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5 Branding Truths That Never Go Out of Style

| Maureen Plowman

There are a few branding truths that never go out of style when building a new brand story. The identity of your company and the experience you are providing for your customers and potential customers have never been more important in today’s competitive markets. To help you succeed, here are the top 5 truths about branding.

Customer Experience: Prepping for The Next Normal

| Chuck Koskovich

Most retailers reacted swiftly during the pandemic, creating an online presence or enhancing an existing one. Now many of them are wondering how to stay relevant and competitive in the “next normal.” How can you seamlessly blend the digital and in-person experience to offer the best possible customer experience? Here are some tips.

How to Beat Counterfeits and Police Your Brand

| Kathleen Egan

The risk of brand degradation is nothing new (fake Coach purse, anyone?). But brand degradation against price transparency, access to goods, manufacturing capabilities, dissolving of geographical boundaries and shipping innovations, and you’ll see the risk has increased dramatically. Here is what you should do as brand degradation gets worse.

Merchandising in Multiple Sales Channels

| Steve Weber

In order to maximize sales in all of your channels, yet maintain a consistent brand experience, it is important for multichannel merchants to understand the best ways to develop channel-specific content. Here are several ways to develop channel-specific content for your brand.

4 Tips for Delivering a Richer Customer Experience

| Tara Sporrer

For online businesses or retailers, the lazy days of summer often pose an unfortunate reality – one that traditionally includes less attention from consumers and slower sales both online and in-store. Here are four tips to beat those late summer time blues for your business.

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Macy’s Dumps Trump

| Daniela Forte

Macy’s announced it is pulling the Donald Trump branded merchandise after he made inflammatory and racially charged statements directed towards immigrants from Mexico, calling them “killers and rapists.” See what this will mean for Trump and for Macy’s.