Study from Blis found that in-store browsing was the number one way consumers discovered new products. Greg Sterling on June 28, 2018 A new survey of 2,000 US consumers from location intelligence provider Blis argues that, contrary to marketers’ perceptions, the dominant way consumers discover new products is in traditional retail stores. At the … Continue reading Report: Stores still critical in consumer purchase journey, above TV and social
Report Shows 83% Of Websites Have Issues by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, June 20, 2018 Every millisecond counts when a webpage loads in a browser window — yet nearly 83% of websites have issues that slow them down, according to a study released Wednesday. SEMrush performed site audits and created performance reports by analyzing 150,000 random … Continue reading Report Shows 83% Of Websites Have Issues
Vendasta offers an anti-churn formula of sorts to marketing companies serving the small business market. Greg Sterling on June 20, 2018 Customer retention is a persistent and vexing problem for many companies that serve the small and medium-size business (SMB) market. But enterprise software company Vendasta thinks that it has found a formula of sorts … Continue reading Report: Key to SMB advertiser retention is onboarding engagement and early upselling
Trends marketers should be paying attention to in the year ahead. Ginny Marvin on June 1, 2018 Advertising wasn’t a major focus of Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report this year, but the well-known internet analyst pointed out several interesting developments that affect the sector. Here we lay out some of the opportunities and challenges … Continue reading Digital advertising’s opportunities & threats from Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report
It cost nearly $55 to drive one incremental retail customer, while each customer visit to convenience stores cost less than $2. Greg Sterling on May 18, 2018 Location intelligence provider Cuebiq has released its latest Footfall Attribution Benchmarks report. The report asserts that it costs just over $23 on average for retailers and others … Continue reading Report: Cost to drive store visits varies widely by category, mobile most efficient channel
Automotive Websites See Higher Engagement Rates And Visits, Per Report by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, May 3, 2018 ‘Tis the season for buying a new car. At least for me. After relocating to Wyoming for the majority of the year, I needed a four-wheel drive vehicle. I opted for a 2018 Ford Explorer and … Continue reading Automotive Websites See Higher Engagement Rates And Visits, Per Report
Patrick Knight — April 26, 2018 Follow @veriato — April 26, 2018 Studies continue to show that insiders – whether regular employees, IT staff or contractors – can be just as or more damaging to an organization as outsiders. And it isn’t just malicious employees intending to directly harm the company through theft or sabotage. … Continue reading The 2018 Insider Threat Report [Infographic]
The bar is getting higher for retailers, and most of them won’t clear it. Greg Sterling on April 26, 2018 It may be that different generations have always shopped differently. However, new research from Euclid shows that millennials stand apart from earlier generations in their shopping habits and use of technology. The new Euclid report … Continue reading Report: Millennials least influenced by retail advertising, most active tech adopters
Katie Sweet — April 25, 2018 Follow @misskatiehrdy — April 25, 2018 Marketers have long dreamed about the possibility of communicating with customers and prospects at the individual level. But one-to-one communication isn’t achievable without technology that can collect, interpret and act on data in real time to select the most relevant experience for each … Continue reading 87% of Marketers Using Personalization Report Measurable Lift [2018 Infographic]
Product discovery and browsing cited by consumers as the main barriers to buying on smartphones. Greg Sterling on March 22, 2018 Conventional wisdom argues that despite mobile traffic growth, the main reason smartphone commerce lags the desktop is friction at the bottom of the funnel (i.e., payments). However, a new report from Qubit asserts … Continue reading Report: Product discovery, not payments, the real m-commerce bottleneck
