Category Archives: Social Media and Retailing

Retail conversations are increasingly two-way interactions; many blogs have a great impact on given retailers’ performance (and blog messages are not typically controlled by the retailers).

This Is a Big Deal: Black Friday Not Always a Bargain

This post is important enough as a consumer shopping tip that I am posting it at both of my blogs (bermanevansretail.com and evansonmarketing.com). I’m sure that more than a few retailers are not happy with the Wall Street Journal for publishing … Continue reading

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Online Versus Store Preferences (Attitudes)

How do shoppers feel about online versus store shopping? This infographic from Lab42 gives some good insights. Linked to Mashable

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Social Media Use by Fast-Growing Retailers

This infographic is based upon research on people’s social engagement with retailers by Exact Target.

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