Customer Acquisition

Why 75% of Shoppers Turn to Amazon for Brand Discovery
May 27, 2019 at 10:01 pm

Amazon.com is no longer just a place where shoppers turn to find their tried-and-true favorites in a pinch or at reduced (or free) shipping costs. According to our recent Amazon Shopping Behavior survey, the e-commerce site is now a bona fide product discovery hub. In fact, a whopping 75 percent of shoppers say they look…

3 Ways for Marketers to Overcome the Trust Gap and Build Brand Loyalty
May 23, 2019 at 11:50 am

With 2019 in full swing, retail marketers are recovering from the biggest drop in holiday-season sales since 2009. Not only was it a tough holiday season, but U.S. consumer confidence may be declining as well. Marketers are under the gun to perform against these odds, and building and maintaining customer trust is the key to…

3 Ways to Drive In-Store Business With Amazon Prime Customers
May 17, 2019 at 10:47 am

Every retail brand understands the e-commerce impact of Amazon Prime and its residual effect on brick-and-mortar locations. Prime satisfies the convenience factor today’s customers are craving — they prefer shopping from their couch over driving to your store. And with Prime membership growing at a rapid rate and more retailers closing their doors, it may…

4 Tips to Help DTC Brands Win Market Share
May 17, 2019 at 10:12 am

Recent research found that 81 percent of U.S. consumers will make at least one purchase from a direct-to-consumer (DTC) brand within the next five years. This form of selling directly tackles consumers’ biggest problems with the traditional retail experience, which range from inconvenient travel time to information dissymmetry and unpleasant negotiations. Companies like Shopify have leveled the playing…

3 Strategies to Improve Customer Acquisition and Retention
April 25, 2019 at 1:14 pm

Retailers today are faced with more competition than ever before, making it challenging to both attract and retain customers. Customer expectations are elevating too, driven by new technologies from point-of-sale engagement and artificial intelligence engines all aiming to enhance the shopping experience. Marketers must put their customers first by using data intelligence to stand out…

6 Tips for Engaging the High-Velocity Consumer
April 11, 2019 at 1:00 pm

In a retail landscape that changes exponentially, frequently, it’s easy to assume companies are at the mercy of an increasingly tech-driven era. In reality, it’s consumers themselves who are driving this supersonic change. Fueled by six major things that shift consumer behavior, these macro trends across society, technology, industry, environment, politics and creativity will keep…

The Year of Customer Profit: What 2018 Foreshadows for 2019’s Retail Reality
April 11, 2019 at 12:47 pm

The good news is that 2018 showed progress for retailers in several significant ways. DynamicAction’s Retail Index: 2018 Year in Review & 2019 Outlook demonstrates North American retailers exercised more restraint on promotions and improved their inventory value and consumer-driven curation in 2018. It’s a big step in the right direction, but it's just one of many…

The New Retail: Sell to Me in a Me2B World
April 1, 2019 at 11:06 am

Jeff Bezos said, “If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we´ll turn out all right.” Many retailers today seem to do exactly this and try to compete with Amazon.com. It's not rare that I have conversations with retailers about implementing strategies to compete with, or…