Product Reviews

3 Ways Shopper-Generated Content Boosts Customer Engagement
March 4, 2020 at 10:59 am

Todayโ€™s consumers expect more from brands than ever before. Whether itโ€™s transparency about how products are made, exceptional e-commerce options, or highly personalized customer interactions, a brandโ€™s relationship with its customers is everything. At the same time, in a marketplace crowded with brands vying for consumersโ€™ attention, leaving a lasting impression is a growing challenge.โ€ฆ

5-Star Phonies: How Amazon Fake Reviews Impact CX
March 3, 2020 at 12:39 pm

Product reviews drive todayโ€™s e-commerce world. Users trust other users to an astounding degree, with 85 percent of consumers solely relying on reviews to inform their purchases. It's in this context where fake reviews become a lucrative and destructive business. Disingenuous reviews threaten the function of reviews entirely. However, business is still booming for fakeโ€ฆ

Fake Reviews Causing Shoppers to Abandon Retail Brands
February 25, 2020 at 10:27 am

With the threat of fake reviews growing in the retail industry, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched its first ever case challenging paid fake reviews on retail websites. As the issue becomes more prevalent, leading online retailers like Amazon.com and Walmart are increasingly under fire on this topic. Industry data gathered by Fakespot, a site thatโ€ฆ

3 Tips to Prepare for the Modern-Day Holiday Shopping Season
November 18, 2019 at 12:51 pm

Holiday shopping season is here! In fact, holiday shopping launched in โ€ฆ July?!  According to our research at Bazaarvoice, almost 20 percent of consumers planned to start shopping midsummer during Amazon Prime Day and competing โ€œBlack Friday in Julyโ€ sales. Luckily, 80 percent of us are stragglers and are still doing our shopping in the fallโ€ฆ

Why and How Social Proof Influences Consumers
October 31, 2019 at 9:22 am

Itโ€™s safe to say that in todayโ€™s consumer landscape, customers donโ€™t only look at one form of marketing when making a purchasing decision. They amalgamate a number of factors such as advertising, word-of-mouth, sponsorships, brand, and social proof, the latter possibly the most important of the bunch. Social proofs such as reviews, social likes, โ€œtrustedโ€ฆ

How Quality Content Impacts Amazon Reviews in Q4
October 30, 2019 at 12:11 pm

Good product reviews can do wonders for your Amazon.com business. Not only can reviews build brand trust and instill confidence in your products, but they also help your products show up higher in search results and increase your clickthrough rates and sales. Because reviews are so valuable, Amazon recommends that products should have 15 orโ€ฆ

The Future of Retail is Reputation
September 19, 2019 at 11:43 am

In an era of growing distrust, thereโ€™s no denying how crucial reputation is for a business. Several businesses underestimate the power of a review, so the team at Trustpilot surveyed 1,700 shoppers to prove the naysayers wrong. We recently published a report with conclusive data that shows brand reputation and reputation management are critical toโ€ฆ

Itโ€™s Time to Take Ownership of the Rising Review Culture
August 28, 2019 at 10:42 am

Are online ratings and reviews important to your business? They should be, as the influence of online product reviews on consumers continues to grow. Recently, Brightpearl conducted a survey of consumers, which reveals just how much we now rely on online ratings and reviews. This shouldn't be a surprise. Most people relate strongly to the growingโ€ฆ