It wasn’t that long ago that mobile was primarily considered just the first stop in a conversion journey that, nine times out of ten, ended on desktop. Mobile accounted for just 13% of digital sales at the end of 2014. The numbers look very different this year as digital and mobile commerce habits and experiences […]
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Don’t miss out on the most unpredictable holiday season yet
What do advertisers need to know heading into Black Friday and Cyber Monday? What do we know about 2020 holiday trends so far? How should your brand adjust your advertising and messaging? Let’s find out. While we’re navigating uncharted waters during this year’s holiday retail season, changes in consumer behaviors lead us to believe the […]
The 2020 holiday season is here: Get your digital house in order
It’s the 2020 holiday shopping season and it’s different than previous shopping seasons, and retailers everywhere are going to need to manage things carefully. Let’s take a closer look. Shoppers will lean on digital A Google-commissioned Ipsos survey says that 74 percent of U.S. Shoppers are going to do more online shopping than they did previously this […]
With an eye toward deal-seekers, Google releases promotions, pricing updates for both advertisers and users this holiday season
Along with updates for merchants’ holiday Shopping campaign efforts, on Thursday, Google announced consumer-facing updates in Shopping that retail marketers should pay attention to — particularly as it relates to the importance of pricing and promotions. Retail advertisers will also have access to more reporting and performance insights for Shopping campaigns and new customer targeting […]
A Corona Xmas: Why physical stores will power online shopping this holiday season
A burning question this holiday season is whether people will return to physical stores or buy substantially everything online? The Mary Meeker formulation is: what percentage of retail spending will move online? But that binary “brick and mortar vs. e-commerce” narrative is crude and fails to appreciate the role stores play in driving online sales. […]
Next on Live with Search Engine Land: Season wrap-up—COVID and disruption
On Friday, August 14, Search Engine Land’s editor-in-chief, Ginny Marvin, will lead a discussion with the other Search Engine Land editors about the effects of the disruptions marketers have experienced in the past several months including COVID, anti-trust, privacy, data and social activism1. Ginny and the panelists will revisit what marketers were focusing on back in […]