Category Archives: Part 8: Putting It All Together

This sub-category encompasses introlling and controlling the retail strategy.

The World’s Booming Dynamo of Online Shopping: Asia-Pacific

Even with a population representing only 5 percent of the people worldwide, North American consumers have always led the way with the highest regional market share of global online shopping. However, as eMarketer reports, in 2013, Asia-Pacific consumers will begin … Continue reading

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E-Scores: A New Way of Mapping (Secretly) Consumers’ Buying Traits

Depending on your perspective — as a retail business or as a shopper — there is good/bad news about the latest technological advances being used to track shopping behavior. There is now an incredible amount of in-depth information being gathered (unbeknownst to … Continue reading

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Retailer Responsiveness to Social Media

Demandforce and Column Five developed the neat infographic displayed below. All retailers could learn more about their social media strategies and efforts from this infographic. Click the chart to go to the site of the infographic.    

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