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FIFTY Social Media Tips!

Vocus provides an integrated marketing and public relations software suite that “combines social marketing, search marketing, E-mail marketing, and publicity into a comprehensive solution to help businesses attract, engage, and retain customers.” The company has published a series of white … Continue reading

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New Ikea Catalogs: A 3-D Look

Ikea is one of the world’s best global retailers; and it is always looking for ways to excite its customers while also keeping costs under control — in order to maintain its low-price strategy and generate profits at the same … Continue reading

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Cross-Channel Retailing: A Special Report

Click the image below to access a new report on the multiple touchpoints involved with retailing today. This is a topic about which one can never learn enough! As the report notes: “The terms multi-channel, cross-channel, and omni-channel are used … Continue reading

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