Retail is at a tipping point. Don’t be deceived by “fake news” that retail is thriving. Rather, it is undergoing massive restructuring and many retailers and brands are being swept under by the changes.While it’s true that retail sales grew 2.9% during the first half of 2019 — 3.5% including motor vehicles and gas stations […]
Archive | July, 2019
Luxury Brands Face a Crisis of Meaning: Here’s How to Fix It
Luxury brands are caught between a rock and a hard place. They keep trying to up their prices by elevating their luxury value proposition, but the foundation on which they are trying to build that perception is shifting out from under them as consumer’s idea of luxury and theirs no longer align. Quite simply, luxury […]
Help for Brands Looking to Spread the Word
In survey after survey that Unity Marketing conducts with brands and retailers, word-of-mouth marketing inevitably rises to the top as both their most used and most effective marketing medium. Word-of-mouth has credibility unmatched by any other. Unlike paid advertising and marketing messages pushed out by brands and retailers, word-of-mouth communicates authentic news that the one […]