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The Real Retail Apocalypse (It's Not What You Think)

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Much has been written about the demise of retail. You will find a lot of articles with super-scary headlines ( The retail apocalypse has officially descended on America , Is American Retail at a Historic Tipping Point? A lack of interest in traditionally strong retail brands? Will there be an Airbnb for retail?

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14 best shopping apps of 2022

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In fact, mobile commerce — or m-commerce — is likely to make up nearly half of all US retail m-commerce sales by 2025. Their mobile app makes it easy to shop on the go, and features like price comparisons, personalized ads, discounts and sales enable a world-class online shopping experience. People love shopping on their phones.

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How To Curtail Showrooming: Charge Admission

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There have been a couple on instances in the news this week that highlight the general challenge that retailers face in the age of showrooming. For those uninitiated, showrooming is when consumers go to the physical stores, wander the aisles and perform price comparison and/or complete the purchase on their mobile device. apple store.

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Snapchat Insights: How to Use the Analytics Tool (And What to Track)

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Go to the App Store (for Apple iOS) or the Google Play Store (for Android) and download the app to your device (if you haven’t done so already!). This tool will allow you to dive deeper into the unique traits of your audience and make comparisons against other custom user groups. Let’s get to it! Login with your account details.

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No Pictures Allowed

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What if I was price comparison shopping? Let's stop in store price comparison shopping. Yes, the retailer may be screwed by a handful of people, but instead they're punishing everybody for the misgivings of a select and evil few. Imagine if you walked into an Apple store and they said, "no photography."

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Katie Couric Will Give Us The Internet That We Deserve

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What you will see is that the market value online is divided up like this: Apple = 41%. It''s not a true apples to apples comparison, but you get the idea. It''s not a true apples to apples comparison, but you get the idea. Google = 27%. Amazon = 13%. Facebook = 11%. Yahoo = 3%. Netflix = 2%.

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Adapt Or Die

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You see, it's easy to be an armchair quarterback and say that the newspaper industry, the music industry, the book publishing industry, the retail industry, a traditional advertising agency. My guess is that the next five to ten years are going to make the past decade's disruption seem minor in comparison. Adapt or die? adaptation.

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