For small businesses in the retail world, the impact of Covid-19 has been especially hard on those who were unable to sell online while their physical stores were closed. One in three specialty independent retailers doesn’t have an ecommerce-enabled website, but does Facebook Shops offer a simple solution for small businesses to get selling online? Why Sell On Facebook Shops? With over 2.6 billion monthly users, Facebook’s power and influence goes without saying and there’s more than
Beauty Matching Engine: Personalized AI Recommendations That Drive Online Beauty Sales
No-one could have realized the apocalyptic effect COVID-19 would have in our daily lives and the economy and in particular retail with the closure of many leading high street stores. It’s made brands, retailers, and consumers all rethink the future of retailing. Beauty Matches Engine Beauty Matches Engine™ (BME) is a solution for beauty specific retailers, e-tailers, supermarkets, hairdressers, and brands. BME is an innovative white-labeled AI-based personalization engine that predicts and personalizes the product
Is Millennial Shopping Behavior Really That Different?
Sometimes I groan when I hear the term millennial in a marketing conversations. At our office, I’m surrounded by millennials so the stereotypes of work ethic and entitlement make me cringe. Everyone I know that age is busting their butt and optimistic at their future. I love millennials – but I don’t think they’re sprayed with magic dust that makes them too different from anyone else. The millennials I work with are fearless… much like
A Snapshot of Omnichannel Consumer Buying Behavior
Omnichannel strategies are becoming more common to implement as marketing cloud providers offer tighter integration and measurement of strategies across the consumer’s journey. Tracking links and cookies enable a seamless experience where, regardless of the channel, the platform can recognize where the consumer is and push a marketing message that’s relevant, applicable to the channel, and guides them through to a purchase. What is Omnichannel? When we speak about channels in marketing, we’re talking about
The Impact of Secure Payment Solutions on Online Shopping
When it comes to online shopping, the behavior of the shopper really comes down to some critical elements: Desire – whether or not the user needs or wants the item that’s being sold online. Price – whether or not the item’s cost is overcome by that desire. Product – whether or not the product is as advertised, with reviews often aiding in the decision. Trust – whether or not the vendor you’re buying from can
The New ABC’s of Retail: Always Be Connecting
Brick and mortar retail outlets still drive a lot of purchasing power to their stores – and it won’t be going away anytime soon. But behaviors are changing, requiring the internal sales strategy within stores to build better relationships and experiences with their customers to ensure they keep coming back. This infographic from DirectBuy is a transparent look at their own challenges, how customer behavior is changing, and the new strategies they’re deploying. Perhaps my
How Online Shopping and Shipping Behavior is Evolving in 2015
I’m up in Chicago at IRCE and absolutely enjoying the event. The exhibition is so large that I’m not sure I’m going to make it through the entire event given the couple days I’m here – there are some amazing companies we’ll be writing about. The absolute insane focus on measured results by every exhibitor here is refreshing as well. Sometimes when I attend other marketing events, some of the sessions and focus seems to
7 Tactics to Increase Your Holiday Shopping Sales
We provided a ton of information earlier today on Holiday Sales and the associated dates, predictions and statistics, now we want to share an infographic on how you can take advantage of those trends to increase you online conversions during the holiday season. It’s that time of year again! The holiday shopping frenzy is about to begin. ShortStack rounded up a bunch of statistics (25!) about shopping trends, plus added a few ideas for Campaigns