Category Archives: Part 2: Ownership, Strategy Mix, Online, Nontraditional

This sub-category encompasses retail institutions by ownership type, retail institutions by store-based strategy mix, and Web, nonstore-based, and other nontraditional forms of retailing.

A HubSpot Study: Social Media Posts and Interaction

Posted on March 28, 2015 by bermanevansretail

How well do industries do in their social media engagement? Is the frequency of posting related to the level of audience participation? HubSpot recently conducted a research study on this (“2015 Social Media Benchmarks Report”). The full 49-page report may … Continue reading →

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How Shipping Options Can Affect Online Purchase Conversion

Posted on March 27, 2015 by bermanevansretail

We know that not revealing shipping information until a customer is ready to pay for an item can have a dramatic impact on shopping cart abandonment. But another shipping topic that has not received as much attention relates to how … Continue reading →

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Have You Mastered Twitter Yet?

Posted on March 25, 2015 by bermanevansretail

With the growing popularity of Twitter as a business communications platform, companies have various decisions to make — including these: Does every tweet mentioning the firm’s name require a response? How should firms respond to positive tweets? To negative tweets? … Continue reading →

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