Monthly Archives: July 2010

Consumers, judging from the numbers, love social buying sites such as Groupon. Consumer also, judging from numerous surveys, hate online behavioral tracking and ad targeting. But now that Groupon has…<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingvox/rss/~4/fgKyiav_xM0" height="1" width="1"/>

This past weekend more than 301,000 customers in Maryland and the District of Columbia lost power after unusually harsh thunderstorms hit the area. The storm, which clocked in at 90 miles an hour in…<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingvox/rss/~4/Es51JQSrlHw" height="1" width="1"/>

Amazon pushed the concept of social retail forward by a large measure by linking shoppers to their Facebook friends. Through this connection, Amazon shoppers can get recommendations from friends on…<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketingvox/rss/~4/Mz6OB9CKXfo" height="1" width="1"/>