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4 Steps Retailers Can Take to Market Themselves in a Recession

Retail TouchPoints

Marketing is often first on the chopping block during a recession, and with GDP contracting two quarters in a row, retail marketers are working hard to determine how to make each dollar go further. Many organizations will cut marketing spend in a bid to preserve margins. Investing in Long-Term Brand Building.

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The Rise of the Digital Showroom

Retail TouchPoints

Own your audience’s comparison shopping experience. Comparison shopping is a major part of the showrooming experience for most consumers. In a branded B&M environment, the comparison process works to your advantage: you win no matter which item they choose to buy.

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After Summer Sale Comes Amazon Prime Day — Retailers Must Prepare

Retail TouchPoints

Brands can use Amazon’s June summer sale shopper data to help formulate their Prime Day strategy, such as better targeting and personalization based on comparison shopping habits, price sensitivity and search behavior. Last year, a study noted that 68% of shoppers planned to comparison shop against Amazon on Prime Day.

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Ecommerce with Flair: Digital Tools for a More Inspiring Online Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Like the Macy’s Christmas window displays of the 1950s, retailers can find ways to pique the customer’s interest and add a little inspiration to the online purchasing process. The luxury goods market is an excellent example of where consumers have become accustomed to bespoke experiences. Bringing Luxury Online.

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Building Loyalty Without Breaking the Bottom Line: the Dual Shipping Dilemma for Ecommerce Merchants

Retail TouchPoints

With rising fuel prices, supply chain and logistics challenges, and higher labor and production costs, retailers are struggling with how to efficiently deliver a high volume of goods to consumers who have quickly become accustomed to seamless purchasing experiences.

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Cars, Wine, Trees — COVID-19 Proved Once and For All that You Can Sell Just About Anything Online

Retail TouchPoints

DRINKS sells wine directly through its DTC platform Wine Insiders and also offers an enterprise solution to facilitate online wine sales at major retailers including Kroger , Thrive Market , Boxed.com , The Wine Shop on Instacart and its newest client, Macy’s. The numbers speak for themselves: Online sales of alcohol in the U.S.

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What Meta’s move away from Instagram Shopping means for retailers

Inside Retail

When Mark Zuckerberg and his Metamates first introduced shopping features on Instagram, they were no doubt eyeing the end-to-end experience of Tencent’s ubiquitous WeChat. The Asian market seems to have steered towards mega all-in-one apps. Meta’s value proposition in shopping has been thin on both sides of the equation.

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