Category Archives: Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information

This sub-category encompasses identifying and understanding consumers, and information gathering and processing in retailing.

Devising Better Pins for Pinterest

Posted on April 21, 2015 by bermanevansretail

As more retailers utilize Pinterest, they need to understand what make excellent business pins. Take a look at “The Perfect Marketing Pins for Pinterest,” a slideshow from Nivida Web Solution.      

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How Superior Retail Web Sites Get Designed

Posted on April 20, 2015 by bermanevansretail

We can learn a lot from how the best Web sites get designed. As Austin Knight writes for HubSpot: “Style guides have always been a staple of design, with some print versions dating back to over 100 years ago. But as design for … Continue reading →

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Esty: A New “B”usiness Model

Posted on April 17, 2015 by bermanevansretail

As we’ve written before, Etsy is an innovative retailer. Its company philosophy is described at its Web site: “Etsy is a marketplace where people around the world connect, both online and offline, to make, sell, and buy unique goods, The heart and soul … Continue reading →

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