Marketing

How are direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands dexterous and competent in marketing trends where incumbents bumble? A few years ago, the marketing trend du jour was content marketing. Dollar Shave Club developed its “Bro talkin’ razors” campaign (not the official title!), creating the rare content marketing that didn’t make you cringe. But Dollar Shave Club was just…

School’s out for summer, which means now is the time for retailers to be formulating their strategies for connecting with back-to-school shoppers. With such a huge sales opportunity at hand, marketers can’t afford to rely on the same tired tactics. Back-to-school (BTS) shopping is a $82.8 billion market, second behind the holiday season, making this…

Legacy brands carry legacies for a reason. They have the history, heritage and name recognition associated with brand longevity, but sometimes all those years of experience can be a hindrance rather than a help when it comes to re-evaluating tactics to attract a new audience. This is where studying the strategies of direct-to-consumer (D-to-C) brands…

If anyone was hoping 2019 would be a gentler year for brick-and-mortar retail, those hopes have been dashed. A recent New York Times report showed that closures in the first few months of 2019 exceeded those for all of 2018, itself a tough year. Retail chains still face the migration of dollars to online and…

A year ago, marketers were experiencing a whole new kind of anxiety: the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) had just set in after months (if not years) of intensive scaremongering, and the wait was on to see what would happen. Would databases disappear? Would marketing results fall off a cliff? On the anniversary of…

Personalization has typically been an afterthought in the world of digital commerce, as limited insight into customer data and lack of technology often left marketers with few options. Today, with the rise of integrated CRMs, sophisticated website platforms, and advanced machine learning technology, brands and retailers have access to more data and more powerful technology…

Gone are the days of the traditional path to purchase, where customers followed a linear track, considered a handful of brands, and narrowed choices during an evaluation phase. A plethora of interaction points across smart devices and channels coupled with unprecedented consumer choice has made today’s shopper more empowered than ever — and turned the…

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In episode 203 of Total Retail Talks, Executive Editor Joe Keenan interviews Doug Zarkin, vice president and chief marketing officer at Pearle Vision, a leader in the optical retail category that provides exam and eyewear retail products. Listen in as they discuss Pearle Vision's pivot from being a promotional-driven business to one focused on touting…

In a session yesterday at IRCE @ RetailX in Chicago, a panel of retail executives covered a wide range of topics related to the future of the industry, including Amazon.com's growing dominance, driving elusive customer loyalty, and adapting their businesses for shifting customer behaviors. Diana Ganz, co-founder, The Groomsman Suit; Reid Greenberg, president, Vermont's Original…