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Retailers and the rising trend of sustainability: what marketers need to know

Sprout Social

And while the retail industry has weathered significant change lately, sustainability is one trend that just keeps rising. Research from global fashion platform, @lyst shows responsible and conscious shopping is on the rise! Red: Fast Fashion | Blue: Sustainable Fashion (2015-2020). View this post on Instagram. ????Research

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Just get us the Millennials! #Marketing #Fail

Janet Fouts

Shop locally and prefer hand-made and authenticity to mass production. They check in at retailers, restaurants and they expect brands to respond with authentic voices, not canned responses. In fact, Forrester Research says Boomers outspend younger adults online 2:1 on a per-capita basis. They’re social.

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7 Proven Social Media Promotion Ideas That Don’t Suck

Hootsuite

Research shows that interaction — even briefly — with your brand on social media leads to increased brand awareness and loyalty , and influences purchasing behavior. Over 2 hours a day , in fact, which is 30% more time than in 2015. According to McKinsey, consumers — and especially Gen Z — value authenticity above all.

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Fluency of Culture, Not Language, Is Key to Winning Big in Global Online Markets

Webbiquity SMM

A major home-goods retailer recently required some help authentically connecting with consumers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). According to metrics gleaned from the MENA-region Arabic sites during Ramadan in 2015, high numbers of sessions occurred at midnight, when many Ramadan celebrants were having sohor (late dinner).

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Social Media Listening. Will We Learn?

Diva Marketing Blog

As we close out 2015 and begin the circle dance anew, there will be lots of predictions of what 2016 will hold in terms of marketing trends and must dos. It was positioned as the golden grail that would be the beginning of authentic conversational marketing. And then it was 2015. . This is not one of those posts.

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Listen & Learn

Diva Marketing Blog

As we close out 2015 and begin the circle dance anew, there will be lots of predictions of what 2016 will hold in terms of marketing trends and must dos. It was positioned as the golden grail that would be the beginning of authentic conversational marketing. And then it was 2015. . This is not one of those posts.

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What Is User Generated Content?

Pixlee

Consumers are 97 percent more likely to buy from a retailer after they’ve interacted with user generated content advertising. According to a 2015 Pew Research study, 84 percent of American adults use the Internet versus 14 percent in 1995. 65 percent of adults used social media in 2015. Social Media.

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