Online Marketing

3 Ways to Optimize Your Digital Out-of-Home Advertising
January 12, 2016 at 10:33 am

Despite the surge in online advertising, most consumers still do the vast majority of their shopping in brick-and-mortar stores. According to PwC, nearly 40 percent of consumers make purchases inside a physical store every week, compared to 27 percent who do the same online. Unlike online audiences, that may or may not be shopping whenโ€ฆ

5 Stories That Generated the Most Discussion in 2015
January 6, 2016 at 9:49 am

What follows is a list of the Total Retail content in 2015 that generated the most reader comments. Youโ€™ll see that our readers are highly engaged when it comes to content on shipping rates โ€” who isnโ€™t when it has such an impact on your bottom line โ€” social media marketing, payment options and cooperativeโ€ฆ

Winning the Hearts of Generation Z
January 5, 2016 at 10:47 am

Retailers, itโ€™s time to get your collective heads around Generation Z. This digitally savvy and demanding demographic is beginning to make its presence felt. Gen Z, or those born after 1995, already contributes $44 billion to the American economy each year. According to a report by advertising firm JWT, over 70 percent of parents sayโ€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.

Walgreensโ€™ Digital Strategy is Dangerously Boring
December 8, 2015 at 10:20 am

As a personal crusade to get retailers to actually use digital channels in valuable ways, I've taken on the National Retail Federationโ€™s Top 100 retailers list, and Iโ€™ve been evaluating the activities of these retailers in digital spaces: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, other social properties if itโ€™s appropriate, and then, of course, how well these activitiesโ€ฆ

Amazon Terminates Merchant Ads That Pull Visitors Offsite
October 16, 2015 at 11:22 am

Off-site sellers who enjoyed a steady stream of traffic from Amazon Product Ads will bid farewell to that at the end of October. Amazon.com disclosed over the summer that the service would end on Halloween. Likewise, what appeared to be a possible replacement, or even a competitor with Google AdWords, will also cease operation as Amazonโ€ฆ

How to Kick it Into High Gear for Last Weeks of Back-to-School
August 19, 2015 at 3:21 pm

The back-to-school (BTS) season kicked off for retailers as early as springtime, as brands developed fresh strategies and high-engagement campaigns to capture new customers for the second most important retail season of the year. While full-scale campaigns have long been executed, itโ€™s not too late for retailers to kick it into high gear during theโ€ฆ