
Retailers with shopping apps now see majority of e-commerce sales from mobile
For many retailers, mobile traffic equals or exceeds desktop traffic. Now, according to Criteo’s latest commerce report (Q4 2017), mobile...

Three ways retailers can deliver meaningful 1:1 shopping experiences amidst the retail apocalypse th
If you were paying attention, 2017 might have seemed like the year that industry pundits’ predictions about the death of retail finally...

Busting e-commerce myths that lead to bad marketing decisions
1. ‘Revenue and profit are the only KPIs that matter’ Early web marketers tended to be obsessed with metrics that had tenuous or unclear...

How should retailers respond to Amazon Go? 7 experts weigh in
Last month, Amazon’s fully automated grocery and convenience store, Amazon Go, opened in Seattle to widespread coverage — and long lines...

Shop ‘til You Click: Creating Shopping Campaigns at Scale
Join our panel of experts as they explore the challenging retail shopping landscape and provide strategies and techniques to maximize...

Apple HomePod gets mixed reviews, Nest returns to Google
The battle for the smart home is well underway, triggered by the advent of smart speakers. Apple’s entry, HomePod, will finally be...

Walmart buys a VR company on its way to invent ‘contextual commerce’
Walmart, which has been gearing up to take on Amazon’s continued competitive threat, added a new item this week to its arsenal: a virtual...

Data is a tough topic for businesses, especially for retailers
Capturing data isn’t hard, but figuring out how to use it is. Data is a tough topic for businesses, especially for retailers. It is one...

Big companies are treating Amazon like a branding channel
Big brands have been talking for an awfully long time about “acting nimbly” and instilling a “startup culture.” There’s a recognition...

Insights from our 2017 holiday retail survey
By most accounts, the holiday shopping season was an e-commerce success, with final tallies beating analyst estimates. Earlier this...

The 7 biggest trends driving customer loyalty
According to 3Cinteractive, 64 percent of brands reported an increase in loyalty program membership over the last year. Loyalty programs...

As world waits for iPhone X sales, Apple Services has become a Fortune 100 business
There are numerous reports coming out from financial analysts arguing that iPhone X demand is “soft” or that the company may even...

Amazon Go Store now open in Seattle — How disruptive will it be?
Roughly a year later than planned, Amazon formally opened Amazon Go to the public this morning. The store has been described as a...

It’s 2018. Are your Google Shopping campaigns ready?
What a year 2017 was for Google Shopping, right? The real question is, though: How did your campaigns fare? Stellar? Decent? Mediocre?...

From transaction to companion: Engaging at each level of the consumer journey
By not realizing the consumer journey continues long after the original point of purchase, marketers are missing an opportunity to build...

Optimize your holiday marketing dollars – long after the Christmas lights dim
E-commerce marketers had a lot to be thankful for in 2017. According to statistics from Adobe Digital Insights, digital transactions on...

Voice search in retail: Evolving the customer experience
Voice search stands to live at the heart of how retail marketers guide the customer experience into the future. Behind every voice query...

The big holiday 2017 e-commerce wrap-up: Adobe, NRF, Salesforce, Amazon point to another record seas
The 2017 holiday season was another record-breaker in online sales. Adobe reported $108.2 billion in online sales generated between...

Freckle CEO: Every single online KPI goes away with better (offline) attribution
It goes without saying that smartphones have radically changed the marketing landscape. One of those changes is the capacity to determine...
























