Personalization

There's pressure for brands to compete on customer experience (CX) in nearly every industry. Retail marketers, in particular, are pressured to meet growing expectations from today’s empowered customer for an experience tailored to their preferences at every stage of their specific journey. For retailers, this change may seem daunting, as companies must update their business…

A new study from IDC predicts retailers will spend $5.9 billion this year alone on artificial intelligence (AI) tools like automated customer service and product recommendations. Furthermore, 79 percent of retail and consumer products companies expect to use intelligent automation to learn more about their customers by 2021. Yes, retailers are making big investments in…

You may be under the impression that the more technology you use for customer engagement, the more information you're gathering about your customers. However, more data doesn't necessarily mean better data; in fact, more data coming from different sources makes analysis and action far more complicated. Data from one solution might be telling you one…

Amid the proliferation of big data and analytics-driven insights, the changing tide of digital has brought personalization to the world of retail marketing, with outmoded mass marketing approaches giving way to tailored and relevant interactions at every touchpoint of the customer journey. However, these waves have yet to reach the shores of many companies, which…

The retail landscape is unrecognizable from what it was just 10 years ago. Innovative technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and automation coupled with constantly shifting consumer preferences have resulted in retailers needing to evolve more rapidly than ever. It seems that nearly every day we’re hearing about another retailer that has had to…

While Amazon.com continues to dominate e-commerce, a report from Gartner suggests that its core business is slowing, with legacy retailers building up their own e-commerce operations. Like Amazon, successful online retailers are focusing on increasing average revenue per unit (ARPU) as a competitive strategy, not just to establish themselves in the online commerce space but…

It must drive Jeff Bezos crazy. For the wizard who has cracked the code on how to dominate e-commerce for everything from books to food to diapers and car parts, one category has eluded him: fashion. Bezos is not alone. Around the globe, fashion consumers remain out of reach for behemoth online retailers like Amazon.com…

As any accident lawyer or dubious plastic surgeon would tell you, the success of billboard marketing is an exercise in volume. Masses of road-trippers and rush-hour drivers glancing at your ad will see the same message. While only a fraction will feel compelled to act on it, that fraction represents a little of enough for…

The technology already exists to bring intelligent shopping incentives into retailers’ mobile apps. Retailers can leverage existing platforms to design their dynamic loyalty programs hassle free, no matter which stage of their digital strategy they're in. It’s the next step of the retail technology evolution, and it’s refreshingly personal.

When you’re interacting with millions of email subscribers, the only way to personalize content for each person on your list is with automation. But within many organizations, the idea of giving a machine control over email content isn’t exactly an easy sell — especially for brands that have spent decades refining their voice and visuals.…