of zero-party data , or data that consumers proactively share with a brand. Elevating First-Party Data Amidst the Decline of Cookies Begin your retail advertising endeavors by embracing first-party data. The question remains: where and how should they begin?

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2023

The lottery is like a black box, leaving both players and advertisers in awe. For brands and advertisers in this space, the mystery is deeper. Players dream of that jackpot lifestyle while advertisers seek to comprehend the minds of those captivated by the various games that could get them there. What fuels their curiosity?

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Inside Retail

MAY 5, 2025

Whether through influencer-led shopping events, interactive livestreams, or shoppable posts, brands can engage consumers in real time and reduce the friction between discovery and purchase. Screens are no longer just for advertising, theyre re-shaping the in-store experience and are an extension of digital shelf management.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Privacy and data regulations – such as Apple’s App Tracking Transparency Framework – have severely limited the data that brands and advertisers can collect on users of these channels. As a result, brands won’t be able to spend the budget they want on customer experience, which is bad for consumers overall.”

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The advertising industry is managing growing fears of inflation and an economic downturn as many top retail brand advertisers are dealing with the effects. Even companies less dependent on advertising, such as Microsoft, reported a $100 million loss in revenue in its second quarter due to a reduction in ad spending.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 28, 2025

Consumers love to find a bargain, and promoting discounts and sales is a central tool in retailers’ arsenal to drive sales and traffic. The first situation arises when retailers advertise a product at a sale price compared to a higher regular” original “compare at” or “strikethrough” price.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 14, 2025

Ankos Folding Juicer appears to be lime-sized in a yellow colourway, missing numerous functional features and is advertised as a lemon juicer. If you can prove that someone’s copied your idea or that they are using your images to promote their product, you can get it taken down pretty quickly now, he followed.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2023

Some of the world’s biggest advertisers, from food giant Nestle to consumer goods multinational Unilever, are experimenting with using generative AI software like ChatGPT and DALL-E to cut costs and increase productivity, executives say. Media value is the cost of advertising needed to generate the same public exposure.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Consumers today expect immersive, content-rich ecommerce sites, yet if a site takes longer than four seconds to load, 63% of shoppers will abandon it altogether. If that was consumers first interaction with Uplift Desk, we knew they were not going to have a great interaction and they were going to bounce and go somewhere else, Burrow said.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 10, 2025

Retail is undergoing a generational shift, and at the center of it is a powerful and misunderstood consumer: Gen Z. Authenticity Over Advertising Gen Z grew up with endless access to information and a finely tuned radar for inauthenticity. However, Gen Z doesn’t shop like their predecessors.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 25, 2024

First-party data allows customers to be segmented into groups that brands can tailor relevant, timely promotions to – no more emails promoting children’s clothing to bachelors who have only ever bought menswear from you, for example. “If you know who someone is, you’ve got their details; that’s very powerful.”

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The holiday shopping frenzy is officially in full swing now that Thanksgiving weekend has ushered in Cyber Week dealmaking, and brands are pulling out all the stops to capture consumer attention during the most lucrative retail season of the year.

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Promotions Customer Experience Consumer Accessories 173

Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Within the heavily regulated CBD industry, it’s difficult for brands to advertise their products across the same depth and variety of channels afforded to companies in other categories. Due to compliance regulations, CBD brands have limited options when it comes to promoting and selling their products.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 12, 2021

Online surveys have long reigned near the top of the ad testing toolkit by providing the fastest, most efficient way to gather valuable consumer feedback throughout the creative process. But realizing these benefits has generally required that researchers forfeit the open-ended questions that allow them to truly “hear” the consumer’s voice.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Both CVS and 7-Eleven are expanding their retail media offerings to include in-store audio: CVS has partnered with The Trade Desk and Vibenomics to develop a self-service programmatic audio offering, while 7-Eleven is expanding its partnership with Qsic to bring audio advertising to all 12,000 of its U.S. stores by the end of 2025.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Simply put, Adaptive Retail is any commerce experience that brings consumers what they want, wherever and whenever they want it. The next generation of consumer is scrolling on social platforms, they’re binge-watching on streaming platforms, theyre spending their time playing games Minecraft, Roblox, Fortnite, Spatial.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 9, 2021

If you’re a consumer brand in a category with Amazon private label, however, Amazon’s private label presence certainly feels more pronounced. Amazon controls the inventory, marketing and promotional strategy. In this case, the manufacturer is responsible for the inventory planning, marketing and promotional strategy.

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Tokinomo

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

From dynamic digital displays to voice-activated promotions, in-store media bridges the gap between digital innovations and tangible experiences, offering a unique opportunity to influence purchasing decisions in real-time. Let’s dive into these exciting developments redefining in-store media in 2025!

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Inside Retail

MAY 2, 2024

Australia’s leading supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths, delivered their third-quarter results to shareholders this week along with new consumer insights. Both retailers reported that the current economic environment has challenged consumers’ discretionary spending and that households have evolved their buying habits to seek out value.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Black Friday is now an established festival of discounting, with many retailers offering up an entire month of discounting and some even starting Black Friday promotions as early as October,” Gary Whittemore, Head of Sales EMEA & APAC at RetailNext, commented. “But year-on-year , significantly weaker than September’s retail revenues.

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Federal Court has ruled that Harvey Norman, along with Latitude Finance Australia, made false and misleading financial claims in a national advertising campaign. “The financial obligations under a credit card are different to what was advertised by Harvey Norman,” said Asic deputy chair Sarah Court. .

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