
Placed launches TV screen-to-store offline attribution
Location analytics platform Placed (owned by Snap) is introducing TV-to-offline store measurement as part of its broader “Placed...

Moltin launches first web-based self-checkout at apparel retailer Stance
Self-checkout at brick-and-mortar stores has been a thing for quite a while. But it has required that customers download an app or use...

I’m a customer. Please get to know me.
Data collection is an issue right now — not because customers don’t want to give their data, but because they don’t see anything in...

Amazon owns more than 90% market share across 5 different product categories [Report]
Amazon is eating the world. Two recent reports illustrate just how much. In her anticipated annual Internet Trends report, released...

E-commerce highlights from Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report
As usual, this year’s Mary Meeker report from Kleiner Perkins takes a far-reaching look at internet trends and statistics. A large chunk...

Six Google Shopping opportunities you may be overlooking
As of Q1 2018, Google Shopping ads drove 76.4 percent of retail search ad spend, eclipsing text ads in markets around the world. As these...

‘State of Digital Marketing Analytics in the Top 1000 Internet Retailers’ from Cardinal
“State of Digital Marketing Analytics in the Top 1000 Internet Retailers” reviews the use of core web analytics technologies and examines...

Has Amazon ended its Google Shopping campaigns?
It looks like after a year and a half of running Google Shopping campaigns, Amazon has stopped bidding on product listing ads. According...

Report: Millennials least influenced by retail advertising, most active tech adopters
It may be that different generations have always shopped differently. However, new research from Euclid shows that millennials stand...

3 lessons learned from 365,000 Amazon furniture & home goods product pages
As in many markets, the tactics to successfully sell home goods and furniture on Amazon differ slightly depending on the price point. But...

Jeff Bezos confirms Amazon now has more than 100M Prime members
Jeramey Lende / Shutterstock.com Amazon has remained tight-lipped regarding its Prime membership numbers until yesterday, when CEO Jeff...

Closing the deal with in-store customers
Awareness advertising — whether delivered through TV spots, print pieces, online banners, social posts or mobile ads — is a key component...

Study captures new consumer ‘hierarchy of needs’ facing brands
Given all the politics and polarization in the market these days, it’s a bit of a minefield for brands. Loyalty is down, according to...

Consumers don’t want to think anymore
Expectations are moving so quickly that they’re outpacing the same technologies that are keeping retailers on their toes. At the...

4 ways brands can win the digital shelf in 2018
What drives shoppers to buy in the current retail environment? To find out, my company surveyed more than 1,000 US consumers who shopped...

How brands can engage with customers after checkout
The challenge for brands arises, however, when that customer leaves the physical confines of the store. The 1-to-1 conversation related...

Google launches cost-per-sale Shopping Actions, unified shopping program across Search, Assistant &#
Google has been working on retail challenges for some time. The problems: (1) how to make mobile shopping from its properties like Search...

Facebook introduces ‘store sales optimization’ and other ad improvements for retailers
Facebook is announcing three new offerings to drive mobile and offline retail sales. They’re really product evolutions or extensions of...

Google’s antitrust infringement continues ‘unabated’, Google Shopping competitors
Comparison shopping engines aren’t satisfied with Google’s response to the European Commission’s demand that the search giant give equal...
























