Sephora execs may have heard Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen predicting the death of traditional retailers earlier this year. But with its leadership in digital and mobile technology, Sephora's future is bright.
It's the dawn of a new era in retail. The days of blaming the digital revolution for siphoning business are dwindling, as merchants are realizing that...
Consumers are simply more knowledgeable about what they are thinking of buying because of the continuing use of mobile and social. This trend can be seen world wide, especially in select Asian and African countries.
As a Ph.D. student in marketing, I have been extremely fortunate that I teach and learn in a cutting-edge facility with forward-thinking administrators.
As small businesses begin the year with a clean slate and new opportunities to increase brand visibility via social media, what is the most important strategy all businesses should employ in their marketing campaigns?
It's not a matter of will mobile be important for the future of your business, it's a matter of how you will adapt your business to meet the needs of the growing number of mobile consumers.
With so many people receiving Olympic results ahead of time, either through social media, live streams, or other live sources, the audience for time-shifted coverage should have plummeted -- right? Yet NBC's ratings were as strong as ever.
This is the case with Apple or Nespresso, where the actual physical stores look more like living spaces, with demonstration areas rather than checkouts. Everything is done so that the consumer feels at ease and spends time with customer advisers (not salespeople).
As digital merges more closely with the in-store experience, business owners should take advantage of what marketers have deemed the "SoLoMo" trend: Get Social, Think Mobile, Spend Local.
I still believe to this day the quote by Peter Drucker: "Marketing and Innovation are the only two functions of business." When your marketing is solid, all else falls into place.
While traditional digital marketing methods channels such as search and email still dominate retailers' marketing budgets, a new study sponsored by Br...
The National Hockey League has seen a 17% rise in NHL.com traffic and a 93% bump in mobile page views for the season to date over last year, the spor...
The changing face of shopping and the part the mobile is playing in this revolution via the "thumb" generation. Folks are moving from high street shop...
I attended my second Digital Hollywood recently in Santa Monica, CA. I was only able to make it out for a day due to a crazy work schedule, but I love...
The challenges for most retailers today are almost a replay of the ecommerce beginnings just played out at a faster pace on a splintered web and fragmented mobile ecosystem.
Is mobile just another channel to factor in to the mix or does it stand head and shoulders above all other channels because it promises deeper insight driven from detailed analytics?
In Japan and Korea, mobile coupons are already integrated into their shopping culture. However in the UK, Europe and America, mobile couponing has yet to take off.
Mobile technology, while still in its infancy, has gone from simply distributing horoscopes and ring tones to helping political and social justice movements quickly alert and even engage millions of people.