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Help a Customer, Make a Sell

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My interaction—or lack thereof—with customer-service associates in any store I plan to shop always impacts my final sale. If I’m in need of assistance and have difficulty locating an associate, I generally leave the store with no intention of returning to it. If the staff proves itself unknowledgeable about products that I’m unfamiliar with, I don’t make the purchase. If the staff is rude or negligent, I leave.

Online Ads Boost Offline Sales

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You may have relegated online-advertising impact solely to online-sales results; however, a recent study via a collaboration between digital-marketing intelligence provider comScore and dunnhumbyUSA, a provider of brand-value services, suggest you reconsider. The study, AdEffx Offline Sales Lift, indicates that it pays to advertise online for offline-sales impact.

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