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4 retail marketing trends radically reshaping retail landscape in 2018 and beyond

4 trends radically reshaping retail marketing in 2018 and beyond

The retail marketing landscape has undergone some significant changes over the past few decades. The word ‘store’ is slowly being replaced with ‘physical retail spaces’. Given the major explosion of e-commerce giants like Amazon, retail marketing is no longer about just selling things. Retail marketing trends entails about selling experiences and subtly guiding consumers to […]

Buy Beacons: 7 Things you Need to Know before Buying Beacons

Buy beacon guide

Here are the core factors to consider before you buy beacons. A guide to help you buy the right Eddystone beacons, iBeacon and the best Bluetooth beacons.

Beaconstac updates policies to become GDPR compliant

Beaconstac updates policies to become GDPR compliant

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) overview GDPR is a European Union (EU) privacy law that impacts businesses around the world. This law regulates how companies use personal data of users located in the European Union. If a business collects, transmits, modifies or stores any personal data of EU citizens, they need to comply with GDPR. […]

10 powerful holiday season beacon marketing strategies for 2018

10 powerful holiday season beacon marketing strategies for 2018

‘Tis the season to be jolly because beacon technology is taking off and you may want to take some inspiration from holiday seasons gone by. NRF reported that sales during November to December was up 5.5% in 2017 from 2016. 66% of consumers shopped because a deal was too good to pass up on. More […]

How to choose the best proximity marketing company for your business

Comparison of Proximity marketing companies

Even with retail apocalypse making headlines for the last couple of years, tech-savvy businessmen have found ways to compete with online giants like Amazon. According to a report from The New York Times, just 8.9 per cent of the retail sales in the United States last year were made online – which includes Amazon. Presented […]

Proximity Marketing in 2019 and the market forecast for 2022

Proximity-based marketing isn’t a new concept. It has been around for decades. Whether it’s giving out flyers in the busiest part of the city or hiring a sign spinner to drive sales, it has always relied on location-based marketing. With the dawn of the World Wide Web, marketers were able to target consumers using their […]

Why Wi-Fi resellers should consider proximity marketing business opportunities

Why Wi-Fi resellers should look into proximity marketing business opportunities

Nine-in-ten urban dwellers use smartphones to get directions. In fact, 80% of the urban population makes use of location functionality at restaurants, 67% at shopping malls and 50% at the gym, to name a few. With this extensive adoption, location-based services have naturally taken off. Among numerous existing location marketing solutions, Wi-Fi marketing has been […]

6 secrets of beacon-based messaging and notification that everyone misses

secrets of beacon-based messaging and notification that everyone misses

Anywhere the eye can see, it’s likely to see an ad. Recently, even eggs in a  supermarket were found to be stamped with television show names! Experts estimate that an average person is exposed to over 5,000 ads a day. But let’s be honest – no one wants to be marketed to. Therefore, it becomes […]

11 Location-based mobile marketing FAQs you need to know

location-based marketing FAQ's

1. What is location-based marketing? Location-based services (LBS) use real-time geographical data from a mobile device to provide information, entertainment and security. Location-based marketing (LBM) is one of the location-based services. Location-based marketing is a direct marketing strategy that uses a device’s geo-data to alert the users about the offerings of businesses relevant to their […]

Proximity marketing in action at Collingwood’s annual street event

beacon-based Proximity marketing in Collingwood's street event

A street festival is conducted in the Downtown Collingwood every year. The organisers introduced proximity marketing using beacons to this annual art event. Each year’s festival has a different theme. This year’s theme is Collingwood history, and the event is conducted from May 19th to October 6th, 2018. As a part of the decoration, painted […]