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Shopper Tech Update                    July 25, 2012 - Volume 3, Issue 13

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DIGITAL SOLUTIONS: Just How Smart Is Today's Shopper Technology?
MOBILE MARKETING: Mobile Shopping Up, Social Shopping Down: IBM Report
LEAD MARKETING CONFERENCE UPDATE: All Star Speakers, Awards to Highlight Fourth Annual LEAD Marketing Conference
STI NEWS: Start Sampling, MultiAd Join Shopper Technology Institute
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Just How Smart Is Today's Shopper Technology?

 

Most people agree that our technology is getting smarter, but most don't realize just how smart. Sure, they know their smart phones have GPS capability and their smart appliances are capable of improving efficiency, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. In reality, smart technology is around us every day. From surveillance cameras to clothing, today's smart technology is watching us, helping us, and getting smarter because of us.      

 

For example, let's look at in-store surveillance cameras. In the past, the video quality of those cameras was poor. Most of us can remember watching the nightly news and seeing blurry footage of a robbery and not being able to make anything out.

 

Today we have two things taking place that alleviate that scenario: One, we have software that can clean up the video footage so we can see the detail, and two, we have inexpensive cameras that can replace those old, bigger cameras, and that can give us full 1080P HD video resolution at a low cost.

 

Now you might be thinking: "So, what? That just means the police will be able to better identify who was robbing a store." Actually it's a much bigger deal than that. With today's smart technology, companies are tapping into these video streams and, using high-speed computer analytics, are doing shopping analyses within the store, based on the security camera footage. In other words, security cameras are able to expose a wealth of sales and marketing data... 

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Mobile Marketing

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Mobile Shopping Up, Social Shopping Down: IBM Report

 

Mobile shopping rose while social media sales fell in the second quarter of 2012, providing an indication of where U.S. retailers may invest to capture the attention and loyalty of the digital consumer, says a new report from IBM.

 

The company's cloud-based analysis of the online retail sector reported that retailers experienced 15% growth in sales from mobile devices, but saw a 20% decline in sales traced to social media based on a much smaller base over this three-month period...

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LEAD Marketing Conference Update

 

LEAD 2012All-Star Speakers, Awards to Highlight Fourth Annual LEAD Marketing Conference

        

Executives from Coca-Cola, Ahold USA, Best Buy, Bozutto's,

and Barilla America will highlight the agenda of all-star speakers

at the fourth annual LEAD Marketing Conference Oct. 1-3 at the Westin O'Hare in Chicago.  

 

LEAD, hosted by the Shopper Technology Institute, is the industry's most comprehensive event focusing on all aspects of Loyalty, Engagement, Analytics and Digital Marketing applications. 

 

A Call for Entries from manufacturers and retailers is now underway for the annual IBM LEADER awards presented at the conference. For more information, click here.

 

Topics on the agenda include: shopper marketing, social media, interactive promotion strategies, loyalty marketing, mobile marketing, category analytics, among others. More details are on the official website at www.leadmarketingconference.com.

 

Here are other highlights of the conference:

  • Results of a national survey on digital couponing, conducted by Partners in Loyalty Marketing on behalf of STI.
  • "ShopperTech CONNECT," a series of one-to-one meetings between vendors and customers, taking place prior to the start of the conference. For more information, click here.

The educational agenda will consist of general sessions and three tracks - one for Loyalty and Engagement, one for Digital Promotions, and one for POS & Category Analytics. Table-top exhibits, networking receptions and meals will bring together retailers, manufacturers, and vendors.

 

LEAD is the first conference to focus on understanding and leveraging the many emerging technologies crucial to attracting and maintaining shoppers, as well as providing much-needed differentiation in today's competitive marketplace. The event is geared to consumer product manufacturers and all channels of retailing: Supermarkets, Drug, Dollar Store, Mass and Discount, Convenience Stores, Specialty Stores and Department Stores.

 

For more information about this third annual conference, send an email to info@leadmarketingconference.com or call 216-533-5337. 

 

 

 

STI News

Start Sampling        

 Start Sampling, MultiAd Join Shopper Technology Institute

          

The Shopper Technology Institute (STI) welcomes two new companies: Start Sampling as an Executive Member and MultiAd as a Corporate Member.  

 

StartSampling is a unique marketing and promotion company that links CPG brands with consumers via online sampling. MultiAd offers numerous services to support the design, production and dissemination of marketing materials, including product images and data for advertising, e-commerce and planogram needs.

 

"These two companies offer very different services and will increase the diversity of our sponsoring membership," said John Karolefski, executive director of STI. "We look forward to sharing their news and insights with manufacturers and retailers."  

 

For more information: www.startsampling.com and www.multiad.com.

 

 

 

Market Watch

    

Ten Leading Retailers Join VideoMining's C-Store Panel

 

Inmar Services Unaffected by AWS Outages That Grounded Sites

 

Patent Granted to Incentive Targeting

 

Shoppers Review Stores While in Store

 

Customer Rewards Programs Make Cents

 

 

 

Shopper Technology Institute Sponsoring Members 

 

PREMIUM MEMBERS

HRCP

Henry Rak Consulting Partners

GfK

GfK

 

MEI

TradeInsight Powered by MEI

IBM

IBM

Precima

Precima

  

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

PILM

Partners in Loyalty Marketing

 
Inmar

Inmar

VideoMining

 

Video Mining

KSS Retail

KSS Retail

 

Vision Critical
Vision Critical
Start Sampling

 

 

 BASIC CORPORATE MEMBERS                                              ALLIANCE PARTNERS

 

Coupon Factory              Incentive Targeting                          Center for Advancing Retail Dassault Systemes          Launch Creative Marketing                 & Technology (CART)DemandTec                    Loyalty Kiosk                                    CPGmatters

DS-IQ                              Relational Solutions                         GS1 US

Gladson                          Retail Tactics                                    Primary Communications

Newhook Marketing       Spire   

MultiAd                          ShopToCook