Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 3, 2023

This was especially evident on Black Friday, when many merchants offered steep markdowns to compete. Fake accounts are often aged so they appear legitimate and circumvent validations during checkout. Shoppers expect a frictionless, optimized experience from login to checkout. Neil Cohen is Chief Marketing Officer at Kasada.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 26, 2023

It’s hard to believe that the invention of the UPC — first used by railroads almost 100 years ago and then introduced to speed grocery checkout lines back in 1974 — hasn’t changed. Walmart mandated that its suppliers put it on products by 2022, which has made a big impact on RFID adoption. Doesn’t that sound amazing?!

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 17, 2021

Retail expert and QUT professor of marketing Gary Mortimer said it’s a good result for Coles considering that it was cycling the effects of panic buying in FY20, but he noted that supermarket sales are likely to remain subdued. Coles’ supermarkets, liquor and express business units reported strong sales, which were up 3.1

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Retalon

APRIL 27, 2021

Traditionally, retailers have treated forecasting, planning, pricing, inventory, and promotions (marketing) as completely separate domains, often with competing mandates. Promotions can increase foot traffic and sales of market basket items, while simultaneously cannibalizing sales from a variety of other SKUs.

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Wiser

AUGUST 3, 2017

Value and mid-market retailers tend to have giant red signs that take over their windows, websites, and marketing emails. One of the key metrics we track at Quad is called the Market Price Index (MPI). If shoppers thought that your markdowns were just a gimmick, they wouldn’t pay them any attention.

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Retail Adventures

JANUARY 1, 2024

Don’t wait too long to take a markdown. Marketing 35. Choose a professional email marketing company to create your campaigns. Host contests where the winner is notified via email and make asking for the shoppers email part of the regular checkout process. Create a marketing and promotions calendar for each month of 2024.

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Retail Adventures

AUGUST 25, 2021

Don’t wait too long to take a markdown. Marketing 35. Choose a professional email marketing company to create your campaigns. The Litmus’ " 2020 State of Email, Fall Edition " found that 78 percent of marketing executives indicated email marketing is vital to the overall success of their company, up from 71 percent last year.

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