By Shane O’Neill, Vice President There’s a “new” e-commerce payment option trend that’s growing fast, referred to as Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL). While the concept isn’t actually new, platforms like Affirm do make implementation simpler, especially for small and medium-sized businesses. The question is, is it right for your store, and could it help in growing...
By Shane O'Neill, Vice President On October 28, 2021, Facebook officially changed its name to Meta. Oh, you didn’t notice this on Facebook itself because Meta is a publicly-traded company and Facebook is just one of their assets. Meta will be spending tens of billions of dollars in the next few years to build the Metaverse and...
By Chelsea Schroeder, Account Coordinator With online shopping becoming more habitual than ever, building trust with consumers has never been more important when it comes to keeping your business thriving during the upcoming holiday season. Did you know that as an online retailer or business, you can build more trust among your consumers with these three techniques?...
by Angie Ash, Executive Vice President With all of the concern given to news of brick and mortar stores closing, or in constant need of workers, I felt the need to turn to our own staff – many of them Millennials and Gen Z – to find out how much they truly enjoy purchasing online, and how...
By Hayley Lardinais, Account Coordinator Attributes assigned to each generation are never fact and are always open to interpretation. As with most things, there are always going to be outliers. However, when it comes to consumer behavior, the year someone was born has been shown to determine, or at least play a role in, their buying habits...
by Charles Pobee-Mensah, Director of Digital Marketing How do you know if your marketing is working? It’s not always straightforward. The internet has made it easy to figure out where online sales come from, but jewelers still find that their customers want to buy in-store. Enter call tracking. Website call tracking can tell you how the people calling your...
by Charles Pobee-Mensah, Director of Digital Marketing With fall around the bend, now is the perfect time to take a look at your online marketing and see if it’s up to snuff for the 2018 holiday season. On the most basic level, it’s all about figuring out how customers go from browsing the internet to buying jewelry...
by Shane O'Neill, Vice President When I was a kid, my grandmother took us to swimming lessons every weekend. The local Red Cross provided the training from an early age, and by the time I was 10 years old, I became a Red Cross Junior Lifeguard. I certainly wasn’t a Michael Phelps, but I could dive to...
Who doesn’t love to stay home and still be able to shop? Overall, there has been quite a comfort in online shopping by consumers. In turn, growth in the jewelry industry is being fueled by this shift to e-commerce. Although jewelry shoppers may still remain hesitant to purchase a piece of fine jewelry online, these hesitations...
With all of the concern given to the constant news of brick and mortar stores closing, I felt the need to turn to our own staff – many of them millennials – to find out how much they truly enjoy purchasing online, and how much of it is truly just hype. Turns out there’s a healthy...