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Inspired by the success of the 2012 Gift and Home show survey, Whereoware once again conducted a survey of retailers and vendors at this year’s shows, looking for information on their social, technological, and selling habits. Once collected, this information was combined with data from our own clients, and some key patterns arose...

As 2012 draws to a close, we’ve enjoyed taking a look back at some of our most read + circulated blog posts from the past year. Some are no-brainers: with more marketers setting up automated campaigns, more consumers searching sites on mobile devices, and more companies rising to meet those demands, it’s inevitable that these types of information would be widely disseminated.

However, some posts came as a surprise – one of our most read blogs was even a light-hearted interview with one of our Marketing Managers (we’re trying not to let it go to her head)!

Whatever the reason for the traffic, we’re grateful to each + every one of our readers for keeping us excited about these topics, and for inspiring us to continue writing into the New Year and beyond. Here’s a round-up of our top 5 blog posts from 2012 - hopefully you’ll enjoy the re-read as much as we did!

 Whereoware conducted a survey of retailers and vendors at the 2012 summer gift and home shows, with questions ranging from how they use email to where they see the biggest growth in the next 12 months. When we combined that information with data from our own clients and outside sources, we saw 5 key trends emerging again and again.

We recently took stock of a number of our Gift and Home B2B clients. Along the lines of the Dow Jones Index, the E-com Brief provides a benchmark for overall online activity in the Gift and Home industry. Take a look and see what we found!