Why Shopee boldly pushed ahead with a retail pop-up despite low footfall in malls
At a time when malls are struggling to lure footfall, Shopee has taken a bold step in launching its pop-up store in partnership with...
A Quick Guide To Mastering Social Media Algorithms
Social media algorithms – the holy grail of internet marketing – ask around and someone’s bound to tell you it’s the difference between a...
Personal Branding Trends That Actually Work on Social Media
If you think social media is the vehicle you need to get to terms with your goals, whether it’s securing a job, establishing a...
How To Inspire Your Content Team To Have Better Ideas
Manager, marketer, or entrepreneur, one of the most challenging prospects you will face as you navigate the tricky terrain of creating engaging content, is...
Warning Signs That You Are Creating Irrelevant Content
Content is king – heard that phrase before? Coined shortly after search engines came into being, it was all content publishers needed to flood...
Fake goods surface in up to 60% of Google product searches, study says
Google is among the search engines that show fake and possibly dangerous counterfeit goods in as many as 60% of their search results, putting...
Voice-enabled purchasing on the rise
Out of the 27% of American consumers who owned voice-enabled devices last year, 28% of them used the technology to make purchases. This year,...
With private brands, Amazon plays the long game
Contrary to recent reports, competitors probably shouldn't count on the idea that the e-retailer's private and exclusive labels are struggling.
In addition to...
Analysis: Surviving and thriving in the new retail
“If you’re selling stuff, you’re knackered, frankly.” Not so long ago, those words might have got backs up at Retail Week Live. But not...
Amazon study highlights digital divide for rural businesses
Improving access to digital technology for rural businesses could contribute more than $140 billion to the U.S. economy over the next three years, and...
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Will Self-Checkout Ever Win Over Its Critics?
Self-checkout stations show little signs of slowing their expansion across retail, yet critics only appear to be getting louder.
In a recent article in The Atlantic,...
American Express expands small business perks as it reportedly falls under federal investigation
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Days before The Wall Street Journal reported federal investigators were looking into American Express' sales to business owners, the company introduced more incentives...
Digital Shift Leads Mastercard To Take Contactless Payments To The Cloud
If the sky’s the limit for contactless payments, which the pandemic has certainly shown, and if the technology is deployed across mobile devices ......