Monthly Archives: October 2012

Infographic Alert: Are Retailers Ready for Big Data?

It’s the “term” on the street – big data. Everybody’s throwing it around like rice (bubbles?) at a wedding. And everyone is throwing their arms up simultaneously, “Oh my goodness big data! We have big…

2 Lessons on Twitter for Luxury Brands

As luxury brands make decisions about social media, weighing value received against the time and monetary investment required to use social media effectively, Twitter deserves a good look. If your luxury brand hasn’t given it…

LexisNexis Study says Retail Fraud Taking Toll; Retailers Investing in Protection?

According to an annual study by LexisNexis, called “True Cost of Fraud,” retailers are suffering from the costs of fraud. At the same time, eTail’s bi-annual spending report study, which was most recently conducted in…

New & Noteworthy: HootSuite Conversations, GlamSparkleNGlitz, Suitly.com

We bring you a few of the latest and greatest intro’s on the web in recent weeks – enjoy! HootSuite Many of us marketers are already harnessing the power of social media dashboard HootSuite. Now,…

Infographic Alert: Number of Daily Deal Purchases Grew in 2012

Shopping app, Slice, has released some data on the popularity of daily deal sites, revealing a big spike in the number of daily deals purchased in 2012. Does that mean the whole daily deal phenomenon has not…