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Mmm, it’s the sweet smell of advertising success

Inside Retail

I’m seeing greater quantities of online advertising and – especially if they’re good ads – feel motivated to purchase. . For the year to June 2021, consumer retail spending grew by 9.1 per cent year-on-year growth in retail consumer spending to March 2022 3. Twenty-per-cent off at my local Thai restaurant on a Friday night?

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David Jones, LSKD reveal how their Black Friday sales are performing so far

Inside Retail

With consumer sentiment and discretionary spend down, many retailers are already facing reduced profit margins and a higher cost of doing business, making hefty discounting for prolonged periods a particularly costly exercise. We’re pleased with the initial sales figures, which are in line with our expectations.

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New ways of earning more consumer trust through advertising

Retail Focus

Retailers and brands need to evolve their channel-mix for consumer engagement in an age where trust is harder to earn and keep, says Bernd Bude, CEO of ADvendio. We are now well past the time when consumers went to a single place to source information about a product they were thinking about buying.

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What Bill Clinton’s doughnut hole can teach us about advertising

Inside Retail

But talking like that weird dinner party berk is how advertising seems to talk these days. In other words – the words of Shirley Polykoff, in fact – “Copywriting is a conversation with the consumer.” A great example of using common words to say uncommon things isn’t from advertising, but politics. And you’d be right.

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Black Friday footfall expected to rise +2%, as discounts unlock pent-up spending from bargain-focused, post-payday shoppers – RetailNext

Retail Focus

As spending-caution remains rife among consumers, many shoppers held off making purchases in October in anticipation for Back Friday discounts, with the BRC reporting last month total retailer sales grew by just +0.6% year-on-year , significantly weaker than September’s retail revenues.

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Amazon is set to take off in Australia this year, get ready

Inside Retail

billion in sales revenue (across cloud, advertising and marketplace sales) in calendar year 2023, up from $2.63 This has led a number of CPGs and FMCGs to increase their investment and focus on the Amazon platform, which provides consumers with a greater selection and assortment to choose from. Amazon announced it posted over $3.1

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The unexpected impact of international retail disrupters Temu and Shein

Inside Retail

That typically includes the ‘Super Bowl of advertising’: the actual Super Bowl. In fact, Sensor Tower claims Temu and Shein were Meta’s (owner of Facebook) second and fourth-largest advertisers in Q4 last year. Amazon long made this leap to advertise its retail platform, cloud computing offering and Prime Video.