Project: Analyzing Digital Marketing's Impact on Retail Growth

This project examines the significant impact of digital marketing on the growth of the retail sector. It delves into the evolution of digital marketing, highlighting the shift from traditional methods to the use of the internet, websites, and various digital tools for promotion and advertising. The project investigates the strategies and tools employed by retail companies, including social media marketing, SEO, PPC, and email marketing, and their effectiveness in reaching target audiences and expanding market reach. The research incorporates a literature review, outlining how technological advancements have transformed business operations and enhanced efficiency. Findings indicate that digital marketing has enabled retail firms to create brand awareness, attract more customers, and increase sales, particularly benefiting small businesses. The conclusion emphasizes the rapid growth of digital marketing in the retail sector, leading to increased revenue and a broader customer base, with integrated analytics providing data-driven insights for strategic decision-making. The project underscores the importance of adapting to digital marketing trends to stay competitive and achieve long-term growth in the retail industry.

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Table of Contents
TOPIC..............................................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................3
LITERATURE REVIEW...............................................................................................................4
RESEARCH METHODS................................................................................................................5
FINDINGS.......................................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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TOPIC
Impact of digital marketing on growth of retail sector
INTRODUCTION
In present days, technology has become a powerful tool for companies to grow and
expand. There are various types of technological tools which is being used. Apart from it, with
frequent change in marketing trends it has become necessary to analyse them so that according
products are produced and target audience is identified (Grosso, Castaldo, and Grewal, 2018).
Here, main purpose of doing this research is to identify that what is impact of digital marketing
on growth of retail sector. So, through that it will be easy to evaluate how it has benefited
companies operating in it. Besides that, it will be find out what digital tools and techniques are
being used and applied in it. In addition, doing this study will provide relevant data and info to
small business to use digital tools in effective way and compete with large companies. They will
be able to attract more customers through it.
BACKGROUND
Due to covid 19 pandemic it has become difficult for business to generate huge revenue
and profits. However, there was a great negative impact on their growth and development. So, in
order to sustain in market for long term it is important to do effective marketing. For any
company its growth and expansion depends on how they are able to market their products and
services. This is because marketing enables in creating awareness about products. Also, it is
way of communicating with people that what company exist for and why. So, if marketing is
not done properly then growth can not be attained. Thus, use of digital marketing enabled in
bringing shift in way of approaching customers (Khan,. and Islam,, 2017). This concept has
highly been applied and used by retail companies. It has made it easy for them to reach large
audience even in pandemic and making them aware about their products and services. Digital
marketing refers to use of internet, website, and many other digital tools to promote and
advertise products. In retail sector there are variety of goods produced to fulfil the needs of
people. moreover, there are many firms operating in this sector. Therefore, there is intense
competition in market. Hence, it is essential for organisation to compete and survive for long
term. For that they require to attract more customer to create a large customer base. This is
done with help of digital marketing. The use of mobile phones, laptops is been increased thus
everything info can be easily access on it. Also, growth of retail industry has increased by using
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digital marketing. It has provided a platform to expand in other markets and attracting more
people. however, marketing strategy is developed on basis of facts and figures gathered from
market.
LITERATURE REVIEW
As said by Mahalaxmi, and Ranjith, 2016, the advancement in technology has transformed
way of doing business. It has brought many changes in its operations. However, in every
department technology is been used for particular tasks. With this there is ease in operations as
well. For example- MIS is used to store and analyse large data set and info. similarly, AI is
used in carrying out complex tasks, block chain technology is used in obtaining real time data of
raw material and goods. Thus, technology has resulted in increasing efficiency as well as
reducing cost of operations. Moreover, evolution of internet has enabled in providing data and
info about markets, people, products, competitors, etc.
For any company its growth and expansion depends on how they are able to market their
products and services. This is because marketing enables in creating awareness about products.
Also, it is way of communicating with people that what company exist for and why. So, if
marketing is not done properly then growth can not be attained. For that an effective marketing
strategy is to be developed. It needs to be relevant to target audience as well. Retail sector is at
boom in present time. This is because it provide essential goods to people and fulfil their needs.
In the view of Muhamed, and Moosafintavida, 2019 it is necessary for companies to promote
and advertise products and services in market. This is because it helps in generating awareness
among people and attracting them. With help of it companies are able to reach their target
audience in effective way. It allows in interacting with them and building strong relation.
However, in retail sector the customer are segregated it means that as there are various types
of goods available for different people. thus, for each product the customer base is different.
