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Retail Best Practices for Valentine’s Day Marketing

February 11, 2021 by Joyce Qian in Ecommerce

Who doesn’t love Valentine’s Day? If you’re an online retailer, you already know that the international celebration of true love is a great time to boost sales and to recover from the post-holiday slump. In 2020, Valentine’s Day sales reached an all-time high, hitting $27.4 billion in the United States alone. This year, as retailers cope with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Valentine’s Day sales are more important than ever. Keep reading to learn the retail best practices for Valentine’s Day and what you can do to market your business to reap the full benefit of the upcoming holiday.

Retail Best Practices: Nailing your Holiday Marketing

Retail Best Practices for Holiday Marketing

November 18, 2020 by Joyce Qian in Ecommerce

At this point, it’s no secret to anyone that 2020 has been a trying year that has thrown all standard operating procedures out the window. As we head into the holiday season, there is still a lot of uncertainty ahead. Consumers are expected to spend about $50 less per person this holiday season, increasing competition among existing retailers to secure those holiday dollars. Marketing campaigns need to adapt, along with everything else this year, and follow retail best practices for COVID-19. This year’s best practices will be clearly different (vs last year), since brands are called to take much more complex decisions,

How to Use QR Codes in Retail: Best Practices for Optimal Customer Experience

October 30, 2020 by Joyce Qian in Ecommerce

To deliver exceptional next-generation in-store experiences, retailers must bridge the gap between the digital and physical worlds. QR codes in retail stores enhance the customer journey and facilitate an omnichannel shopping experience that seamlessly connects the dots between the physical and online spaces. Despite having been around for decades, the first wave of QR codes for retail didn’t see the success many marketers hoped it would, mostly due to technological shortcomings that required users to download various scanner apps. But since Apple’s iOS 11 update that allowed iPhone users to scan QR codes directly through the camera app, the implementation