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How Do Consumers Choose in a World of Automated Ordering?

Harvard Business Review

Frictionless commerce will test the emotional bonds that make consumers loyal to established brands. Our 2017 survey of 170 top Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Retail CEOs, COOs, and CFOs revealed a conscious shift away from traditional mass production and mass marketing practices toward more personalized approaches.

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Who's Your Brand's Editor-in-Chief?

Harvard Business Review

Here are four publishing approaches retailers are trying: The Mass Publisher. Mass publisher retailers create content of broad interest to their customers. They ask, "If we were a cable TV channel or a mass market magazine, what would our content, tone, and the experience we offered be? What topics could we own?"

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