INHOUSE VS. OUTSOURCE

| MCM staff

Managing the various components of an SEM campaign tends to be an inside job, according to survey participants. Of those with SEM campaigns or planning

E-commerce systems update

| Ernie Schell

When it comes to managing e-commerce, multichannel merchants have a wide variety of solutions to choose from. Options range from stand-alone e-commerce

Building a Holistic Customer View

| Marc Fanelli

One of the most difficult yet fundamental steps in creating a customer-centric retail-marketing model is building a holistic view of the customer. This requires identifying and linking all internal sources of customer data to be able to identify each customer as an individual, regardless of where that information resides. Not only is this process an important foundation in driving multichannel strategies, but it is also the basis for creating and delivering a consistent view of the brand to the customer.

NAME YOUR PRICE

| Curt Barry

It’s been less than a decade since the word came into use to describe selling through more than one medium. But the complex new world of multichannel

Get with the Loyalty Program

| Ken Burke

Creating a loyalty program that works is more critical now than ever. Case in point: The number of shoppers who defined themselves as longtime loyal customers

Gaps across the channels

| Jim Okamura

My recent shopping trip to apparel merchant The Gap reinforced just how far we have to go in terms of fully realizing multichannel customer benefits at

The Ones to Watch

| MCM staff

Every industry has its rising stars, and the multichannel marketplace is no exception. Given the complexities of operating in more than one channel, the

Marketing to the Abandoned Cart

| MCM staff

Consumers are changing how they shop online and this is leading to higher rates of cart abandonment throughout the e-commerce industry. Fortunately there are some highly effective techniques you can use to recover a large part of these