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Consumers Visit Retailers, Then Go Online for Cheaper Sources The victims, demographics and rationales behind showrooming

Target and Best Buy have been fighting back against showrooming, where people check out the goods in brick-and-mortar stores with the express intent of finding them cheaper online (hello, Amazon).…

March 14, 2013, 7:03 AM EDT

Facebook Card's Big Implications for Advertising, Shopping New gift card business could help tie online ads and offline purchases

During Facebook’s earnings call on Wednesday, CFO David Ebersman said the company’s Gifts service contributed a “very small” portion of the company’s $5 million in miscellaneous revenue—and the expectation is…

January 31, 2013, 3:32 PM EST

Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Oct. 19-26 Will Ferrell, George Clooney, PlayStation's all-stars, and Kmart's scary-good Halloween spot

This week, one lucky lady got George Clooney and buried treasure, Will Ferrell headed to Sweden to sell some Old Milwaukee (which isn't even sold there!), and train passengers got…

October 26, 2012, 10:01 AM EDT

Top 10 Commercials of the Week: Oct. 12-19 Brad Pitt, bouncing iPods, and finally, the truth about periods

This week, a cute kitty with a love for its owner's Toyota Corolla trades all nine of his lives for car rides, the kids from 2007's superviral "Charlie Bit Me"…

October 19, 2012, 10:48 AM EDT

Mendelsohn Affluent Survey: Small Networks, Big Spends Tiny nets like Ovation and Tennis Channel overdeliver to overspenders

The Mendelsohn Affluent survey measures the lifestyles of folks making six figures and upwards, and this year's edition has some surprising information for television buyers: among the 13,000 wealthy Americans…

September 27, 2012, 11:45 AM EDT

Ally Bank Borrows From AmEx's Digital Playbook Back-to-school effort includes Target, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Office Max

American Express isn't the only financial player that's serious about deals. Ally Bank has worked with 170 merchants in the last year, offering account holders the chance to get cash…

August 8, 2012, 8:28 PM EDT

Taking Stock With fresh food springing up everywhere, purveyors big and small feast on a crop of new marketing tactics

You can’t squeeze a ripened tomato with an iPhone. Even with online and mobile shopping at our fingertips and players like FreshDirect thriving, consumers seeking the freshest and healthiest produce are…

June 26, 2012, 6:16 AM EDT

Gilt Groupe CMO David Zucker Out After Seven Months Co-founder Alexis Maybank to take over role

David Zucker, chief marketing officer at luxury online retailer Gilt Groupe, is leaving his current position and will be replaced by company co-founder Alexis Maybank. He will have no further…

July 11, 2011, 12:30 PM EDT

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