Social Media Marketing

Lowe's hosted a Facebook Live event this past Saturday to promote 11 Black Friday deals. Featuring HGTV's Drew and Jonathan Scott of the "Property Brothers," the 20-minute segment on Facebook Live featured a drone for kids at a discounted price, as well as a sale on iRobot Roomba 650 vacuum robot, Nucleus Anywhere Intercoms, and a Dewalt…

It's official: Digital technology has permanently altered the retail landscape. To examine why and how, Synchrony Financial took a deep dive into this reality with its current report, "Driving Shopper Engagement Through Digital Technology," which includes data from the 2016 Synchrony Financial Digital Study. The study, which gathered insights on mobile adoption and digital usage,…

The days following Thanksgiving in the United States are the start to the biggest shopping period of the year for many retailers. The jewels within that lucrative buying-period crown? Black Friday and Cyber Monday. More than 151 million people shopped either in stores and/or online over Black Friday weekend in 2015. Cyber Monday hit a…

As millennials (those aged 17-34) get older, their spending power will increase. It’s projected that this generation will collectively spend more than $200 billion in 2017, and $10 trillion in their lifetimes. Because of this, it’s increasingly important for brands to engage with and understand millennials. And good news: millennial habits make it a bit easier…

It’s hard for retailers to know what day and time works best for posts on different social channels, so TrackMaven tracked 17.5 million posts from over 17,000 brands between January and July 2016. Here's what the data revealed:

YouTube is a boon for makeup brands, spurred by various tutorial makers, such as Michelle Phan, Bethany Mota and Zoe Sugg. It's the ideal landscape in which to hawk beauty products, said Candace Corlett, president of WSL Strategic Retail, a consulting firm. "It's a platform for people to showcase themselves. And what do I want to show…

Halloween may still be over a week away, but retailers already have the winter holiday shopping season on their minds. In fact, almost three-quarters of retailers believe the holiday season begins by Nov. 1. Much planning and preparation goes into making the sink-or-swim holiday season as profitable as possible for retailers. Consider that 19 percent…

Over the past two years, we've examined the activity of hundreds of millions of global shoppers to identify trends and measure the pace of change in digital commerce. Using this data, we produce a quarterly shopping index that describes consumer engagement with retailers. The most striking feature of the data — beyond digital commerce's continued growth — is…

Birchbox, known for being one of the first online subscription services, is taking its pioneering spirit to Facebook Live. The beauty subscription service broadcasts videos via Facebook Live to show consumers product demonstrations, product highlights, and transformations (e.g., haircuts). Viewers get answers to questions in real time as well as information about the company’s subscription box. Each…

Facebook is making a new play for retailers. Yesterday, Facebook debuted a system titled "dynamic ads for retail" that will use personalization and location data to allow merchants to only serve promos of products that are actually available at a chain brand's location. Adweek reports retailers currently testing the new program are Argos, Macy's, Target…