Marketing News

Amazon ownership boosting Whole Foods customer experience

June 24, 2019

Whole Foods is enjoying a 3.6 point increase on the annual Forrester Customer Experience Index, the biggest jump of any brand this year, and it's likely due to…

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Study: Emotion a critical aspect in customer decision-making

June 20, 2019

What and how a customer is feeling is important for brands that are striving to influence purchase decision and boost brand loyalty.

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Poshmark debuts home décor in-app marketplace

June 19, 2019

Social commerce platform Poshmark has launched Home Market, an in-app marketplace for buying, selling and engaging when it comes to home décor.

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Retailers have lots of data but little direction, reveals research

June 18, 2019

Retailers are collecting needed data, but one in three marketers don't know what to do with it, according to a Clicktale study.

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Father's Day spend to hit all-time high, predicts NRF

June 12, 2019

Spending on dads this year is expected to break the record books, with an all-time high of $16 million being doled out by consumers.

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Amazon launches another Go store in New York

June 11, 2019

Amazon opened the doors to its second Amazon Go store in New York this morning at 6 a.m., and the store marks the omnichannel retailer's thirteenth Go store in…

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Kroger puts CBD items on its shelves

June 11, 2019

The biggest U.S. grocery chain will start selling cannabidiol-infused products this week at selected stores.

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Farmstead deploys predictive machine learning tech to bolster customer service

June 6, 2019

Online grocer Farmstead is leveraging predictive machine-learning models in a quest to help shoppers find new and old favorites and for faster grocery list…

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Fashion retailer boosts store operations, customer satisfaction with Oracle technology

May 30, 2019

Kamal Osman Jamjoon Group LLC, a fashion retailer with more than 700 stores, now has a more unified view of operational data, improved store operations and is…

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Now on Amazon: Pre-fab, modular housing for sale

May 29, 2019

The latest product on Amazon is a house — rather several housing options in the pre-fab and modular fashion, and they're selling out.

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Albertsons refreshes Select brand, pumps up product offerings

May 24, 2019

Albertsons Companies Inc. is giving its Signature Select brand a big boost, adding more than 300 products and updating the branding this year.

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Storr raises $3M, launches peer-to-peer mobile marketplace

May 20, 2019

Storr, a San Francisco-based online retail marketplace, has raised another $3 million in funding led by Spark Capital and officially launched its peer-to-peer…

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Gas station retailers eating into fast food market share

May 20, 2019

Fast food restaurants have always been the go-to for a quick bite, but gas station convenience stores are coming on strong by improving their options. And…

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Research: Shopping is getting more mobile, more automated

May 17, 2019

Today's consumers are increasingly mobile and automated, according to a Blis research report, with 71% of consumers self describing as mobile and 61% willing…

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Nike prepping footwear sizing feature for app, retail stores

May 10, 2019

Nike wants to make sure its customers buy footwear that fits and is prepping a Nike Fit functionality in its app and within physical store locations to make…

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Survey: 64% of customers are drawn to 'illuminated signs'

May 8, 2019

A survey by NeonPlus found that 64% of customers are more attracted by stores that have eye-catching illuminated digital signage. The company surveyed 1,00…

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Why Amazon is adding 'inc' to domain name

May 7, 2019

Inc domains are launching Tuesday for general availability and that means any business and individual around the world may have access to a domain ending that…

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