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Social Media Is King For Gen Z Influence
Retail // July 20, 2017

Imagine growing up in a world where the internet — and the good and bad parts of it — has always existed. That’s the reality for those born in the mid-to-late 1990s, the group known as Generation Z, or “Gen Zers,” for short. As such, it should...

The Greatest Mobile Opportunity Might Be Email
Retail // May 12, 2016

As retailers scramble to implement “the next big thing” in connecting with consumers — mobile, social, anything that’s new — they might be missing an even greater opportunity right under their noses. According to a new study, that old saw email, in many cases, is...

Commercials Find A Home Away From Home
Retail // April 21, 2016

Retail advertising might be fighting a losing battle against technology that increasingly allows consumers to avoid commercials … but a recent study shows that there’s a place where video ads aren’t just tolerated by shoppers, they’re welcomed by them. OOH (out-of-home) digital media at store...

30 Seconds To Sales
Retail // April 14, 2016

If this paragraph was a mobile video advertisement, the brand responsible for it would have already used up a significant amount of its allotted time in attempting to appeal to millennials. It sounds like a joke, but it kind of isn’t. A new study shows...

Interviews & Exclusives
Why Publicity Stunts Go Wrong So Easily

July 21, 2018
When planning a large-scale marketing push or publicity stunt, it can be easy to overlook the fact that getting attention is hard, and getting positive attention is even harder. Actually managing to grab customers’ attention with whatever eye-popping experiment one is hoping to roll out is no small feat – particularly in an era when […]

Quick Reads
Social Media Is King For Gen Z Influence

July 20, 2017
Imagine growing up in a world where the internet — and the good and bad parts of it — has always existed. That’s the reality for those born in the mid-to-late 1990s, the group known as Generation Z, or “Gen Zers,” for short. As such, it should come as no surprise that social media has had a […]

Are Marketing Emails Overwhelming Customers?

March 23, 2016
Is there a limit to how many marketing emails customers will put up with? According to a new study, the answer is very much yes. EMarketer shares the recently released...

Amazon Is Going To The Super Bowl

January 28, 2016
Would you believe that Amazon has never run an ad during the Super Bowl? Well, it hasn’t — but that’s going to change this year. As The Verge reported yesterday...

Target’s Experiential Marketing Magic Show

December 23, 2015
It’s Bullseye! You know … the Target mascot. You don’t quite recognize him? That might be because Target hasn’t really featured the dog in much of its on-air or in-store...