Inside Retail

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The future of augmented reality (AR) in retail was on full display at a pop-up event hosted by makeup brand Pat McGrath Labs and Google earlier this week. ” The rise of AR in retail Pat McGrath Labs is the most recent beauty brand to join Google’s AR roster, following the likes of Charlotte Tilbury, L’Oreal, and MAC Cosmetics. .

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 21, 2021

In the world of ecommerce, Google is a bit of an anomaly: while a relatively minor player in the marketplace landscape compared to giants like Amazon and eBay , it is at the same time central to the shopping journeys of millions of consumers every day. We’re Not a Retailer, We’re Not a Marketplace’.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

“Natural” was the word of the day at Google ’s third annual SearchOn event , where the tech giant unveiled a host of new ways it is working to make search, translation, navigation and discovery online work and feel more like it does in the real world. The biggest way Google is doing this is by making its search more visual.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Now the site, which gets its revenue from ad sales, is preparing to become a retailer, potentially selling animal-themed apparel or souvenirs. Retail TouchPoints (RTP): How did Animals Around the Globe start? Christopher Weber: I was working at Google with my co-founder Jan Otte.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Note that while an integrated digital marketing campaign provides audiences with familiar content across platforms, it does not use the same ad across all channels. An easy way to start is with the ad manager available through most platforms. For example, Facebook ads will need to be vastly different from TikTok ads.

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Retail Focus

JUNE 26, 2023

Search Engine Optimisation has never been more critical and having a solid SEO strategy is imperative as many online retailers struggle to get the rankings, on page one, that they want. It’s what Google (other search engines are available) considers your ‘earned’ content and that is one of the critical parts of its algorithm.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Marketers had better figure out a plan fast, because Google has announced that, come January 2024, marketers will no longer be able to track browsing data via third-party cookies on the browser Chrome, by far the world’s most popular consumer browser option, with almost two-thirds of the market share.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 16, 2023

You’ve got to get in there,” he urged. How do you get somebody to buy the $300 cashmere sweater versus the $50 sweater? When you’re trying to change behavior and [introduce] something new that will revolutionize [a category or experience], that absolutely needs a writer to help change minds and get people excited.”

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 28, 2023

Digital advertising is designed around ecommerce; all ad platforms are built ‘ecom first.’ Let’s start by looking at why this is important. This means that the incremental effect of every ad dollar spent is always less for existing customers than new customers. The key to success is knowing WHY you do it.

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It started in 2018 when pioneering marketing executive Melanie Babcock saw an opportunity to let the Home Depot’s suppliers bid for retargeting traffic. She got her start at a web development agency in the early days of the internet, helping brands build websites and buy keywords (that very first of digital marketing tactics).

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 12, 2020

In the world of e-Commerce, Amazon is continually seen as the industry leader, but recently Google has been flexing its retail muscles by opening its shopping platform to advertisers. It’s no surprise that we’ll continue to see e-Commerce brands appearing on Google Shopping as an additional channel.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Digital advertising, whether it’s placed on search engines like Google or social media sites like Facebook, is the lifeblood of a successful ecommerce site. Getting the most mileage from every dollar spent on ads has become more important than ever. Something like Ad Protect helps us key in on the winners.”.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The new features “are starting to be reflected in our overall results,” he said. Google Cloud margin was 9.4 The company has also launched Buy With Prime, a service that enables Prime subscribers to get one- and two-day shipping from merchants who may not be on Amazon.com. Ad revenue rose 27 per cent to $14.65

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 13, 2022

Rightly so – it’s virtually impossible to run digital ad campaigns without being comfortable with performance metrics, analytics and optimisation techniques. . The issue is two-fold: missing crucial data due to humans blocking ads, and inflated metrics due to bots clicking on ads and infiltrating digital conversion funnels.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 10, 2020

The uncertainty created by COVID-19’s resurgence means e-Commerce is going to remain top-of-mind for the foreseeable future, which makes a strong performance on Google Ads vitally important. The way retailers are combating Amazon on the Google Ads platform goes back to the fact that all traffic is not created equal,” said Farrell.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 14, 2021

Metrics including return on ad spend (ROAS) and cost per click (CPC) improved significantly across multiple platforms as retailers refined their efforts and drew in new customers. Consumer demand for greater privacy is already posing challenges, but there also are new opportunities such as reducing the space between ad and purchase.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 4, 2024

Currently, international revenue from Australian merchants amounts to roughly AD$18 billion, making up 29 per cent of transactions from the industry. So, how can Australian e-commerce companies make sure that they get their piece of the pie? To get started with Airwallex, sign up for a free account now.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 10, 2024

Any business that wants to survive in the long term is going to have to make changes, because the legislation is starting to change. But I think there’s a risk in maintaining the status quo and not starting to look two, three years ahead when the way that we’re collecting data right now might no longer be legal.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

