Prosper Insights & Analytics has released the 2016 Customer Service Champions, marking the fourth year that consumers – in their own words – have honored retailers for service excellence.
Breaking Up With Amazon Prime Isn’t Hard To Do, According To 35 Million Shoppers
While Amazon Prime memberships continue to grow, an estimated 35 million consumers have quit Prime – and are looking to competitors for their shopping needs.
Fung Analysis: Amazon Yet to Crack the Menswear Market
Report Compares Amazon with Kohl’s, Walmart, and Macy’s and Identifies Relative Strength and Positioning of Each Retailer Compared to Amazon Deborah Weinswig, a top-ranked global retail analyst, and her team recently released a special report titled, “Deep Dive: US Consumer Survey—Amazon
For Brands And Retailers, The Past Is Not The Future
From Forbes.com on March 20, 2017… The retail grocery industry appears to be in a state of change. Consumer data trend insights show that for grocery retailing, the past is not the future. On February 8th, Aldi announced that during 2017, it
Amazon Is Shoppers’ Top Destination For Holiday Gifts, Increasing Lead Over Walmart
From Forbes on December 15, 2016: With the holiday shopping season entering the home stretch, it seems that Amazon.com will be the Grinch who stole Christmas from competing retailers this year. According to the Prosper Insights & Analytics December survey
How Digital and New Competitors are Impacting Grocery
Guest post by Ron Lunde, Senior Marketing, Advertising Executive & Market Strategy Consultant Choices = Disruption What must companies do today to generate billions of dollars in revenue, create thousands of jobs, reward investors and sustain the environment —Survive? They have
Wal-Mart’s Dot Com Dilemma Won’t Be Solved By Jet.com
From Forbes on August 12, 2016: The recent record-setting acquisition of e-commerce start-up Jet.com has certainly given Wal-Mart Stores its fair share of headlines lately. The deal, which is still subject to regulatory approval, has been heralded as Wal-Mart’s strike back
Has Wal-Mart’s Revamped ShippingPass Subscription Ignited Shopper Interest?
From Forbes on June 28, 2016: Nearly a year after its test launch, Wal-Mart Stores recently revamped its ShippingPass delivery subscription program, rolling back the price of a yearly membership by $1 – to $49/year – and speeding up the
Amazon Prime Reaches Peak Membership: Why Target Should Worry
From Forbes on June 2, 2016: At the recent Shoptalk commerce event, Jason Goldberger, Target’s Chief Digital Officer and President of Target.com, spoke about his customers’ point of view regarding on-demand delivery, insisting that instead of an immediate gratification shipment, Target guests
Lowe’s Poised As Successor To The Sears Appliance Empire
From Forbes on April 26, 2016: With speculation about the future of Sears Holdings running rampant among analysts and amid news of additional store closures, one has to wonder which retailers might step up with shoppers should a Sears shutdown become a