retail marketing

Ecommerce brands need to be in touch with their tech-savvy shoppers in order to stay relevant. Focus on single channel marketing campaigns provides the user with a disconnected feel and not the well-rounded campaign experience marketers want to give. Multi-channel marketing campaigns are increasingly becoming a necessity if brands want to retain their customers, especially […]

Location-based targeting is a major new opportunity for shopping malls to improve shopper engagement and to drive both direct and ancillary revenue through the mobile channel. Engaging with shoppers in a relevant and contextual manner, using beacons, not only drives primary revenue sources, such as retail sales, food and beverage purchases but it also greatly enhances […]

The best Retail Apps focus on enhancing the customer experience. In the case of push notifications, this means providing real user value to the customer. Although a mobile strategy is now essential for retailers (just over 77% now have a mobile app) only 31% of the top 100 online stores are currently sending push notifications, according […]

Retailers can utilise beacons as far more than simply mobile advertising broadcasters. A recent trial by Coke in Norway movie theatres demonstrates that there is huge potential in layering beacons to create a unique, individualised customer experience. Their aim was to not only communicate with customers but to remember them for re-targeting later.   According […]

Location-based mobile marketing provides endless opportunities to engage with consumers in the right time at the right place. Through the use of innovative mobile technology such as Beacons and Geo Fencing, companies can now communicate with their customers through timely, relevant messaging, while also gathering valuable data on user demographics and behaviour. But what is […]

There are a lot of buzz terms in the marketing world that often confuse people. Mobile Marketing Automation could be said to be one of those terms, It doesn’t quite explain exactly what it does, how it works or how powerful it is. Marketing automation has been around for a long time, it’s the process of […]

You won’t find an iBeacon in an egg but you will certainly find it in a giant Easter egg…if you’re  in New York City that is, further explanation provided later on. So what exactly is iBeacon? iBeacon is hardware that emits low energy Bluetooth signals which allows push notifications to be sent to mobile applications. […]

If you were the owner of a Burrito restaurant and had a special written on a menu board at the door for a Beefy Crunchy Burrito, you might increase customer footfall but only for customers who actually walk past your restaurant. An alternative scenario would be to go one step further and communicate the deal […]

What its about Over 64% of adults in western countries according to a recent Nielsen report own a smart phone. Significantly, globally smart phone penetration is forecast to more than double to 5.6 billion Smartphone subscriptions by the end of 2019. iBeacon technology pinpoints where a customer is with precise accuracy down to a meter. […]