British high street retail institution Marks & Spencer has revamped its social commerce strategy; incorporating customer reviews on its site, adopting Twitter for promotions and Facebook communities to build community.
In an interview for eConsultancy, Business Development Manager for M&S Sienne Veit also indicated openness to running sponsored reviews with bloggers – with disclosure, and that the group was trialling mobile customer engagement through Fizzback feedback.
The revamp comes on the heels of the busts 4 justice debacle, in which a flash mob coalescing around a Facebook pressure group generated negative PR for the retailer for it’s policy of charging more for bigger bras. Kudos to M&S though, they apologised, and advertised their apology. SocComToday also likes Sienne Veit’s distillation of social media marketing into three key points – reviews for conversion – and feedback, Twitter for promotions, Facebook for communities…
