You have a set number of hours at work each day. Because of this, you must take steps to make the most of your time. You have two basic options to increase your output—put in more hours or work smarter. For most people, working smarter is the preferred option....
With consumer shopping behaviors in full transition and a crucial holiday season approaching, the marketing industry worldwide continues its efforts to both map and navigate the post-pandemic commerce landscape. New research from OMD Worldwide and Omnicom Commerce...
One year ago on August 26, 2020, the sports world came to a halt, when athletes refused to play because of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin—giving merit to what I’ve told many clients over the years: It’s way past the time for sports marketers...
How have consumers’ shopping habits changed since the racial reawakening that began in the United States last summer? New research from Groupon and the National Black Chamber of Commerce, in recognition of August’s National Black Business Month, finds that consumers...
As the pandemic shifts again with new threats to business and consumer industries, customer and employee experience firm Medallia has released The Future of Retail Consumer Behavior, a new report examining the changes in retail consumer behavior over the last year,...
It’s a transitional time for brand marketing as trust issues, digital reliance and transactional communications continue to warp the communications landscape. This new research from cross-device digital identity resolution firm Tapad evaluates the current state of...
Consumers became hopeful again over the summer as the vaccinations increased and started to contain the spread of COVID, but that hope has once again diminished. Despite gains made in consumer confidence as recently as last month, new research from experience...
In the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd and resulting widespread social upheaval of 2020, many US corporations committed to large-scale philanthropic investments to combat racial inequity. More than a year later, are they following through on their...
We’re entering a largely unprecedented era in American history, one in which we’re having to rebuild our culture and marketplace from the ruins of the COVID crisis and its aftermath—in many cases, from the ground up. If 2008 gave us the Great Recession, 2021 is...
As we approach a full-on post-COVID world (sooner than later, hopefully!), brands and retailers will be dealing with the collateral damage of the pandemic for some time—and in many ways, as a permanent part of the new normal. New research from business challenges...
Retailers used to rely on their physical location to drive sales. To get found by customers, they paid a high square-foot price to lease space in a busy commercial district. But with everyone using the web to figure out where to go, one virtual reality attraction...
All evidence indicates that parents will be big spenders on back-to-school supplies this year, and new research from Valassis, a line of business of marketing solutions firm Vericast, examines the opportunity for retailers to influence purchasing behavior this season....