Is There a Blind Spot in Your Holiday Retail Analytics Strategy?

| Ralph Crabtree

As multichannel retailers develop strategies for the upcoming holiday rush, they must address a critical blind spot by improving visibility into consumer behavior in physical stores. Fortunately, new technology solutions can help organizations close the “insight gap” between online and in-store consumer behavior.

Coach Launches New Mobile App

| Daniela Forte

Coach utilized MicroStrategy Mobile that provides its retail teams with the ability to examine sales trends for any given geography, including at the individual store level, with a simple swipe or tap on their iPad devices.

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Alibaba an Ecommerce Force to Be Reckoned With

| Mike O'Brien

Concerning Alibaba’s global aspirations, the company has struck deals in 2014 with the French and Italian governments aimed at fostering ecommerce growth for merchants from those countries selling on Tmall, including providing them with enrollment support, online marketing and customer service support.

How Williams-Sonoma Finds Success in the Digital Age

| Daniela Forte

Under ecommerce excellence, Williams-Sonoma has focused on marketing effectiveness, personalization of its website, on-site search, and the culture of the company and more. See what else Williams-Sonoma had to say at NEMOA’s directXchange conference last month.

How to Gain Ad-Traction this Holiday Season

| Daniela Forte

This holiday season retailers are being given the daunting task with attempting to reach consumers on multi-devices. Here are some insights in how to gain ad-traction during the busiest time of the year, according to this infographic by Adroit Digital.

Amazon Debuts #AmazonWishList on Twitter

| Tim Parry

Customers who discover a Tweet from their favorite artist, expert, brand, or friend with an Amazon.com product link, can simply add “#AmazonWishList” to the reply on Twitter and the product is added to their Amazon Wish List.

Who is Derek Jeter Again?

| Daniela Forte

While the headline of this blog post claims I have no idea who Derek Jeter is, that is not completely true. I do in fact know who he is and why at the moment the world is all abuzz about him.