Google and Facebook have become huge rivals in the digital ad space with the tech giants hoovering up 70 per cent of online advertising in the US between them, according to Marketwatch. While […]
Why Online Reviews are Mainly Positive and Often Do not Reflect “True” Product Quality
With the global pandemic online shopping has taken a more important part in our lives than ever. Online reviews are critical to shaping the virtual marketplace. Consumer feedback on products – both […]
Putting the Customer First is No Longer the Best Marketing Strategy
Businesses that want to thrive in the 21st century need to throw out the old marketing playbook that puts the customer first, according to new research from the McCombs School of Business at The […]
FLI seminar “Behind the scenes of influencers” is postponed due to Coronavirus
Organising committee: The Future Leadership Institute Rotterdam The Future Leadership Institute Rotterdam will be organizing their first session in the nearest future at the Student Hotel, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. At the moment this event […]
March 4, 2020: FLI seminar about the future of social media influencing
Organising committee: The Future Leadership Institute Antwerp The Future Leadership Institute Antwerp will be organizing a session on the 4th of March 2020 at the prestigious Paleis op de Meir, Antwerp, Belgium. Topic: This session of the […]
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store’s ‘Original Price’ Might Not Be After All
Retailers often compare a “sale” price to the original price. Donald Ngwesays consumers should be skeptical of those original prices — and so should regulators. Sale! Even the word is enough to send […]
Study by Columbia Business School Finds Search Tools Like Broad Match Can Hurt Advertisers More Than It Helps
Researcher Kinshuk Jerath argues search engines are the only real winners NEW YORK – Advertisers spend a lot of money on paid search. By 2019, paid search ad spending will reach nearly $40 billion […]
How Companies Can Use the Data They Collect to Further the Public Good
By the end of 2017, Yelp had amassed more than 140 million reviews of local businesses. While the company’s mission focuses on helping people find local businesses more easily, this wealth of […]
Facebook Data Breach Teaches Firms a Competitive Lesson
The world’s most dominant social media player has apologised, but will it change? The Cambridge Analytica scandal may have cost Facebook its top five rating in the S&P 500 market cap club, […]
Newly-developed image guidelines will improve mobile shopping experience worldwide
A new type of online product image, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with global consumer goods company Unilever, could improve the mobile shopping experience for the world’s […]
Research Finds Social Media Users Actually Wind Down, Not Up
Contrary to conventional wisdom, people tend to wind down rather than whip themselves into a frenzy while browsing Facebook and Twitter, according to a prize-winning dissertation by a newly minted Ph.D. from […]
Would You Pay $20 A Day To Lease A Luxury Car?
New research from Chicago Booth finds that people perceive more benefits from their purchases if they make payments on a periodic basis. Merchants and charities alike understand that advertising their product for […]
Study Shows Social Media Advertising Can Lift Brand Awareness
New research released by Oxford Saїd and Kantar Millward Brown at an event in London last week reveals that social media advertising can be a highly effective channel for driving long-term brand […]
The Price Isn’t Right
Offers by retailers to ‘beat the price’ of rivals, while costly, are no more effective than ‘price-matching’ offers, says new academic study. Costly offers by retailers to “beat the price” of competitors […]