
Yext Launches Xone Beacon Network For Offline-To-Online Engagement
Yext, which has primarily been a business data and presence management company, has launched Xone, a new (free) in-store beacon program...

4 Lessons Retail Marketers Can Take From High-Growth Fashion Brands
E-commerce is a rapidly expanding piece of the retail pie, so it’s no surprise that online growth is top of mind for fashion brands....

Consumers Want Personalization, But Retailers Just Can’t Seem To Deliver
Personalization is a buzzword that means different things to different audiences. Generally it’s presented as a solution to a host of...

Amazon Points Retailers To Shopify As It Nears The End Of Its E-Commerce Platform
An announcement posted on Shopify’s blog today says Amazon Webstore owners can now “seamlessly migrate” their Amazon store to the Shopify...

4 Trends to Help Drive More Purchases This Holiday Season
In 2014, consumers demonstrated striking differences in their online buying behavior during the holidays compared with the rest of the...

Early Report Shows Jet.com Driving Strong Sales Volume, Attracting Repeat Buyers
Jet.com launched with fanfare at the end of July as the deeply-funded Amazon rival that was going all-in on offering the lowest prices. A...

E-Commerce Conversion Rates Improve In Q2 After Several Declining Quarters [Report]
In a reversal of what was looking like a year-long trend, e-commerce conversion rates improved year-over-year in Q2, according to the...

The Psychology Of Clicking “Buy Now”
Just about everywhere you look, you see messages to buy now! What’s the deal behind the “buy now” method? Is it effective? What causes...

Gilt Shows How Apps And Online Shopping Are Coming To Apple TV
The new Apple TV is all about apps (more on that below), with the new Apple TV App Store, and that includes apps that will let us shop...

EBay Celebrates 20th Anniversary With “20 Days Of Deals” Promotion & Major Update T
Today, the site is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the release of eBay 4.0, an updated version of its mobile apps, as well as...

4 Reasons Brands Should Sell Directly To Consumers Online
Traditionally, brands sell direct to big retailers and use distributors to reach small and independent shops. It’s a model that’s worked...

Capitalizing On The Digital Trail To The Offline Purchase
As marketers, we hear it all the time: We need to understand the consumer journey. It’s impossible for legacy marketing metrics to keep...

59 Percent Of Retailers Have Already Started Their Holiday Promotions [Survey]
With September upon us, 59 percent of retailers in the US and UK have kicked off their holiday promotional campaigns, according to...

October’s The New December For Mobile Marketers
Nope. Don’t say it. If it starts with a “Merry” or “Happy,” it’s way too early. It seems the holiday season comes sooner and sooner every...

3 Steps To Better Holiday Insights With Cohort Analysis
Holiday planning season is in full swing, which brings up some big questions around customer retention. How do holiday customers compare...

Retail Marketing Strategies: Connecting The Dots
Today’s retailers are still very much siloed between operational, brick-and-mortar, and digital and social mobile teams. Often, store...

US E-Commerce Sales Jump 14 Percent, Account For 7.2 Percent Of All Retail
E-commerce sales in the US shot up 14.1 percent to $83.9 billion in the second quarter compared to Q2 2014 when adjusted for seasonality,...

XpressBuy Announces Integration With Four New E-Commerce Platforms
The e-commerce/buy button platform XpressBuy announced Wednesday its launch on four new e-commerce platforms: Demandware, IBM WebSphere...

StepsAway Solves The “Beacon Problem” For In-Mall Retailers And Shoppers
Earlier this month, Target announced a 50-store beacon rollout. This is a big deal; retailers have been testing and flirting with beacons...
























