Monthly Archives: October 2013

A Holiday 2013 Forecast as an Infographic

Here’s an interesting holiday 2013 shopping forecast from Baynote.    

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What Retailers Need to Do to Thrive in the Years Ahead

As they plan for the future, retailers have many challenges to meet. In a new report, Ian MacKenzie, Chris Meyer, and Steve Noble of McKinsey & Company identify five key trends: “demographic changes, multichannel and mobile commerce, personalized marketing, the distribution … Continue reading

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Can Bricks-and-Mortar Retailers Get Better Consumer Data?

Online retailers are able to generate enormous amounts of information about shoppers — quickly  and inexpensively. Store-based retailers often wish that it was so simple for them to obtain such data. Consider these observations from Dawn Klingensmith, reporting for the Path to … Continue reading

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