October 18, 2019

The way gurus talk about location-based marketing, it sounds like the panacea for the retail industry as we know it. And it might be⁠—with geofencing, beacons, proximity marketing apps, and augmented location data, we have the potential to target customers more specifically than ever before, in the very locations where they’re likely to be most receptive. Location-based marketing seems like selling umbrellas in Times Square during a rainstorm.