Category Archives: Part 3: Targeting Customers and Gathering Information

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

PLEASE Be a Smart Customer: 2014 Holiday Shopping Tips

Originally posted on Retailing: From A to Z:
Every year, I offer a list of holiday shopping tips intended to help shoppers avoid overspending their budgets. Since the holiday season starts earlier and earlier each year, I’m moving up my…

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Do Better at Customer Referrals

We know that positive customer word of mouth (in person or electronically) can have a dramatic impact on firm performance. Here is a nice infographic by Forewards, a specialist in customer referrals for small firms: “If your business is like … Continue reading

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Cyber Monday Getting More Mobile

According to research conducted by AppLovin and reported by Marketing Land: Using a mix of its own data and third party data, mobile ad personalization platform AppLovin is predicting that nearly 30 percent of Cyber Monday transactions this year will … Continue reading

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