Mobile Marketing

3 Ways Email Marketers Can Optimize Messages for Apple iOS 15
July 22, 2021 at 5:51 pm

In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Melissa Campanelli and Kristina Stidham discuss an article recently published by Total Retail, “The Death of the Open Rate: How Email Marketers Can Prepare for iOS 15,” authored by Greg Zakowicz, director of content at Omnisend. The article delves into the upcoming Apple iOS 15 feature…

Modern Mobile Shopping Journeys: The Retail Keys to Success
July 12, 2021 at 10:44 pm

Mobile has long been Americans' most popular and well-used screen, and that was cemented even more when we were all stuck at home for most of 2020 and early 2021. According to eMarketer, Americans spent over four-and-a-half hours daily on mobile last year. For retailers, the growth of mobile is a huge opportunity — and increasingly a…

The Post-Pandemic State of Mobile, Part 3: 4 Ways Retailers Can Establish an Effective Mobile Engagement Strategy
June 16, 2021 at 6:02 pm

During the pandemic, brands turned to digital initiatives to reach customers, not only for marketing, but also for other stages of the consumer lifecycle. Here at Vibes, our own data showed a 200 percent increase in automated mobile transactional messages from January 2020 to December 2020. The messages ranged from providing consumers with information about…

The Post-Pandemic State of Mobile, Part 1: How Mobile Data Overcomes Today’s Retail Challenges
June 3, 2021 at 4:43 pm

There’s no denying that 2020 fundamentally changed how consumers interact with brands. Smart marketers realized the need to understand changes in consumer behavior and leveraged consumer behavior data to develop effective retail strategies. Digital engagement initiatives — in particular, mobile engagement (text, mobile wallet, and mobile app push notifications and inbox) — have continued to…

What Retail Marketers Need to Know About Apple’s App Tracking Transparency Update
May 27, 2021 at 10:38 am

It feels like every year since 2016 has been hailed as the "year of mobile." The truth is, marketers, and especially retail marketers, recognize the steady increase in the importance of mobile as a platform, and have been increasing their investments in the channel every year to match. There are now over 3.6 billion unique…

DOOH Was the Rising Star of 2020. Is There Still Room for Growth?
November 4, 2020 at 1:15 pm

All advertising mediums are now under revised projections due to the change in the economy and consumer confidence. Desktop and mobile have seen the strongest rebound thanks to the accelerated shift to personal screens and increased time spent. However, given that 25 percent to 35 percent of consumers intend to reduce major out-of-home activities even…

Staying Relevant in What Could Be the Weirdest Black Friday Ever
October 22, 2020 at 3:04 pm

As the sun starts to rise, crowds gather outside shops, and more people arrive as opening time draws near. The store clerk makes her way to the front door to let everyone in, and the chaos begins. Without a care in the world, shoppers push through the narrow opening, shopping carts in hand, as they…

Mobile Retargeting: Why it Matters More Than Ever
September 24, 2020 at 9:58 pm

Last year, Apple’s App Store generated a whopping $519 billion in billings and sales. Keep in mind that the company didn't launch this platform until July 2008. So in a relatively short period of time, the App Store has not only become a huge business, but has spun off a myriad of transformative businesses like…