Study: When does personalization become creepy?A new survey of 1,000 consumers reveals the line between effective personalized marketing and creepy invasiveness. Study: Spring shopping is an omnichannel pursuitShoppers in popular spring-related seasonal categories engage in a specific online activity before making an in-store purchase. Tesla shifts gears on customer referrals Tesla is reversing course on another customer-facing aspect of its business. Study: How popular are coupons? A new survey reveals how much relevance coupons hold in the age of digital retail. Walmart’s CTO lands at Pinterest Social sharing giant Pinterest has made a big hire. Blimpie’s inflates customer spending with personalization Fast food sandwich chain Blimpie’s is serving up higher sales with targeted promotions. EU slaps Google with heavy fine for search ad policies Google has run afoul of the European Union (EU) again, this time for allegedly anti-competitive practices in online search advertising. Instagram shortens path to social shopping Instagram has eliminated a step in buying products on its app for select brands. Starbucks perks up rewards program Starbucks is making its rewards program more customer friendly as it looks to appeal to a wider range of customers and keep growing membership. Sephora debuts its first credit card Sephora is getting into the credit card game and tying it into its reward program. First Previous 277 278 279 280 281 Next Last