
Consumers have spoken: 2016 is the year of “webrooming”
It’s no secret that shopping in the last decade has been an evolving journey between in-store and online environments. And as consumers’...

Why mix-and-match marketing is the way forward
Remember “You’ve Got Mail”? Before it was a rom-com starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, it was an amiable AOL greeting accompanied by a...

Christmas in July: 4 ways to maximize your holiday ad budget
When it comes to advertising during the all-important holiday season, there isn’t such a thing as “planning too early.” The competitive...

On Prime Day, 74% of all US e-commerce happened on Amazon [Report]
Almost three out of every four e-commerce dollars spent by US consumers on July 12 were spent with Amazon. You may recognize that date as...

Back to school 2016: A shopping season for the books
It might be hard to believe, but July is in full swing, and the lazy hazy crazy days of summer are quickly slipping by. Before you know...

3 retail strategies to beat Amazon this holiday season
It’s that time again. Time for retailers to rally their troops for the end-of-year holiday shopping season, getting strategies and...

Holiday Retailer 2016 begins: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…
No matter the marketing discipline, preparation is a key ingredient for success. That’s the philosophy behind the annual midsummer...

Holiday marketing: Take some cues from 2015 trends
more people shopped online than in stores between Thanksgiving and Black Friday weekend. This shouldn’t come as a surprise; we all know...

Amazon avoids a #PrimeDayFail on social media this year
That smile on the Amazon logo is especially appropriate today. In addition to a 60-percent increase in sales over last year, Prime Day...

Amazon’s competitors saw a boost from Prime Day, too
As the second-annual Prime Day wrapped up on Tuesday, Amazon’s big sale day yet again helped lift all e-commerce boats — just not nearly...

Prime Day the “biggest day ever” for Amazon and its Alexa devices
Amazon reported earlier this morning that the second Prime Day was its biggest day ever. Despite some well-documented issues, orders were...

How retailers are getting mobile engagement wrong
from Walmart to Best Buy have alarmed shareholders and employees alike in recent years with struggling profits and slumping sales. For...

Amazon Prime Day competitors: Walmart, eBay & more aim to win over online shoppers
Now in its second year, many e-commerce sites are aiming to get in on the Prime Day buzz by offering special deals to win over online...

Report: Prime members in US will spend $75 billion on Amazon this year
A day before Amazon’s second “Prime Day,” a kind of Black Friday for Prime members, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP)...

Amazon finally enables product orders through Echo
An obvious feature has finally come to the Amazon Echo. Prime members now can talk to the device to order any Prime-eligible product that...

How e-commerce SEO matters in strategic redesign of web shops
Baking a cake is easy — when you use all the right ingredients from the beginning! But just imagine how it would be if you mixed the...

3 doable steps toward always-on, always-relevant marketing
the campaign is dead, there’s another celebrating its virtues. And while the future of marketing will likely be about continuously...

Shopping campaigns: Play like every day is a holiday
Shopping campaigns are becoming a major source of website clicks and revenue during the holiday season, and the “Shopping Campaigns: Play...

Amazon confirms Prime Day will return on July 12
As expected, Amazon is bringing back Prime Day — its biggest shopping day of the year — for a second go round. The company has announced...
























