by Ted Rubin | Jul 29, 2018 | Featured, Marketing, Social Media/Marketing
Why ditching the discount and dialing up the customer experience (with a focus on flexibility) is more likely to deliver success. When a marquee brand or major, traditional retailer releases a disastrous earnings outlook, what is the first thing they usually do in an...
by Ted Rubin | Jul 2, 2018 | Featured, Marketing, Social Media/Marketing
Consumers have always valued simplicity, in part because it’s often not so easy to find with the retail experience. Think about how complicated it was to order something before the digital age, and how much waiting was involved. Anyone who has ever ordered...
by Ted Rubin | Jun 24, 2018 | Featured, Marketing, Social Media/Marketing
Guest post via John Andrews Walt Disney World Astounds Its Visitors With Experiential Product Marketing I began my business career as a Dominos Pizza manager in Maine. One of our marketing efforts at the local level was calling around 10 customers a night to see how...
by Ted Rubin | Jun 5, 2018 | Featured, Marketing, Social Media/Marketing
Visit your favorite shopping mall – if you still have a favorite – and you can already see the seismic shift in retail taking place across the country. When was the last time you visited a Sports Authority, or RadioShack? What about bargain retailers like Payless...
by Ted Rubin | May 15, 2018 | Featured, Marketing, Social Media/Marketing
The scare-mongering that’s going around today about data usage is driving me up the wall. When I see people having meltdowns about Facebook using their data to deliver content to them, I’m thinking: “WHERE THE F*** HAVE YOU ALL BEEN, under a freaking rock???” Would...