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The retail sector is an extremely competitive industry, with huge established organisations improving and building every day, and eager exciting new start-ups cropping up all the time – competition is fierce. With competition being so fierce, retailers are always looking for ways to build and develop their business, and ultimately get ahead of their competition. Obviously there are various ways to do this from a retail avenue, new and better products, lower prices, improved delivery options, nicer brand design and improved faster website.  However, something that can really make the difference and have a massive impact to any and every business, is the customer experience. Customer experience really is the hot topic in business this year, as customer expectations have grown and excellent customer service and experience has become more regularly expected to be provided by any business. Word of mouth has always been one of the most powerful ways to market a business, by having...

These days there are lots of different ways that a retailer can market their business, gone of the days of just putting an advert in a magazine and hoping for an influx of purchases. With the birth of the smartphone has come world’s of opportunity, you no longer need a brick and mortar shop, or have to sell to the people in your town, you can exist only online and sell to anyone in the world. Along with the smartphone has come lots of different ways to advertise your business, from Google PPC to social media, but one marketing channel is standing out above the rest. It’s worlds apart in it’s open rates, response rates and it’s effectiveness. It’s simple, quick, convenient and inexpensive. What makes mobile marketing so great, is that every message you send you can virtually guarantee that it will be read by the recipient. For this very reason...