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Deloitte’s annual holiday shopping survey finds that shoppers plan to spend more on experiences and non-gift items like decor and party apparel. Other 2024 holiday trends include an increase in October shopping, less loyalty and trading down.  Shoppers are planning to increase their holiday related spending 8% this year, according to consulting firm Deloitte’s annual […]

According to Lowe’s CMO Jennifer Wilson, the brand is leaning into a fledgling loyalty program and demonstrating value with new perks.

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Marketers can drive incremental revenue by fixing what is already in place and ‘pick up the fruit on the ground,’ said Lowe’s CMO Jennifer Wilson.   Jennifer Wilson, chief marketing officer at Lowe’s, is digging into loyalty and value.  The home improvement chain executive detailed ways, such as its new loyalty program and children’s classes, […]

If a brand wants to be on Page 1 of Amazon search results, it has to buy an ad or bring in significant web traffic from outside of Amazon, said Courtney Sheahan, director of sales at hairbrush brand Tangle Teezer. She’s seen this first hand.   “If you are driving traffic from, let’s say TikTok to […]

Picture this: There’s a mom sitting on a park bench. It’s a sunny day, and she’s watching her kids play ball on the grass. She takes a quick look around to confirm no one’s watching her. Then, when she’s sure she’s not being observed, she takes out of her bag … a GoGo squeeZ pouch […]

Amazon’s October sales event boosted its own bottom line, but the halo effect that typically occurs for other retailers during an Amazon sale did not appear.   Amazon.com Inc.’s October sales event for its Prime loyalty program members — dubbed Prime Big Deal Days — brought in more sales and items sold during the two-day event […]

Brand media and performance are two separate job functions at toy and game brand Hasbro. But when they collaborate closely, going “splitsies” makes sense, said Jennifer Burch, Hasbro’s senior director of global media. Burch oversees all aspects of Hasbro’s media planning and execution. The work she and her team does helps fill the funnel through […]

In a global comparison, Amazon ranks No. 5 on list of popular shopping apps. Temu and Shein took the top spots for the most popular global shopping apps in 2024, according to a study from Setapp, a membership of curated apps. Setapp ranked the apps based on the number of global consumer downloads in 2023, […]

End-to-end platforms are back in style (unless you’re Google, of course, with antitrust regulators breathing down your neck). On Wednesday, video monetization platforms Connatix and JW Player announced plans to merge into a new entity called JWP Connatix. That’s just a placeholder name, though; there’s a rebrand in the works. The merger was first rumored […]