Content Marketing

How Lush Cosmetics Uses Content to Develop Loyal Customers
April 15, 2015

For Lush Cosmetics, an omnichannel retailer of handmade cosmetic and beauty products, everything the brand does has a story, from its product creation (all prodcuts are handmade in-house) to its ethical buying practices for its sourced materials to its chartitable giving to its ethical campaigns.

Online Payments and Their Effect on Mobile
February 11, 2015

This year, consumersโ€™ expectations for simple online shopping experiences will be bolstered by the highly publicized battle over how people pay for just about anything offline. Technology allowing consumers to use their smartphones to pay for goods where credit cards are accepted has been around for several years. It's called Near Field Communication (NFC), but it's yet to gain anything approaching wide acceptance. That may begin to change in 2015.

3 Reasons Every Brand Should Syndicate Reviews
September 29, 2014

Brands must ensure product and review information is easily accessible to those curious consumers at the moment of purchase. As consumers' purchase behaviors continue to evolve with new channels, more brands are looking to increase visibility of their products through the syndication of product reviews to retail sites and search engines. Here are the three most important reasons brands should maximize their reach through review syndication:

3 Reasons Iโ€™m Obsessed With Net-A-Porter
August 8, 2014

OK, as a journalist, Iโ€™m not supposed to show any allegiance to a brand. I'm supposed to be unbiased and straightforward with just the facts, maโ€™am. And most of the time I am. But Iโ€™ve been reading a lot about the cool stuff online luxury retailer Net-A-Porter has been doing lately, and I canโ€™t contain my excitement. Here are three reasons I think it's a great company: