6/1/2021 8:55:59 AM Retail Can Learn More From How Consumers 'Experience' Your Brand Than it Can From Just Transactions? By Stephen Sumner Prior to 2020, the experience economy appeared to be booming. In the US, sales of spectator events, amusement parks, restaurants and...
4/12/2021 11:13:51 AM Forget NPS & Mystery Shopping - In Retail "Social Sentiment" Is Driving Transformation. By Stephen Sumner "A recent McKinsey study indicates that CPG companies with innovative sales and marketing teams grow 4.1% faster than those who lack...
4/6/2021 9:09:56 AM Any Retailer Can Give A Great Experience - When the Store is Empty. By Stephen Sumner Today we take it for granted that at the click of the mouse we can talk to, be seen with, and connect to virtually anyone around the...
3/8/2021 11:54:37 AM 'Visual Merchandisers' - Retail Needs You More Than Ever, Please Come Back! By Stephen Sumner The current crisis has forced organisations to adapt rapidly to new realities, opening everyone’s eyes to new, faster ways of working...
2/24/2021 10:16:40 AM Customer Engagement Is Your Secret Weapon To Beat The Competition By Tim Hughes "The report’s overall message is clear. Companies that have formal customer engagement initiatives outperform those that don’t. For...
2/19/2021 12:56:10 PM Customer Experience Has Become Homogenised, Just Like Retail - Here's Why? By Stephen Sumner Let me give you something to think about. If you had seen the following statement prior to this pandemic what would you, your leadership...
2/11/2021 9:52:40 AM Social Media Is The New Campfire And Today We All Have a Story to Tell. By Stephen Sumner Consumers are a fickle bunch, if you're brand is no longer as relevant as it once was they will go to the next one with whom they 'feel'...
2/11/2021 9:20:56 AM eCommerce - Why It's All About the Transaction Not The Social Experience. By Stephen Sumner I've been involved in eCommerce since the very early days, and during that time I've seen a lot of brands come and go, along with a whole...
12/24/2020 9:58:02 AM Flipping the Odds of Digital Transformation Success By Tim Hughes In this article from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) they ponder this exam question, and I will answer it based on how we see the world...
12/9/2020 6:21:19 PM People talking with People By Digital Leadership Associates People talking with people. I say this as simple as it sounds. In sales, we sometimes get a bad name. Sometimes we get a good name but it...
9/9/2020 11:16:59 AM Intent Data and Demand Generation By Digital Leadership Associates "Intent data shows which leads or accounts are actively conducting research online. As they search, they’re scored on thousands of...
8/17/2020 8:00:19 AM Ten ‘antipatterns’ that are Derailing Technology Transformations By Tim Hughes This is a great article by McKinsey, in summary it talks about this notion in business that IT drives transformation. Or that system...
7/8/2020 2:10:05 PM Why You Should Adopt a Magazine style Catalog as a Key Part of the Retail Strategy Playbook. By Stephen Sumner As advertising has become increasingly dominated by the Facebook and Google duopoly, it would be easy to write off the print catalog as a...
7/6/2020 11:37:27 AM Why a 'Pop Up' Should Be Part of The Retail Strategy PlayBook. By Stephen Sumner Today we take it for granted that at the click of the mouse we can talk to, be seen with, and connect to virtually anyone around the...
6/1/2020 12:00:00 AM What is a Brand Belief System & Why is it More Important Today?. By Stephen Sumner Branding – What is it? Why do we choose one brand or service provider over another? Traditional marketing encourages us to sell benefits,...
5/11/2020 1:03:03 PM If You're Scared So Are Your Customers, So Don't Sell - Help Them. By Stephen Sumner Every business is based on generating revenues in order to make a profit. Even now, customer experience is everything. Help your...