Content Marketing

Over the past few years, we've seen massive growth in the number of online influencers and sellers, thanks in large part to the rise of the creator economy. Some estimates say approximately 50 million people worldwide are currently creating some form of content. However, many creators don't know how to grow their brand and successfully…

Demand for authenticity and representation from brands has caused the traditional influencer marketing model — which centered on brand-sponsored content from high-profile social media users — to decrease in its ability to engage and build trust amongst consumers. And with consumer spending starting to decrease as prices continue to climb, retail brands wanting to maintain customer loyalty…

With the spring shopping season coming up, most brands are focusing their marketing strategies on customer acquisition and sales revenue for the busy shopping months, when in reality, spring purchases should be the beginning of the customer lifecycle, not the end. In fact, if companies were to emphasize customer retention by just 5 percent, they…

The surge in e-commerce over the last couple of years contributed to a noticeable shift in consumer behavior — there’s no denying that. Instead of being drawn to in-store ambiance with décor and lighting or influenced by physical experiences with products, shoppers now make purchase decisions after engaging with imagery, video and other visual elements…

The retail sector was hit especially hard by the pandemic, with restrictions minimizing in-person sales, supply chain disruptions impacting inventory, and the Great Resignation hitting the labor force. To stay competitive, retailers pivoted to alternative strategies that allowed them to continue to engage with consumers, and keep them coming back for more. An area that…

Today, 24 million e-commerce stores exist worldwide and yet the industry is still growing. In 2020, retail e-commerce sales worldwide amounted to $4.28 trillion U.S. dollars, and e-retail revenues are projected to grow to $5.4 trillion U.S. dollars in 2022. This astounding progression shows no signs of stopping with more and more people shopping online,…

Many of the marketers with the largest ad budgets, both in the U.S. and globally, are either retailers or other marketers selling through retail channels. However, there are many cost-effective marketing channels that e-commerce marketers can use to compete and even beat some of the largest marketers in the world. The channel which has been most successful for…

People are overwhelmed. The pandemic has changed the world. Supply chain disruptions are turning short trips to the store into mini-adventures and starting to cause worry about gifts for the holiday season. So the last thing shoppers need is to be bombarded with endless and oftentimes generic brand messages and ads in their social feeds…

The holidays are right around the corner, and with 60 percent of consumers reporting they will mainly shop online this season, brands will need to get creative with their digital marketing campaigns to stay competitive. The pandemic has changed consumer behavior, both in regard to how they shop and what brands they trust. In fact,…

Product returns are a necessary evil for retailers; shoppers won’t buy without them, but shipping and return-to-stock costs have a major impact on revenue. Experts estimate the average return costs a retailer between 15 percent to 30 percent of the original purchase price, and cumulatively, returns cost retailers $550 billion every year. In our new…