Inside you'll find lots of useful tools to help retailers, including our fortnightly MediaClips service, a calendar of upcoming events and reports from conferences both local and overseas.
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Last year we had no problem putting together the Top 100 retail strategies. This year the field was much leaner so we cut the list back to 50 to keep the quality and content high.
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The CAS Retail Toolbox Team has scoured this year's Consumer Trend stories to come up with their Top 30.
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With growing pressure on retailers from all directions, we're finding our clients are looking for new ways to enhance their customers' path to purchase.
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- Paddy Pallin Summer 2011/12
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How to keep "mission shoppers" in the store
More consumers come to the store armed with online research, buy what they came for and leave without doing any browsing or additional shopping, a trend that has retailers searching for ways to keep so-called "mission shoppers" in the store. Click here to read
Print catalogs still have a role in the iPad age
Consumers are increasingly using their iPads and other tablets to peruse fashion retailers' selections, but merchants say print catalogs still play a key role in selling the brand. A growing number of retailers including Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and J. Crew have added mobile applications that offer tablet users digital catalogs that closely mimic the print experience. Click here to read
Online retailers boost use of video
Consumers are embracing online video and almost three-quarters of online retailers now use video in their product pages, according to a recent eMarketer survey. A separate survey by Implix found that including video links in e-mails dramatically increases click-through rates. Click here to read
To see all of the Media Clips for the fortnight ending November 25th 2011 Click here
Here's a few retail and marketing conferences you might find useful.
See you there.
Webinar - Social Media Marketing
Get new ideas for content, sharing, and increasing social media ROI
Online Webinar
9th December, 2011
10:00am
http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=Event_Calendar&op=viewlive&sp_id=223
National Retail Federation "Big Show" 2012
New York, USA
15-18 January, 2012
http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=Event_Calendar&op=viewlive&sp_id=223
To see all the conferences in our What's On list Click here
The GOOD GUYS In-Store Infologue
A Model For Success
5 Lessons in 15 Years of Cross-Channel Retail
The Impact of Technology on Retail
The Selling Power of Video
Westfield Sydney
Long Live Retail
From the Retail Coalface
Exciting Retail Brands
Social Landscape Part 1 & 2
Retail Strategies 2010
Consumer Trends 2010
