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How the Convergence of Content and Commerce is Collapsing the Traditional Marketing Funnel

Retail TouchPoints

The collapse of the traditional marketing funnel was a central theme of this year’s Advertising Week New York (AWNY), which brought thousands of executives from across the industry landscape to New York City for four days of sessions exploring the convergence of marketing, advertising, media and culture.

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How Holme Beauty is disrupting traditional makeup marketing tactics

Inside Retail

Makeup artist turned brand founder Hilary Holmes is challenging traditional beauty marketing tactics that leverage and profit from consumer insecurity through her cosmetics company Holme Beauty. The post How Holme Beauty is disrupting traditional makeup marketing tactics appeared first on Inside Retail Australia.

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What comes after performance marketing?

Inside Retail

Since the advent of paid ads on social media, performance marketing has reigned supreme, offering brands direct access to consumers and the ability to convert sales. There has long been speculation around the law of diminishing returns in performance marketing and brands’ decreasing conversion rates are starting to suggest the same.

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H&M’s sales drop after cold weather affected key markets

Inside Retail

H&M Group has booked lower sales in the fiscal third quarter amid cold weather in many key European markets. We are strengthening the H&M brand by investing in products, the shopping experience and marketing, which we are already seeing start to make an impact and which will contribute to increased sales and profitability.”

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. Whether you’re refining your customer journey or exploring ways to personalize engagement, we’ll provide insights that help you create adaptable models that move as fast as the market does.

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Thrive Market Taps Instacart to Launch New Retail Media Network

Retail TouchPoints

Health-focused online grocer Thrive Market plans to launch a retail media network powered by Instacart ’s Carrot Ads solution. Thrive Market will use Carrot Ads to help connect brands with its more than 1.5 million members through sponsored product and display ads on its own website and app.

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How fierce competition in digital channels is reshaping marketing budgets

Inside Retail

Competition in digital marketing is fierce: 81 per cent of retail marketing executives expect it to increase even further this year, and 69 per cent plan to raise their spending accordingly. The report was commissioned by Klaviyo – an intelligent marketing automation platform – in partnership with Inside Retail.

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Composable Commerce Reference Architecture 2024 Edition

Presented in partnership with commercetools, Contentstack, and Google Cloud, this edition is packed with new insights and practical examples to help you navigate changes in digital commerce and construct an adaptable tech stack optimized for efficiency and scalability.

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Marketing Ops: The New Revenue Hero

As data continues to play a starring role in today’s B2B organizations, both marketing and sales operations professionals are poised to solidify their place as critical revenue drivers.

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The Ultimate Marketing Efficiency Checklist

When times are tough and marketers are asked to do more with the same (or less), we have to make tough choices. Here are 7 creative ways marketers can work smarter (not harder) - with the resources you already have! However, you might be able to squeeze more value from the tools and processes you’re already using.

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Retail's Next Frontier: Exploring and Proving the Value of AI

It’s in customer service interactions, product recommendations, marketing outreach, and yes, even commerce experiences. AI is everywhere. But not every use of AI provides the same value to your brand.

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Best Practices for Marketing Database Cleanse

Finding a vendor to cleanse and optimize your marketing database can be difficult if you don’t know what to look for. ZoomInfo has produced this eBook to help marketing leaders understand best practices around cost and value when it comes to choosing a B2B contact data provider. This buyer’s guide will cover: Buying Considerations.

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ABCs of Data Normalization for B2B Marketers

It’s not a far stretch to suggest that the topic isn’t exactly what gets marketers excited in their day-to-day workflow. However, if lead generation, reporting, and measuring ROI is important to your marketing team, then data normalization matters - a lot. Well, marketers rely on this grouping to reach their goals.

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How To Craft Your Perfect Retail Tech Stack

Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Brian Walker

Distinguish credible vendors from the pretenders in a crowded market. Gradually upgrade your systems for continuous improvement. Debunk myths about modular strategies and understand their simplicity. 📅 June 20, 2024 at 9:30 am PT, 12:30 pm ET, and 5:30 pm GMT

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Marketing-Led Post-COVID-19 Growth Strategies

Any return to normalcy may seem far-off, but sales and marketing are on the front lines of restarting the economy. However, there’s no team better suited to lead that charge than the marketing department. Strategically aligning your systems and teams. Getting consensus on how to define “qualified leads”.