Kroger is the largest U.S. grocer and second largest U.S. retailer, but with enormous presence, comes enormous responsibility to drive the future of grocery. Fortunately, the mass supermarket chain is not disappointing, in fact, they’re exceeding on many accounts. In October of last year, they announced their “Restock Kroger Plan,” and while it’s only January, […]
Football event marketing normally makes up a significant portion of a shopper marketer’s program playbook as brands strive to execute programs that position their products as staples of the game day experience. With the Super Bowl just two months away and shopper marketers looking to strengthen their game day tactics, there is one company that […]
Coca Cola is stepping up their creativity game and getting serious about digital transformation. To help drive their digital transformation mission, Coke recently hired its first Digital Marketing Officer, David Godsman, who is responsible for overseeing the transformation of customer experience, operations, new business and culture. As part of the customer experience transformation, Godsman and […]
Back-to school is the second largest shopping season for retailers, following closely behind Christmas. While some shoppers and retailers may believe that back-to-school shopping is primarily comprised of pencils, binders and notebooks, the retailers who find the most success extend the scope of back to school readiness far beyond classroom supplies. Out of the 77 […]
The growth of digital technology adoption has shaken every industry, but few industries have been impacted as deeply as consumer goods. Cited as one of the ‘least digital’ industries, with only $47 million spent on digital investments in 2014, the industry has been challenged to make the necessary shifts required to stay competitive and relevant […]
With consumers adopting online healthcare shopping behaviors at a rapid pace, a health insurers’s website has become the first point of contact between a health plan and the consumer. With this, it’s critical that a health insurer’s website provides prospects with insight into the company’s brand value and customer experience, which means delivering compelling content […]
Today’s Medicare-eligible Boomers are unlike their predecessors. They are tech savvy and go online to learn about topics of interest to them, particularly for health information and shopping Medicare options. In fact, for the first time in their 11 years of conducting their annual Age-In study, Deft Research, a health insurance consumer intelligence company, found […]
When e-commerce first came to light, many believed it was the beginning of the end for Brick-and-Mortar retail locations. As time has gone on, however, we’ve found that e-commerce is only eliminating the retailers resistance to reshape the design and functionality of their in-store experience to account for online consumer behaviors. While large department store […]
Interactions, a global leader of customer care solutions and experiential marketing, released their latest Retail Perceptions report, titled “What Shoppers Want From Retail Technology.” The study was commissioned to explore when and how shoppers want to interact with technology during their retail journey. The study found that incorporation of more advanced technology is strongly desired […]
Healthcare organizations are making rapid investment in digital technologies to compete with the digital advancement of other industries. But in a haste to innovate, many of these investments are lacking proper planning, measurement and infrastructure support. Health plans need to stop thinking of how they can keep pace with the latest trend, and start thinking […]