Information Technology & Social Media News

According to a recent survey looking at consumers’ attitudes toward retail technology, omnichannel personalization solution RichRevelance found shoppers are still not comfortable with all technology has to offer the retail industry.

Polling more than 1,000 consumers, the “Creepy or Cool: 2016 Consumer Survey” offered insight into the types of retail technology that appeals to consumers and what turns them off.

Sixty-seven percent of the survey participants labeled facial recognition technology as creepy when asked about it being used by retailers to direct salespersons toward high-value shoppers. (An even higher percentage of Millennials — 71 percent — said they found it creepy.)...

Via Jeff Domansky

In 5 New Ecommerce Lessons on ScentTrail Marketing I explained why everyone should have a store. This post goes further insisting everyone should have a store AND a vialble crowdfunding platform.

Haiku Deck for this post
http://www.haikudeck.com/p/XdSgR5zOax/crowdfunding-and-ecommerce

 

Post + Haiku Deck
http://martinmartysmith.com/5-reasons-crowdfunding-and-e-commerce-are-stronger-together/

 

If my advice about adding a store was confusing and now this post feels like a bridge too far Don't Worry. AtlanticBT.com and I are creating a crowdfunding platform Software As A Service tool that can easily adapt to any business vertical or cause marketing.

We happen to be creating the platform for CureCancerStarter.org, but our intent is to build a flexible framework that can be easily adpated to other applications.

Via Martin (Marty) Smith, John van den Brink