Agility PR Solutions

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

With consumer retail habits and behaviors in a state of flux, brand and retail marketers can bet that some serious adaptation and agility will be necessary as we head into a “new normal” future.

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Agility PR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Catalyzed by the spike in e-commerce during COVID, the retail industry retained its 2019 spot and ranked fourth out of the 15 industries studied in theBrand Intimacy 2020 Study, the largest study of brands based on emotions from intimacy marketing firm MBLM (pronounced Emblem).

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Prohibition

AUGUST 25, 2023

The retail industry has undergone a significant transformation. With the rise of online shopping and the increasing influence of digital platforms, traditional marketing strategies are no longer enough to stay competitive. These channels include websites, search engines, social media platforms, email marketing, and online advertising.

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Agility PR Solutions

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Led by high-impact influencers, the Creator Economy broke wide open in 2023 as brands’ top marketing investment, and as we enter the next wave of the estimated $21B creator marketing industry, brands and retailers are investing more than ever in creators because they are seeing the critical role they play in brand building across the […] The (..)

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Agility PR Solutions

JANUARY 12, 2022

Consumers’ expectations of brands and retailers have changed, and the buying journey has been forever altered—and from those shifts have come new expectations around customer service. The post Only 15% of retailers offer a differentiating omnichannel experience—which brands are leading?

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OnePitch

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Gabriela Barkho is a Senior Reporter at Modern Retail covering e-commerce, CPG startups, DTC brands, marketing, and consumer VC funding.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Post-Covid, brands are spending on connected TV (CTV) ad platforms and the industry is abuzz about retail media. In fact, per this report , 98% of brand advertisers believe CTV will exceed mobile ad budgets. Retail media network – no longer just a buzzword but a market reality. One of ours is ad tech.

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Ronn Torossian

AUGUST 24, 2020

Big box retail is hurting, and not just because of COVID-19. With fewer shoppers comes fewer impulse buys, which means revenues are down, and retailers are looking for new and interesting ways […]. The post As Retail Continues to Struggle, Dick’s Gets Creative appeared first on.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 10, 2022

brands have been gearing up full throttle on PR and marketing communications campaigns. As an agency that heavily infuses fun creative in our earned, social and digital media campaigns, we wanted to understand consumers’ appetite for lighthearted approaches in brand marketing, given this challenging news climate.

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Agility PR Solutions

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Retailers are having huge success with social and influencer marketing—partly because retail is a highly social category, with many brands performing above average in driving online and offline consumer conversations, which makes the continued dominance of Amazon and Nike in the U.S. marketplace impressive.

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Agility PR Solutions

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As retailers and brand marketers battle through COVID’s impact on consumer behavior, new research from customer journey orchestration and analytics firm Kitewheel explores key trends in the retail industry, providing recommendations on how brands can make the most of an evolving retail landscape.

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Agility PR Solutions

MARCH 27, 2023

Is your B2C brand prepared for the online-purchasing disruption known as audience hijacking?

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Agility PR Solutions

JULY 10, 2023

The pandemic-driven e-commerce surge amplified the role of digital marketing—and consumers have learned a trick or two since as they‘ve re-incorporated physical shopping but with the assistance of online tools like brand apps and social media platforms.

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5W PR

JULY 21, 2023

In the rapidly evolving landscape of retail, variety stores have faced significant challenges due to the rise of e-commerce giants like Amazon. These traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, known for their wide product selection and affordable prices, have had to adapt to changing consumer preferences and shopping behaviors.

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Agility PR Solutions

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The post CMO Council study: Brands and retailers scrambling to meet demand for eCommerce delivery appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

We’re in the middle of the first quarter, which for many PR and marketing teams can mean close budget scrutiny. But unlike marketing, where we can count whitepaper downloads, webinar attendees and inquiries from marketing content, proving the ROI of PR can be a little more obscure. Does it reinforce the brand story?

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Agility PR Solutions

JUNE 13, 2019

In a fickle, fast-moving retail environment, every brand could use a little loyalty—and in fact, new research asserts that loyalty might be worth even more than it appears at face value. The post New study reveals brand loyalty is worth more than the suggested retail price appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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Agility PR Solutions

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Technology advancements give retail marketers and communicators some terrific advantages when it comes to understanding consumers, but it’s a double-edged sword in other ways.

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Agility PR Solutions

OCTOBER 19, 2021

With all the focus on the “journey” and the “experience” in brand and retail marketing these days, you’d think that communicators would be zeroing in on some substantial strategy for delivering better CX. The post How are brands responding to the acceleration of e-commerce?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended long-planned marketing and PR campaigns for nearly every major brand. Early into the social distancing phase several brands quickly acknowledged the situation through visuals. But the most PR-powerful gesture may have been by Yum Brands. Youth brands fight bad info, promote mental health.

