by Jeff Weidauer — Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Vestcom International, Inc.
In reality, most retail loyalty programs are little more evolved than a basic paper coupon.
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For marketers, labeling a target market as "millennials" or "boomers" makes as much sense as grouping all the Capricorns together and targeting them.
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I spent the first 15 years of my retail career in operations, i.e. working in and ultimately managing stores. Those years gave me invaluable first-hand…
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The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has a new website called The Facts About GMOs. I’ve spent time reading through the various articles and op-eds…
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What are you doing about big data? That is a question making the rounds with retailers today. Or turned around it’s, “What am I supposed to do about big data?…
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The supermarket industry is notoriously frugal. Rarely is an article written in the mainstream media that doesn’t mention the razor-thin margins retailers…
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The National Grocers Association and Supermarket Guru released some teaser facts from their Consumer Panel Survey that will be released at the annual…
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New research from the NPD Group shows that nearly 100 million people (or about half of Internet users) listened to music online in the past three months. No…
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The term “Black Friday” is a familiar part of the holiday shopping season, with retailers going to great lengths to capture shoppers’ attention right after…
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Last week I was in California visiting family, but like most of us on "vacation" these days, I was still working in my subconscious. One of my goals while…
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