Category Archives for Retail Strategy

Kent Zimmerman: eCommerce Strategy In A Recession

Incisive posting on the 5 things that should influence your eCommerce strategy slots online in 2009. Just read the article

13. January 2009 by dan
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Thinking About Doing eCommerce? Read This

Sally McKenzie pops eCommerce n00b balloons up and down the block in tour-de-force called “E-commerce Freshman: Is Your Shopping Cart Before the Horse?” …recently I have received a number of calls and emails from e-commerce first timers. The recession has … Continue reading

06. January 2009 by dan
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The Long Tail = Pwned By The Fat Head

At least in the online music biz, Chris Anderson’s mega-meme/online business strategy seems to have been proven wrong: …for the online singles market (10-13 million tracks), 80 per cent of all revenue came from around 52,000 tracks, and for albums, … Continue reading

22. December 2008 by dan
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Upcoming Book's Central Notion Explained: The Fidelity Swap

The Forrester analyst I follow on Twitter just tweeted a link to Harvard Business Publishing blogger Kevin Maney”s posting about something he”s calling The Fidelity Swap. In a nutshell, Maney”s talking about plotting awesomeness and convenience on opposing axes, and … Continue reading

22. December 2008 by dan
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Christmas vs. “Holiday” Marketing Strategy

My bff Adam’s brother is co-author of a new book on marketing to Christians. He appeared on Fox opposite an athiest to talk about “Holiday” versus “Christmas” from a marketing strategy standpoint:

21. December 2008 by dan
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