Content Marketing

Walgreens Wants to Talk Weed
May 2, 2016 at 11:49 am

Walgreens wants you to know the difference between a vaporizer and an edible โ€” the marijuana kind. In a post on the companyโ€™s โ€œStay Wellโ€ Tumblr blog, Dahlia Sultan, a pharmacy resident at the University of Illinois and Walgreens, wrote about the benefits of medical marijuana. (The post notes that Walgreens isn't a licensed provider ofโ€ฆ

How Rachel Roy is Turning Content Into Commerce
April 18, 2016 at 10:10 am

Content marketing has become a favored way for retailers and brands to engage their customers, establish brand awareness and thought leadership, and, ultimately, help them sell more products. In episode 32 of Total Retail Talks, Lisa Dominish, director of e-commerce at Rachel Roy, discusses how the women's fashion retailer is using content as part ofโ€ฆ

Glamour, Lane Bryant Making Clothing and Magazines Together
April 1, 2016 at 9:50 am

Call it a sponsored content bonanza. Glamour announced on Wednesday that it's entered into a multipronged partnership with Lane Bryant which will be laser-focused on courting the plus-size market and promoting a message of body positivity. The project includes two special editions of Glamour, one on newsstands now and the second to come in theโ€ฆ

Rue La La Launches Curated Content Site
March 3, 2016 at 9:52 am

Rue Now is a 24/7 fashion feed that compliments Rue La Laโ€™s daily shopping boutiques. The platform gives members access to the most inspirational fashion and lifestyle news. Rue La La intends to further engage its current users that, on average, visit the website over two times a week.

New Balance's Changing Marketing Strategy
February 29, 2016 at 9:50 am

In episode 26 of Total Retail Talks, Patrick Cassidy, who leads global digital brand marketing and social media content strategy for New Balance, the athletic footwear, apparel and accessories brand, discusses the company's shift from a point-in-time marketing approach to a consistent, year-round conversation with consumers, and the role content plays in this new strategy.

Landsโ€™ End Apologizes for Featuring Feminist Gloria Steinem in Spring Catalog
February 25, 2016 at 10:51 am

Lands' End quickly backpedaled this week from an association with feminist Gloria Steinem after hearing complaints from customers and the publication of an article by a pro-life news agency. With customers taking to the company's Facebook page to voice objections centered on Steinem's support for abortion rights, Lands' End on Tuesday removed a feature on Steinemโ€ฆ

3 Steps for Building a Consumer-Driven Marketing Strategy
February 25, 2016 at 8:41 am

Todayโ€™s consumers are always connected โ€” consuming media, chatting with friends, interacting with brands, sharing photos and videos, and telling their stories and experiences across hundreds of networks. But with this new connected generation (which Google cleverly named โ€œGeneration Cโ€ for connection, community, creation and curation) comes a shift in how consumers interact with retailers.โ€ฆ

Kohl's Taps Celebrities, Consumer-Generated Content and Periscope for Oscars
February 9, 2016 at 10:30 am

Kohlโ€™s is pairing social activations and live streaming with a sponsorship for this yearโ€™s Academy Awards, sharing an in-depth viewing experience and party preparation ideas in the days before the broadcast. Saturday Night Live actress Vanessa Bayer will be appearing in Kohlโ€™s content on social media, which provides followers with various guides to hosting an Oscarsโ€ฆ