Category Archives: Online Retailing

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

Gen Z: Digital in their DNA

This J. Walter Thompson Company report focuses on the newly emerging ‘Gen Z’: “Gen Z, the fledgling generation that follows the Millennials, can be considered the first true mobile mavens. They will take for granted a world of smartphones, tablets, … Continue reading

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Be Relevant. Go Local.

As Neustar Insights says in this white paper, there are many benefits to localization: “In the parlance of marketing, to localize is simply a way to target audiences. Localization, or geo-targeting, builds on what you know about your visitor’s physical location. … Continue reading

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Interested in Streaming Music? Then, Unlock the Spotify Universe!

According to Kevin Sintumuang, writing in the Wall Street Journal: “You could practically feel the air change as the tidal wave of hype came at us from across the Atlantic. There was this streaming music service in Europe called Spotify that … Continue reading

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