Columnist Mike Sands reveals three retail strategies which may help the retailers:-

1. Use first party data to get better customer insights. These data helps the retailers know their customers well and plan their strategies accordingly.

2. Provide omnichannel shopping experience. This makes the shoppers life easier when they shop in a very busy time schedule.

3. Digital advertising plays a key role in promoting sales. But it should be kept in mind that the ads should be designed based on the known facts of the customer. This will help to attract customers in a short span of time.

To read more follow: http://marketingland.com/3-retail-strategies-beat-amazon-holiday-season-182228

It is the age of mobile devices and users spend most of their time in apps than they do mobile web. So, nowadays, brands are capitalizing this trend, and aggressively going for larger in-app budgets. According to a forecast by eMarketer, projects in-app ad which spends $29.66 billion now will be triple i.e. mobile web spend will be $10.84 billion by 2016. Mobile video is another fastest growing segments in digital advertising and it is expects it expects revenue of $4.4 billion in ad revenue in the US alone. Southeast Asia is another growing smartphone regions in the world, and specifically in India, where broadband internet is scarce and mobile penetration is high, it is expected to reach over 250 mm mobile devices this year. To know more about latest mobile advertising trends, follow:  http://venturebeat.com/2015/04/21/10-mobile-advertising-trends-for-2015-and-beyond/

In a recent study it was found that 38% of marketers plan to shift spend from traditional advertising to digital advertising in 2015, 42% are planning to do advertising with more B2C marketers, and 34% are planning to move spend to digital than B2B marketers. It was further found that marketers plan to allocate more budget on social media advertising, social media marketing, social media engagement, location-based mobile tracking, and mobile applications. Read more at: http://www.marketingprofs.com/charts/2015/26900/2015-digital-marketing-budgets-top-priorities-metrics-and-challenges

Digital advertising is growing at a rapid space. Sarah Lawson Johnston (Managing Director Europe at Mediaocean), writes in her article about the trends in digital advertising  for the year 2015. They are: Multi-touch Attribution, Native advertising and Viewability. We can expect to have a significant effect on digital ad efficacy and accountability. To know more, follow:  http://digitalmarketingmagazine.co.uk/digital-marketing-advertising/digital-advertising-industry-predictions-for-2015/1281