Category Archives: Online Retailing

Bricks-and click retailing and online-only retailing are covered here. There are lots of posts on multi-channel retailing.

Lessons on Social Media Behavior

I recently gave a talk about how to be more careful online — especially with social media. More and more, identity theft, invasion of one’s privacy, and other forms of online misbehavior have been occurring. Whether it involves Twitter, the … Continue reading

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Multi-Channel Trends

As we have frequently blogged (see this post, for example), multi-channel retailing is the wave of today and tomorrow. The retailers that succeed in the long run will be those that do the best job in this area. Recently, Platt … Continue reading

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Social Media Use by Race/Ethnicity

With the growth in social media use by consumers, it is especially important to know who is using social media. One interesting new study by eMarketer highlights the U.S. use of social media by race/ethnicity: “Hispanics are highly social online. … Continue reading

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