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Retail Innovation: 11 Retailers That Nailed It

January 26, 2023 by ContactPigeon in Ecommerce

In an ever-changing consumer market and a world dominated by technology, retailers must put their best foot forward regarding innovative marketing tactics. Retail innovation is when a retailer offers consumers something new or an improvement in its technology, services, products, or business systems. More specifically, retail innovation revolves around providing added value that makes a retailer more desirable to consumers and gives it a leg up on the competition. Retail innovation is not just for businesses that have the funding to invest in expensive, fancy technology to provide exciting experiences for their consumers. Instead, big and small retailers should focus on

The Ocado marketing strategy: How it reached the UK TOP50 retailers list

July 26, 2022 by ContactPigeon in Brand Stories

When Ocado entered the grocery delivery market at the dawn of the millennium, the landscape was quite different. In 2000, the company consisted of three employees in a single room, thinking of how to respond to an emerging trend of consumers shopping online. In the company’s early days, this business model was new, but Ocado’s marketing strategy propelled them to become the U.K.’s largest online grocery platform. The company now makes about 183 deliveries per van per week, providing citizens across the U.K. with groceries and other essentials. But Ocado didn’t grow overnight. They didn’t turn a profit until 2015,