Therefore, it becomes difficult for retail firms to advertise. Furthermore, there are different
marketing strategies which are developed by them and applied. the strategy is developed on
basis of certain criteria such as target audience, product, market size, etc. as elucidated by
Ozuem, and Azemi, 2017 digital marketing has emerged as new concept in advertising. It has
changed way of promoting products. With help of that retail sector is able to expand in
different markets and attracting large people. they are able to reach in wide area and generate
more profits. Besides that, marketing strategy is
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As stated by Reddy, 2017 there are various types of digital marketing strategies which
is available and applied. they are content marketing in which it focus on providing relevant info
about product to people through e mail, internet,, etc. another is inbound marketing in which it
is integrated with content one. It emphasis on building strong customer relation. Here, internet
is used to market and advertise products. In digital marketing the most common strategy which is
used is social media marketing. The use of social media has provided a platform for companies
in retail sector to promote and advertise on it. Through that, they are able to reach large audience
. there are various social sites which is used in it such as Facebook,, Instagram, twitter, you tube,
etc. so, product is promote it via video, images, etc. which enable in creating awareness. In
similar way, the use of SEO, PPC and other are some digital tools for marketing.
According to Reinartz, Wiegand, and Imschloss, 2019 digital marketing is use of mobile
phones,, laptop, and other devices to advertise product. Now, people mostly spend their times
on laptop and phones. Also, digital era there is shift in way of working. The work is being done
online through various devices. People are quickly able to access info on mobile these devices.
Similarly, retail companies are also focusing on promoting it with help of laptop and other
devices. So, it has enabled them to quickly share data and info on internet and other social
platforms.
RESEARCH METHODS
Research type
This is a method which helps in categorizing research on the basis of aim, objectives,
data collected and analysed. It depends upon the research to select type of research which will be
carried out so that data collection, analysis and other methods can be chosen. There are two types
of research types: qualitative and quantitative research type. Research in which information is
being collected and analysed in the form of non- numerical data, is called qualitative research
type whereas, research in which data is collected and analysed in the form of numerical data is
known as quantitative research type. The qualitative research type is been used and no numeric
data is gathered (Zhu, and Gao, 2019).
Data Collection
It is one of the main elements of a research as it helps the researcher to collect important data for
the research in order to answer the research questions and reach to a conclusion. There are two
main type of data collection methods: primary and secondary data collection. Primary data is
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collected by the researcher with the help of various methods such as interview, survey,
observations and many more. Whereas Secondary data is already published data which is used
by the researcher and can be collected from internet, articles, blogs, books and journals and many
more. For this research secondary data will be used. Here, previous data will be gathered to
elaborate topic in relevant way and attain outcomes (Khan,. and Islam,, 2017).
FINDINGS
From above it is evaluated that there is great impact of use of digital marketing on growth of
retail firms. They are able to promote and advertise products and services in effective way.
Moreover, use of digital marketing platforms has led to rise in query of various goods and then
converting leads into sales. Apart from that, there are various tools which is used for marketing
of products. It has been analysed that retail companies are using different tools to target different
target market. Hence,, it has enabled in effectively communicating with people.
Moreover, it is state that every firm operating in retail sector is using digital marketing.
They are able to create awareness about products in market. They are able to expand in other
markets easily. Besides sales is increased as people get access of info easily from internet.
Retail sector is growing rapidly during and after pandemic as it fulfil people needs in effective
way. They focus on pin point of customer by marketing in efficient way. The use of internet is
making is easy for organisation to promote and advertise effectively. It is highly benefiting
small firms as well. They are also able to attract more people by marketing. This is resulting in
increasing sales and profits.
Alongside, it is found that retail firms are now not limited to specific area but with help of
internet and other tool they are able to promote and advertise to large scale. It has resulted in
creating awareness within people and increasing sales as well as profits. Besides that there are
various digital tools which is used by retail firms. For instance- e mail, PPC, SEO, etc. in
advertising (Grosso, Castaldo, and Grewal, 2018). So, it has given desired outcomes and
impacted in positive way. Now, large number of e mail are being sent to people regarding new
products. Furthermore, with digital marketing google analytics is also used within retail industry.
Thus it is giving insight about traffic, response time, conversion rate, etc within website. With
help of it company analyse data and find out how people is able to interact with them. The use
of google analytics has made it easy for retail sector to get insight on consumer decision
making.
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It is found that retail sector usually uses social media marketing in digital marketing. This
has benefited them to a great extent in creating awareness. In that various blogs are posted on
social sites such as facebook, Instagram, etc in that all information related to product is
described in it. Therefore, people are able to buy that product and also share post which results in
marketing of product. So, in this way a chain is formed.
CONCLUSION
Hereby, it is concluded that use of digital marketing is growing rapidly in retail sector. So, it
has boosted the growth of industry as well. moreover, there are various digital tools which is
used by companies such as e mail, internet, website, etc to advertise and promote products. In
addition, digital marketing strategies are used as well in it such as SEO, content marketing, PPC
and many others. Thus, with that more people are easily attracted and firm is expanding in other
markets. Besides that awareness about new products is generated very fast. This is helping
sector to create a large customer base and generate huge revenue. Along with digital marketing
analytics is integrated in it that has provided data on basis which decision are taken and changes
are made into strategy. However as more and more people are getting aware products offered by
retail firms they are buying it. So, in this way growth is increased.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
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