Customer Acquisition

5 Secrets to Maximize Retail Sales in 2016
January 13, 2016 at 11:26 am

Retailers are gearing up for the new year. With all of the worldโ€™s bounty just a few clicks or taps away, the competition will be fierce. Use your wits and data to put your best foot forward. Here are five tips to help you get started: 1. You donโ€™t need much data to start targeting: Theโ€ฆ

Free Webinar: 2016 Retail Email Trends
December 28, 2015 at 4:32 pm

In this fast-paced, interactive webinar, our expert panel will discuss 2015 successes and look forward at retail email trends for 2016.

Missed Opportunities With Holiday Shoppers
December 23, 2015 at 12:22 pm

Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone, along with any doubt on just how much the holiday retail landscape has changed. Overall, signs are better for e-commerce companies than for brick-and-mortar stores, as seen in the results from the holiday weekend: while Black Friday in-store traffic slipped, online shopping surged, up 18 percent on Black Fridayโ€ฆ

The Psychology Behind Consumer Decision Makingย 
November 6, 2015 at 11:50 am

In todayโ€™s age of increased dependence on technology, consumers have at their fingertips more information than ever before. By the time they actually step foot in a store, many already have the facts, figures and details of each option available to them. Todayโ€™s consumers are therefore much more complex, and no longer solely price focused.โ€ฆ

Sears Launches Home Services Site
November 3, 2015 at 10:26 am

Sears, which recently launched a โ€œMeet With an Expertโ€ service for online shoppers, is upping its online offerings once again. The company announced on Monday the launch of SearsHomeServces.com, a new website that promises to โ€œsimplify how homeowners repair, improve and maintain their home.โ€ The new service, according to Sears, will provide average cost andโ€ฆ

This is Macy's Idea of a Millennial Wonderland
September 29, 2015 at 10:42 am

Selfie walls! Wearables! 3-D printers! The newly renovated basement at Macy's massive flagship store in New York City's Herald Square is full of millennial buzzwords. It's called One Below, and the department store wants it to be a destination for young shoppers. One Below is part of a $400 million renovation at Macy's flagship location andโ€ฆ

Partner Voices: How to Optimize Images for Millennial Shoppers
September 16, 2015 at 1:46 pm

Over the past few years, the media has painted millennials as a generation of high-maintenance, lazy and entitled people. Considering that there are more than 75 million millennials in the U.S. alone, itโ€™s a bit faulty to lump them all together. These consumers vary drastically from one another. Theyโ€™re the most ethnically diverse generation ofโ€ฆ

Macy's New Partnership Aims to Boost Brand With Millennials
September 1, 2015 at 10:37 am

Macy's is partnering with a fashion startup to appeal to more millennials online. The retailer is collaborating with Brooklyn-based startup Nineteenth Amendment to offer clothing made from up-and-coming designers on macys.com. Nineteenth Amendment showcases fashions from independent designers and offers pre-sales for 19 days during which customers can plunk down cash on the designs. People who purchaseโ€ฆ