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NewsWhip

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

While we normally try to limit coverage of Musk in these blogs to avoid repeating ourselves, it’s impossible to ignore his impact on the public interest in October’s brand coverage. Twitter was the top brand in terms of engagement, earning 545k (18%) overall. More retailers commit to closing on Thanksgiving.

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Agility PR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

With the fall season right around the corner, it’s that time of year again—no, not time for the retail holiday decorations to go up just yet (thank goodness), but it’s time for communicators to get on their holiday marketing game, if they haven’t already (and they should have).

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Agility PR Solutions

JUNE 5, 2023

Is your eCommerce marketing able to yield the most for your business?

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Agility PR Solutions

JULY 30, 2019

We’ve read aboutthe retail industry’s struggles with CX and customer service, but new industry rankings in brand intimacy show that retail is actually doing a good job of making an emotional connection with consumers. The post Retail delivers the goods in new brand intimacy rankings appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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The Hoyt Organization

JANUARY 25, 2024

This means the market volume will reach $102.90bn by 2028! With such rapid market growth comes increased competition, making it crucial for cannabis businesses to have an effective brand strategy. A brand strategy is a long-term plan that outlines specific goals and objectives for a brand and how they will be achieved.

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Agility PR Solutions

AUGUST 26, 2020

As the fall season approaches and communicators get ready for an uncharted holiday-marketing experience, new research from AI-led merchandising and personalized experiences firm Qubit sheds light on changing shopper habits and reveals what brands can expect during the upcoming holiday shopping season amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

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PR for Anyone

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As a mom and marketing guru who works with brands to target this important demographic, Maria has been advocating for brands to recognize and embrace the buying power of this group for decades. Moms Rule Maria Bailey’s personal and professional lives intersected, and this shaped her trajectory into niche marketing for moms.

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Ronn Torossian

JULY 11, 2022

Most of the big retail brands tend to face unique obstacles in terms of digital marketing because trying to manage a big international brand is not easy. When trying to balance both […].

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Prohibition

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Not only are new brands emerging, but the landscape of marketing and branding is also undergoing a transformation. In this podcast episode, we dive into these topics with Rachel Auty, both a marketing and beer expert. One of the key challenges in the craft beer industry is standing out in a saturated market.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 30, 2020

Because they’re easy to consume and offer a certain intimacy, brands are using podcasts to inform, entertain, and be visible. Here’s a roundup of some top advertising and marketing podcasts. Scultz, this weekly podcast offers insights from industry leaders and looks at stories making waves across the marketing sector.

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Agility PR Solutions

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Which retail brands are making the right emotional connections with consumers during COVID? The newly released Brand Intimacy COVID Study from marketing intimacy agency MBLM reveals that the retail industry ranks third out of the 10 industries. Brand Intimacy is the emotional science behind […].

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Agility PR Solutions

JANUARY 13, 2021

With especially high consumer demands to meet during the 2020 holiday season, brands and businesses faced special challenges that many could not quite meet. The post Retailers’ poor holiday performance cost them permanent customers appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

If your feed is like most people’s you’ll notice a ton of: Branded graphics – Some brands’ entire feeds are made of up these graphics. Yet, brands continue to use it regularly in their social content. This is what we see in our feeds from brands in 2022, right? That’s a pretty damning stat.

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Prohibition

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

After experiencing significant success in the retail sector, we’ve added to our portfolio further by winning luxury home interior brand, Voyage Maison. Following the huge success from the Furn activity, Riva Home has now awarded us a second press office brief to repeat the same success with the Voyage Maison brand.

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Agility PR Solutions

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

With today’s über-fast pace of brand marketing and the many ways consumers can purchase from and interact with brands and retailers, it’s become a challenge for brands to establish real emotional connections, even with their most regular patrons. appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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PRSay

MARCH 7, 2024

The Barbie brand is a paradoxical symbol of imagination, comfort, sexism, objectification, feminism and conflicted cultural influence that has entranced and challenged children and adults alike for generations. Fashion and retail media included stories about brand partnerships such as Ruggable, Zara and Crocs.

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Agility PR Solutions

OCTOBER 8, 2018

As retailers prepare for the competitive holiday shopping season, they are putting more emphasis on their customers’ in-store experiences and are making hiring decisions that reflect that trend, according to a new retailer survey from organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry.

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