Inside the Art and Science of Shoe Carnival’s Marketing Strategy

Deb Hannah

Retailers face a complex brand marketing challenge: Not only do they have to tell their own branding stories to increasingly digitally driven customers, but they need to promote their vendors’ branding stories as well. 

Deb Hannah, VP marketing of the 370-plus-store Shoe Carnival chain and CGT/RIS Executive Council member, presented solutions to this often-conflicting marketing challenge in her “Brand Storytelling: Creating a Content-Centric Marketing Strategy” session at the Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit last week.

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Original Influencer Tupperware’s 6-Step Social Commerce Strategy

Rekha Ramesh

If any company knows the value of social influencers, it’s Tupperware Brands, the originators of the Tupperware party that turned neighbors, families, and friends into centers of commerce. 

So, it comes as no surprise that Tupperware has created an effective path to move from social media to social commerce, strategies laid out by Rekha Ramesh, chief digital and information officer of Tupperware Brands at the Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit last week.

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Sifting Through Mountains of Data To Get Granular With Grupo Bimbo

Addressing the need for intelligent data analysis and application was Antonio Parra, VP global information and digital transformation for Grupo Bimbo, the Mexico City-based food conglomerate, in his Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit session this week, “Getting More Granular to Create Meaningful Experiences.”

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SmartTechCheck Podcast: Hot Tech Holiday Shopping Tips

My December 3, 2021, appearance on the SmartTechCheck podcast with host Mark Vena and fellow tech reporters John Quain and Rob Pegoraro. This week we discussed hot tech holiday shopping tips.

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SmartTechCheck Podcast: Disney+ Beatles, Microsoft ‘discouraging’ Chrome downloads, Qualcomm

My December 8, 2021, appearance on the SmartTechCheck podcast with host Mark Vena and fellow tech reporter Rob Pegoraro. This week we discuss the Beatles “Get Back” documentary on Disney+, the ongoing Microsoft-Google browser battle, and Qualcomm.

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SmartTechCheck Podcast: CES 2022 Preview

My December 30, 2021 appearance on the SmartTechCheck podcast with host Mark Vena and fellow tech reporter John Quain. This week we previewed the upcoming CES 2021 and recapped the top tech trends of the year.

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Space Tech: CES 2022’s Final Frontier

Is outer space just a playground for rich billionaires, or is there a real space economy that’s about to blast off at CES 2022?

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What Tech Trends Will ‘Matter’ In 2022?

Will Matter be the key to finally bringing interoperability to smart home devices?

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What To Expect At CES 2022

New Exhibit Hall, New Keynoters, New Transportation, New Covid Measures, New Virtual Connectivity – and New Product Categories – To Be Featured

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SmartTechCheck Podcast: Broadband role in Infrastructure law, Facebook woes, hacking arrests

My November 10, 2021, appearance on the SmartTechCheck podcast with host Mark Vena and fellow tech reporters John Quain and Rob Pegoraro. This week we discussed how legislation can’t keep up with technology, Facebook’s ongoing woes, and recent hacking arrests.

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