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What makes your retail experience different?

Monday, July 2nd, 2012

It’s no secret that e-commerce is outpacing brick-and-mortar retail across the globe. From the U.S. and Europe to India and China, online sales are up. Some estimates show interest jumping 42% last year alone, and now 59% of shoppers rate online as t…

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Posted in Amazon, brand, branding, Brands, customer experience, customer experience strategy, e-commerce, Global, in-store experience, retail, retail brands, retail experience, retail experiences, retailers, Sony, Whole Foods | No Comments »

Channel-hopping: From Online to Oxford St

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Channel-hopping: From Online to Oxford St

Followers of this blog will know that we’ve been banging the drum about multi-channel integration and how online can help revitalise the high street; an approach that’s sometime termed ‘clicks and mortar’. With the publication of comScore’s latest report, Mobile … Continue reading

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Posted in bricks-and-mortar, business, clicks and mortar, data, digital, Digital news, e-commerce, ecommerce, F-Commerce, high street, Integration, M-Commerce, mobile devices, Mobile Future in Focus, multi-channel, online, Online shopping, retail research, retailers, smartphone, T-Commerce, Ve Interactive UK, Zero Moment of Truth, ZMOT | No Comments »

The interplay of online and in-store retail

Monday, January 9th, 2012

As one of the authors of our Global Brand Simplicity Index, it is hard for me to isolate one finding that I find particularly more insightful than the others: picking a favorite insight feels as wrong as picking a favorite child. However, as journalist…

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Posted in 7-Eleven, Amazon, branding, Brands, customer experience, Global, Global Brand Simplicity Index, in-store retail, luxury brands, Online retail, online touchpoints, retail, retailers, simplicity, touchpoints, Zappos | No Comments »

It’s not about marketing it’s about socializing

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

The early bird catches the worm and getting to hear Gillian Muessig in action, the President and Co-Founder of SEOmoz, provider of the world’s most popular Search Marketing applications, whilst the rest of London was still battling traffic disruptions commuting, was … Continue reading

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Posted in business, Digital news, ecommerce, Gillian Muessig, online, Online shopping, online strategies, retail, retailers, SEOmoz, User generated content | No Comments »

Writer envy

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

You know that thing when you read a thought-provoking article and it sits so well in your head you wish you’d written it? Yes that thing. Well reading this was like that; The Geniuses We Will Never Know – by … Continue reading

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Posted in Black Friday, business, buy online, Cyber-Monday, Digital news, ecommerce, Online shopping, retailers, Writer envy | No Comments »

Social commerce

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

We don’t do so bad when it comes to a social life with clients. We’ve given and received cocktails, dinners, speed boat rides, events in fancy places. Social strategies to enhance our mutual engagement in business. Being social is powerful … Continue reading

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Posted in business, consumer spending, Digital news, ecommerce, Internet, mCommerce, mobile channel, online shop, Online shopping, online social shopping search engine, price comparison, real time analytics, retailers, shopping experience, shopping habits, Social Commerce, social media, social media strategies, social network, social networks, social shopping cart, Social strategies, social technologies | No Comments »

MECommerce set for big Xmas boost

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

As we turn the Q4 corner, word on the street is that MECommerce is going to be huge. Therefore a strong usability is crucial for ecommerce sites. With the fast evolution of mobile technology and the quick uptake by retailers … Continue reading

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Posted in Christmas shopping, ecommerce, Internet, MECommerce, MECommerce set for big Xmas boost, mobile sites, online brands, Remarketing, retail apps, retailers, shopping, Shopping cart abandonment | No Comments »

The lessons retailers can learn from Bjork

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

For those of you who read yesterday’s post on the importance of high street retailers embracing new technology to help address consumer experience expectations and to be able to lure foot traffic back in store, here’s a parallel example of … Continue reading

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Posted in Biophilia, Bjork, business, consumer experience expectations, Digital news, ecommerce, full-on multimedia experience, high street retailer, high street retailers, new technology, on and offline worlds, Online shopping, retailers, tablet-recording revolution, tech savvy | No Comments »

Audiences migrate to tablets

Friday, June 24th, 2011

  TV is the new radio. Think about it. Hands up who surfs on their tablet whilst watching listening to TV? We all do here at Ve Interactive. We behave more like teens every day. Or more realistically – we are … Continue reading

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Posted in business, Digital news, ecommerce, Online shopping, price comparison, retailers, shop online, social networking, Ve Interactive | No Comments »