In new research that Google Cloud led in the U.S. A common question we get across industries is, “What makes generative AI different from other forms of AI that have come before?” At Google Cloud, we’re betting that in 2024 retailers will see the greatest impact for generative AI in five specific areas: 1.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

of online orders picked up in our stores, this gives our customers one more option and the added convenience and flexibility to control how and when they get that order.” The retailer also was an early adopter of traffic metering at the start of the pandemic. “With more than 60%. in Q1 and 35.1%

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Inside Retail

JUNE 30, 2022

The company, which owns The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Noel Leeming, Torpedo7 and TheMarket, has launched a new retail media platform that makes it easier for brands to place digital ads on Google, Facebook and TikTok, as well as The Warehouse Group’s own e-commerce sites. Reinvesting in price. The long-term average is 110.2. “I

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Through detailed instructions and clear pictorials, the toy company makes it easy for builders to get started quickly, without limiting their future ability to create just about anything their imagination allows with the individual bricks included in each set.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 23, 2023

Humans Must Work with AI for the Best Results The key to getting the most out of generative AI is maintaining consistency and the correct brand voice , according to Pye. Getting the most out of generative AI requires people and tech working in tandem to find the ways it best fits the needs of the company.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2020

Doing nothing is not an option, so here are six considerations for building an effective search strategy to help you get through the crisis and come out stronger. Retailers need to be tracking their onsite activity and interest, as well as using tools such as Google trends to keep tabs on what’s trending in their sector.

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Retail TouchPoints

JANUARY 18, 2024

Dave Kimbell, CEO, Ulta Beauty: “Ultimately every effort we have in delivering innovation starts with the idea of human connections; that’s so important in the beauty category. First and foremost, it has to start with how we can complement, elevate and highlight the human experiences that happen in the Ulta Beauty environment. [One

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Inside Retail

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The assets and opportunities of retail media include websites, EDMs, apps, in-store media – such as aisle-end or on-shelf displays and radio or TV – along with retailers’ social-media channels like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Snap and LinkedIn, and online platforms like Google Search and Google Shopping.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 19, 2023

Our platform and curation made an instant impact,” he added. Google’s impact De Gaetano, who spent more than a decade working at Google, started Crurated out of a sense of frustration at not being able to access some of the world’s top producers, and disappointment in the poor quality of wines bought at auction.

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 13, 2023

In a stunning example of the trend, a new Optus store that opened in Melbourne’s Bourke Street last month featured 63 screens throughout the store, installed in a partnership between Google Chrome Enterprise and Australian end-to-end digital signage agency Entwined.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 12, 2023

Google ’s doing it. So it’s no surprise that Meta is getting into the generative AI game as well. Cody Plofker, CMO of Jones Road Beauty (and also Brown’s son), shared how those initial tests were going at the press event: “I love the idea of getting more copy variations and ideas. Microsoft ’s doing it.

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Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

So it’s no wonder platforms are scrambling to address recent declines in ad sales even though it may be a losing battle, with macroeconomic headwinds and the impact of privacy updates permanently changing the world of digital marketing. social network ad spending forecast by $16.21

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Cisco Retail

MAY 11, 2022

Cisco Workload Optimization Manager (CWOM) recently introduced support for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), providing visibility, insights, and actions for the top three public cloud providers. Once a Google Cloud Platform Service account has been added, the Workload Optimizer Manager will automatically discover the infrastructure information.

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Small Biz Trends

AUGUST 27, 2022

For example, Facebook Groups and Google Analytics are ubiquitous in many circles. A franchising model gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to buy into an existing business system, instead of starting from scratch. But the franchise you choose should provide you with the tools and systems to get started quickly.

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Ads are everywhere and Japanese consumers are very receptive to advertising. Search advertising is a $17 billion business, dominated by LINE, Twitter, Facebook, Japan Google and Yahoo Japan. Yahoo Japan also has a big reach for display ads. The school calendar year also starts in April.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 25, 2021

There appears to be one clear answer of where to start: first-party data. They just want to make sure they get something out of it.”. One likely outcome will be an increased reliance on the so-called “walled gardens” of Google, Amazon and Facebook , to name a few. The Demise of the Third-Party Cookie.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 3, 2024

The tech is integrated into beauty brands’ and retailers’ websites so consumers can browse authentic video and photo reviews from their recommended Hue Twins to get a clearer sense of how a product will appear on them. Reflecting on that experience, it goes back to the emotional side of Hue,” Clay stated.

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Small Biz Trends

JUNE 14, 2022

? Soon, Google Analytics 4, or GA4, for short will be replacing the previous three versions of Google Analytics. Anil: GA4 is the free and latest version of Google Analytics. It’s called GA4, which is short for Google Analytics 4. Google Analytics 4 vs Universal Analytics and Previous Versions. What is GA4?

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Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Lucky for you, video marketing experts have been optimizing their content for a while now, matching high-performing types of videos to different — and crucial — marketing objectives you’ll need to get your app out there! So much so, in fact, that searches beginning with “how to” are among the most popular queries on Google!

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