Ted Baker

Do you like saving money? Of course you do. In-store tracking is a great way to help you do just that. And while many people have different opinions about whether or not stores should be allowed to use in-store tracking, I am all for it. Cell phone tracking benefits customers in multiple ways. It allows businesses to improve the shopping experience, make checkout easier, and tailor coupons to your liking.

Consequently, this created a misconception about T-Mobile amongst consumers that they could not uphold their word. Having said that, T-Mobile has come a long way since that campaign and has been constantly trying to re-establish their image/brand amongst its future and existing users.  Currently under their new vice chairman, Jasmine Montgomery T-Mobile have increased their marketing budget to £115 million to support their slogan “We are the ones to catch”. From T-Mobile’s marketing strategy we can understand that the company is trying to play against their odds and come out a winner. In a situation where all the firms in the Telecom industry are not increasing their marketing budget, T-Mobile hopes to differentiate itself amongst in customers in hope of a better future.

They have committed to cultivating innovation within the retail industry and leading the charge in discovering new technology advancements that drive positive customer experiences. There has been many challenges that they have face with technology, yet they have embraced the technology change overall.in 2014, GameStop launched GameStop Technology Institute (GTI). This is a new business that focuses on creating affiliations with leading technology corporations and academic institutions to deliver new innovation and technology solutions for today’s consumers. Recently, GameStop has teamed up with Microsoft implementing a beacon technology using a supplier called Shelf Buck. This this an app that uses Bluetooth for customer’s smartphones. If customers are signed up with the app, and are located near a store they will receive information on deals going on in the store. GameStop can know exactly where their customers are and what offers and messages they would be interested in receiving on their smartphone. Their staff has been introduced with tablet devices that alerts them when a customer walks in the store and start a conversation with them if needed using their loyalty customer information. This major innovation was key because consumers use their smartphones for almost everything. GameStop wanted to separate themselves from the competition by not sending ads through mail daily.

In January 2005, Wal-Mart directed its top 100 suppliers to use RFID tags with embedded electronic product codes (EPC) for tracking and identifying. "RFID uses low-powered radio transmitters to read data stored in tags that are embedded with tiny chips and antennas. Proponents of the technology say such "smart" tags can store more detailed information than conventional bar codes, enabling retailers and manufacturers to track items at the unit level (Brewin 2003)."

One way any business could stay connected to their customer bases is through technology and using the smartphone to their advantages. Every

The role of retailers in the distribution channel has grown in tremendous proportions in the last few decades. The last two decades have been a time of technological innovation for retailers. In just about every area – from executive suite to the ceiling floor, to the warehouse – new technologies promise to transform retail operations (Burke, 2002). Imagine walking into a hypermarket, the door opens automatically welcoming you, in the process recording the store traffic. We pick an item from the shelf which usually has a barcode imprinted on it. When the product is scanned at the register, it automatically triggers the process of updating the virtual inventory records and

Abstract: Just 30 years ago, most consumers relied on traditional print media, television and radio for their marketing information. The Internet changed the landscape of marketing by providing a new platform for interaction with consumers and a majority of consumers began to rely on desktop and notebook computers for the marketing information to make their purchase decisions. More recently, though, so-called smartphones and iPads have outpaced desktop and notebook computers as the interface of choice and current signs indicate these mobile devices will remain the marketing medium of choice for tens of millions of consumers the foreseeable future. These trends have been fueled by the development of a national wireless infrastructure that now provides a near-ubiquitous computing environment and it is only a matter of time before pervasive computing becomes a reality. In the interim, consumers are increasingly turning to social media networks and relying on the wisdom of crowds to formulate their purchase decisions. For instance, Bojei and Hoo (2012) report that, "An intention to buy a brand is based on a consumer's attitude towards buying the brand as well as the influence of social norms about what other people expect" (p. 33). Increasingly, consumers are turning to smartphone applications for these purposes (Bojei & Hoo, 2012). Therefore, determining how consumers are using these mobile

Smartphone penetration is contributing towards the growth of the industry. People with smartphones represent 25% of the global population. As these devices become more accessible, we are likely to see mobile apps expand tremendously. By leveraging smartphones, companies can engage their customers with a better shopping experience.

Woolworths’ is perceived to be in a recession-proof industry in both the global and local economies in which it operates. The company has maintained steady growth during the current economic downturn and it is likely to maintain steady growth in the future.1 (See Appendix 2 for full details)

Business users are particularly intrigued with the prospect of having mobile serve as another revenue-generating channel. A survey undertaken by Opinion Matters, sponsored by OutSystems, shows that more than 200 UK and US respondents were asked about the primary goal of their new mobile app initiatives, and 64% said their main aim was to generate revenue. (digitalmarketingmagazine.co.uk)

It is amazing to remember that only a few years ago, mobile devices were simply seen as a communication method on the go. Now over 75% of the world has at least one phone! Mobiles have become a necessity rather than an accessory in the eyes of today’s consumers. This statistic shows that clearly mobile is the future of of media, as a result, marketers have some catching up to do with their consumers to effectively optimize marketing through the use of mobile devices. Whether it is through branded apps, or engaging consumers through hundreds of new apps that developers are creating or updating regularly, the truth is that the next generation of consumers expect ads to be not only engaging, but also interactive, as well as

Mobile phones tend to be more personal than desktop personal computers have you been. Smart phones monitor locations, rendering it easy for marketers to raise recognize the relationship between a number of individuals confronted with a specific advertisement and the ones that go to the retailer. This gives a valuable hyperlink between customer patterns both online and offline.

The popularity and capabilities of these new smartphones are opening up new markets and changing the ways that businesses are attempting to reach consumers. It is estimated that half of Americans over the age of 18 currently own a smartphone and that half of them access social media with these devices (Armstrong & Kotler, 2014). This has created a new and effective way of marketing to consumers that many companies are

When technology change the way people interact with each other in daily life, those writing days were gone with letters and postcards and personalized greeting cards and they are turned into emails, online social

By doing these things and keeping on we can now all ready see that our sales has increased by 1,3% and we will keep on investing in the stores on the United Kingdom market with about 1 billion pounds.