Branded!: How Retailers Engage Consumers with Social Media and Mobility
288Branded!: How Retailers Engage Consumers with Social Media and Mobility
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Overview
- Provides a clear review of social media as well as the rapid changes in the development and use of mobility.
- Demonstrates why retailers cannot 'wait and see', and must move rapidly
- Shows how each company's social media and mobility initiatives are based on the individual personality of the company.
- Discusses sophisticated analytic tools that enable retailers to measure their performance and make informed decisions on the data
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780470768679 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 10/19/2010 |
Series: | Wiley and SAS Business Series , #39 |
Pages: | 288 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Lori Schafer is the Executive Advisor for Retail at SAS Institute. Schafer, an entrepreneur with twenty-five years of experience in retail and consumer-packaged goods' technology, began her career at The Procter & Gamble Company. She was CEO of Marketmax, Inc., prior to its acquisition by SAS in 2003 when she became Vice President of SAS Global Retail. She serves on the board of directors of several retail and technology companies as well as the National Retail Federation.
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Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Chapter 1 Introduction: Bringing Your Store to Your Customers 1
Your Customers are Speaking. are you Listening? 2
Retail 2.0 3
Retail Leaders 5
Your World is Changing-are you? 9
Notes 10
Chapter 2 Social Media 11
Definitions 13
Why Make Social Media Another Retail Channel? 14
Demographics-Not Just Kids! 17
Popular Social-Media Web Sites 17
Where to Focus 31
Today's Retailer Engagement 32
Notes 33
Chapter 3 Mobility 37
Definitions 39
Smart Phones Change it all 41
Intersection of Social Media and Mobility 44
Retail has Breakthrough Opportunity 44
Applications for Mobile Leadership 47
Retail Mobile Innovators 52
Notes 52
Chapter 4 Starbucks: It's the Experience! 55
Learning-Formulating-Innovating 55
Transforming Starbucks for the Future 57
My Starbucks Idea is Born 58
Finding out Where Customers are Hanging out 62
Starbucks Mobile 70
Digital Leadership 74
Notes 75
Chapter 5 Zappos: "Your Culture is Your Brand" 77
Committed to "Wow'ing" Every Customer 81
A Vision to Embrace E-Commerce 82
Wow Service Online 84
An Early Leader in "Zocial Media" 87
"Zocial Media" is Pervasive 91
Mobility: The Next Channel 93
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose 94
Notes 95
Chapter 6 Wet Seal: iRunway Steals the Teen Fashion Scene 97
Fast Fashion Takes Center Stage 98
Wet Seal's Fashion Community 100
Fashion-It's all Social 105
Mobile: Shop on the go 108
There's Gold in those Threads 108
Social + Mobile = A Game Changer 113
Farmville for Fashion 115
Notes 117
Chapter 7 Macy's: Shooting for the Stars! 119
Two Great Brands 119
Macy's Strategy Refreshed 121
Engaging the Customer 125
Social Media is Fashionable 126
Mobile Macy's 138
Just the Beginning? 143
Notes 144
Chapter 8 1-800-Flowers.com: "Build a Relationship First-Do Business Second" 147
Going Undercover is Revealing 148
Planting the Seeds of Success 149
Beyond Flowers 151
Leveraging Social Commerce Through Technology 152
Social Media Blossoms 154
Mobile: App of the Year 162
Innovation is a Core Strategy 163
Notes 165
Chapter 9 JCPenney: Digital Transformation 167
Building a Brand by "Winning Together" 168
From Big Book to Digital Leadership 172
Culture of Transparency 173
Social Ambassadors 174
JcPenney Loves Mobile 183
A Digital Future for a Traditional Player 186
Notes 186
Chapter 10 Pizza Hut: Creating the Perfect Pizza-Digitally 189
Topping the Pizza Market 190
Building the Yum! Dynasty 191
Value Plus Favorites = A Winning Strategy 192
Enabling Global Knowledge Sharing 194
An Innovator in Social Media 196
The "Killer App for Your Appetite" 200
Branded! Through Social and Mobile Channels 204
Listening, Engaging, Exciting! 207
Notes 209
Chapter 11 Best Buy: The Connected World 211
Growth Strategy 212
Cross-Channel: Meeting Customers Where they are 215
A Wiki Culture 218
Social Media: From the Inside Out! 219
A Web 2.0 Tool Kit is Born 221
The Hub for all Things Best Buy 223
Helping Mobile Customers "Shop, Learn, and Buy" 233
The Connected World, Take Two 237
Notes 237
Chapter 12 Analyzing Value: Social Media 239
Getting Started 239
What's the Return? 240
Mining the Gold 241
Social-Media Analytics 242
Insights to Action 250
Notes 251
Chapter 13 Conclusion: Take the Lead 253
Notes 255
Index 257