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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Social Media Data Collection for Clothing Stores

Social media activity, mobile apps, and search engine marketing, has created an abundance of date for clothing retailers to digest.  If you combine traditional forms of retail data collection with more modern tech driven techniques, we can all agree that apparel stores have more data than ever before in history.   The question is, “what is the stores doing with the data?”. 

Having data is one thing, using it in an positive, actionable, and responsible manner is an entirely other matter.

If fashion boutiques and department stores gain an accurate source of data, they can create beneficial resources to help their consumers.  Obviously, this is mutually beneficial.  Happy shopper equates to happy retailer.

One example, may come in the form of fashion beacons.   When a beacon is placed in a clothing store it will allow the retailer, clothing brands, or marketing company to wake up their previously installed app and deliver a relevant and possibly personalized message to consumers as they walk around the store.  Using data previously collected about the consumers from social media or search engine activity may provide the retailer a better understanding in regard to what type of information can be served to the consumer.

Collecting consumer data needs to have an end game in mind.  Clothing stores should not collect consumer data just for the sake of collecting it.  They really need to strive toward ways to use this information in a way that benefits shoppers.

Do clothing stores actually know how to handle all of the information that they have been collecting via social media, etc.?

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