In today’s connected and hectic World consumers want to simplify their lives. Many retailers have not adopted the technology required to cater to consumers making it more difficult to buy on their terms. This is creating immense pressure on manufacturers … Read More … Read More
eCommerce
5 Reasons Why Authorized Online Retailers Site are Bad for Business
We visit a lot of manufacturer websites and surprised to see how many companies continue to direct a consumer off of their website to buy at an authorized eTailer. The primary reason many brands do this is to provide the … Read More … Read More
Not Selling Online is not an Option.
When it comes to online sales many brands with an established retail network are hesitant. Especially if that in market retailer performs value added benefits such as assembly or post-purchase support/service. The retail channel represents the bulk of their revenues … Read More … Read More
Physical Stores Increase Online Sales
The demise of brick-and-mortar retail and that it would experience an inevitable and “absolute” death as eCommerce evolved further is becoming far from the truth. Unlike video that killed the radio star, eCommerce is not doing the same to physical … Read More … Read More
Death to Pure-Play eCommerce? What Casper Should Do to Scale
Two-year-old online mattress startup darling Casper is quietly planning to open physical stores. It appears that to become a significant player in any retail category physical brick and mortar retail stores are still required. To scale quickly however, you do … Read More … Read More
Simplified Omni-Channel Gameplan
An omni channel strategy has the potential to elevate manufacturer and channel partner sales while creating amazing customer experiences. However, this type of alignment isn’t always easy to achieve, especially when an incredible amount of energy and digital savviness is … Read More … Read More
Getting Marketing Right
It’s no longer about traditional vs digital. It’s ALL marketing. The challenge of a CMO is getting awfully difficult as there are so many marketing channels and programs that span across traditional and digital that connecting the dots to determine … Read More … Read More
Same Day Delivery Sparking Logistics Boom
Retooling Retail: 3 Predictions for Brands
Use eCommerce to Win at Retail
Selling products into retail is not easy, and selling through that inventory is even harder. Channel sales is difficult and requires a team with a well executed and repeatable sales process to be successful. Many branded manufacturers struggle just to secure space … Read More … Read More