
Top retailers spent majority of 2017 holiday ad budgets on TV, investing only 6% on Facebook ads
Source: Kantar Based on 2017 holiday ad spend, the top ten retailers in the U.S. spent a combined $1.2 billion on advertising during...

Jet.com lures Nike and Bonobos, launches custom brand ‘shops’ on the marketplace
Heading into the holiday shopping season, Jet.com has launched dedicated brand “stores” for Nike and Bonobos on its site. Why you should...

The 5-step approach to driving retail growth
But it’s not all doom and gloom. Brick-and-mortar retailers like Sephora, Zara, and Nike are bucking the trend. So are e-commerce...

How can Amazon chip away at the duopoly?
Twin Design / Shutterstock.com In September, Amazon reportedly became the third biggest ad seller in the United States. A new study...

Small businesses more likely to shift ad budgets from search, display, paid social to Amazon
Amazon advertising is proving to be a valuable channel for marketers, with many SMBs looking to increase their ad budgets on the...

80% of Amazon advertisers plan to increase budgets in 2019
NEW YORK – While recent quarterly earnings statements show Amazon’s advertising business is growing, a new survey by Third Door Media,...

Pinterest updates Ads Manager, rolls out Product Pins features ahead of holiday shopping
Pinterest announced Wednesday the first big refresh for its self-serve Ads Manager tool since its launch in 2016. The company also added...

Analysts agree: E-commerce sales set to deliver robust holiday retail growth
Forrester forecasts online sales to grow 13.5 year over year. EMarketer pegs e-commerce growth at 16.2 percent, while Internet Retailer...

How to use data to power target account selection
According to SiriusDecisions, a full 91% of B2B teams that are doing account-based marketing (ABM) see larger deal sizes from their...

How the Halloween zombies can help close your revenue gap
Now that everybody on your marketing team is back from their summer distractions, it’s time to get down to serious business – how to make...

Snapchat launches multiple e-commerce ad options in time for holiday shopping
Snapchat is rolling out a number of new e-commerce ad options ahead of the holiday shopping season. The company is making Shoppable Snap...

Have retail email marketers finally reached the mobile tipping point?
Email marketers, take note and hold on to your inboxes. We’ve reached the long-awaited mobile tipping point. For the first time ever,...

Snapchat partners with Amazon to let users shop from pictures
Snapchat is testing a new visual search tool and is partnering with Amazon to launch it. The new feature will make it possible to take a...

Report: 2018 holiday sales to grow 15%, driven by Amazon and mobile
Strong early indicators. The robust estimate (up from 13 percent sales growth seen last year) factors in indicators from last holiday...

Marketers prepare for changes in states’ sales tax nexus laws
It’s been two months since the Supreme Court ruled that states can now introduce legislation that will require e-tailers above a certain...

Amazon now 3rd-biggest digital ad seller in US
Amazon is set to bring in $4.61 billion from digital advertising this year, according to a new estimate from eMarketer. That only...

Shopify now lets stores create AR experiences for iOS 12
Shopify unveiled Monday new tools for their vendors to create augmented reality (AR) experiences. The announcement comes on the heels of...

How to turn negative online reviews into marketing wins
First, let’s look at why bad ratings and reviews aren’t as problematic as you may think. A 2017 study of more than 1.3 million local...

Instagram rolls out Shopping in Stories globally, launches Shopping channel in Explore
Instagram is expanding Shopping in Stories globally and launching a Shopping channel in its Explore tab. Since it began testing the...
























