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Retailing Leads U.S. Industries in Digital Ad Spending

Are you surprised by the title of this post? Or, is it something to which you were already aware? According to eMarketer: “U.S. retail industry ad spending on paid digital media will reach $12.91 billion in 2015 and grow to … Continue reading

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Revisiting Steve Jobs at Stanford: One of the Greatest Commencement Speeches Ever!

At this time of college graduations, take a look at one of the gold standards of commencement speeches — Steve Jobs’ 2005 speech at Stanford. It is truly inspiring and has been viewed more than 22 million times at YouTube. … Continue reading

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The Psychology Behind the Online Consumer Checkout

What aspects of consumer psychology should we be aware of when our company is engaged in online retailing? Take a look at this infographic from Great Britain’s 360vouchercodes.co.uk. Consumer Psychology & The E-Commerce Checkout  

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