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Morning Advantage: If You Mean It, Measure It

Harvard Business Review

Yes, It's Important to Understand Your Customers (Innovate on Purpose). Pointing to JC Penney's well-documented failure in doing away with coupons and promotions in favor of an everyday low-price strategy, Phillips writes "I have to believe it was driven from the top down and the inside out. Forrester). LET THEM EAT COUPONS.

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Online Shopping Isn’t as Profitable as You Think

Harvard Business Review

When I argue that e-commerce isn’t likely to destroy innovative omnichannel retailers , I typically receive passionate responses. Census Bureau, ComScore, eMarketer, and Forrester. Lower margins can come only from lower prices or higher costs. “Ah,” But Amazon’s prices aren’t uniformly lower than competitors’.

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Why Email Marketing is King

Harvard Business Review

For that, we have Forrester data: only about $1.5 She may be prompted to do research on Google for better prices of similar products, or discuss the offer with her spouse or a friend, leading to a possible purchase later. Turning Customer Intelligence Into Innovation. According to eMarketer, this year U.S.

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Quality vs Frequency: What's Your Mobile Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

Many health insurers are in this spot, since they typically rate at the bottom of scores like the Forrester Customer Experience Index. Innovations in Digital and Mobile Marketing An HBR Insight Center. Brick and Mortars (Still) Can''t Beat the Web on Price. Being Digital Demands You Be More Human.

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The Battle Over iPhones in India

Harvard Business Review

Forrester Research reports that online spending in India will grow to nearly $75 billion by 2020, from $12.1 Facebook launched an initiative aimed at bringing online the vast majority of the Indian population with no internet access through a controversial but innovative initiative called Free Basics. Although only one-fifth of its 1.3

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