RTB House Editorial Team

The world of online retail has experienced significant change over the last few years. With these changes came a trending topic concerning recommendations and the effect they have on the consumer journey. So what value do they actually hold when it comes to personalizing a shopper’s online experience and increasing your average order value?

We’ve previously discussed why retargeting should play an important role in any marketing campaign, and today, we’d like to discuss one of the biggest retargeting myths: That a single provider is better than multiple retargeting providers.

The argument about whether you should use a multiple or singular retargeting strategy, is the source of many “spirited” discussions amongst the more geeky circles at marketing conventions, especially once the drinks start flowing at the post-convention parties.

Consumer tech companies, like Samsung, operate in an environment with high average order values (AOVs) but long gaps between conversions. This means it is essential to maximize individual sales and build brand loyalty that lasts long after a purchase is complete. Companies can best do this by building direct connections with their customers across a variety of sales channels. However, this means overcoming the challenges posed by the loss of access to third-party cookies in the oncoming cookieless future.

From the printing press to Deep Learning, the history of marketing shadows all our great leaps forward in communications technology. It is the marketer’s job to identify how these novel technologies can be used to reach potential customers, and educate them about products and services that enrich their lives.

The printing press let us create posters, radio and television enabled us to speak to people in their homes, and the internet gave us new ways to sell to people. Today, we’d like to take a moment to dive into how marketers can take advantage of the next big leap forward in technology: Deep Learning.

Have you ever downloaded the data Facebook has on you? Or Google? The sheer breadth of data collection has 86% of consumers worried, and this has led to a number of users leaving data-hungry social media platforms. It has also forced organizations like Google to do some soul-searching and adjust their approach to user data, notably by retiring third-party cookies.

Sports brands were already trendsetters but their relevance has increased over the last two years as lifestyles have changed. People have become health conscious and are actively taking part in fitness and well-being activities. Meanwhile, the global shift away from offices (and from more formal officewear) has turned sports clothes manufacturers into the de facto tastemakers of the entire fashion industry.