Comoto’s director of omnichannel and e-commerce explains how the retailer is unlocking its marketing potential with first-party data. BlueConic on October 14, 2022 Retail is an ever-changing industry, but the last few years have been particularly disruptive. The COVID-19 pandemic triggered dramatic shifts in consumer behavior that left many retailers struggling to keep up. … Continue reading The Comoto Family of Brands accelerates omnichannel marketing with first-party data
By Yannise Jean September 22, 2022 As consumers increasingly research the background of the products they love—including who founded the brand—retailers like Ulta, Sephora, and even Target have curated their inventories in response. Now their stores spotlight minority-owned brands, and they’ve formed programs to assist these founders. Sephora, one of the leading … Continue reading How indie, BIPOC-owned beauty brands are shaping the future of retail
Data-Driven Riddle: B2C Brands Are Trying To Refine Their Strategies by Ray Schultz , Columnist, October 10, 2022 Brands have a long way to go before they get the maximum benefit from their data, judging by The B2C Perspective on Using Data to Predict Future Performance, a study from Pecan AI, conducted by Ascend2. Most B2C … Continue reading Data-Driven Riddle: B2C Brands Are Trying To Refine Their Strategies
How Older Brands Stay Relevant To Gen Z by Steve Ellwanger , October 7, 2022 Image above: Adding flavoring to make Cheetos even spicier. When it comes to CPG brands and their “magnetism” with the Gen Z cohort, it actually pays to be old. That’s because consumers born between 1997 and 2012 grew up … Continue reading How Older Brands Stay Relevant To Gen Z
Instacart Health Launches, Gives Brands Initiative To Connect With Consumers by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, September 28, 2022 Instacart launched a health initiative Wednesday focused on products, partnerships, research and policies to help consumers make better nutritional choices and highlight the ways they can use food as medicine to heal body, mind, and spirit. More than … Continue reading Nutrition-Focused Instacart Health Launches, Gives Brands Initiative To Connect With Consumers
How Brands Can Use AI For Strategy Work by John Connors , September 23, 2022 Very few things live up to the hype, but AI just might. If the Internet drove the last 25 years of marketing and branding, AI will likely drive the next 25. It will underpin most everything, including marketing and the … Continue reading How Brands Can Use AI For Strategy Work
The ABM Comfort Zone: B2B Brands Are Earning ROI by Ray Schultz , Columnist, September 21, 2022 Account-based Marketing (ABM) is working for at least some B2B brands. Of all B2B marketers, 53% of users say ABM generates more revenue than other marketing efforts. And it produces decent return on investment — for some. Granted, … Continue reading The ABM Comfort Zone: B2B Brands Are Spending On Process, And Some Are Earning ROI
Breathless Black Friday: Shoppers Wait For Discount Emails From Brands They Trust by Ray Schultz , Columnist, September 6, 2022 U.S. consumers are in a cautious mood, with 69% waiting until Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) to make some purchases, according to a survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers by LoyaltyLion. But businesses should be … Continue reading Breathless Black Friday: Shoppers Wait For Discount Emails From Brands They Trust
By Jessica Bursztynsky August 22, 2022 It seems like everyone is on BeReal these days—including Chipotle. BeReal, which launched in 2020, asks users to upload one post per day to provide a more authentic view of life for their friends. The photo prompts appear seemingly at random, and users have to send posts within … Continue reading Brands like Chipotle and e.l.f. are chasing buzz on BeReal, but will the love affair last?
Brands Selling On Amazon May Reduce Ad Spend Based On Added Fees by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, August 22, 2022 Brands and companies selling goods on Amazon this holiday season may need to cut back on advertising buys to cover other costs the marketplace is passing on during the holiday season. Amazon told third-party … Continue reading Brands Selling On Amazon May Reduce Ad Spend Based On Added Fees
