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Junction Client Saffire Vapor Achieves Notable Growth in Year 1

February 20, 2013 – 12:57 pm

Saffire Vapor, an ecommerce seller and retailer of “high-powered” electronic cigarettes and accessories, achieves notable growth in 2012 and continues to hit growth milestones in Q1 2013. In less than one year, Saffire Vapor has built a successful eCommerce business and opened its first retail store in Murfreesboro, TN. Saffire Vapor founder and CEO Robert [...]

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A Year in Review

January 3, 2013 – 12:45 pm

A Snapshot of our Blog in 2012 2012 was truly a year worthy of conversation. Facebook’s IPO opened the world’s eyes to a new understanding of social media, mobile technology continued to grow and captured more of our attention and our dollars, the Summer Olympic Games unfolded in London, Hurricane Sandy became the most digitally [...]

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Junction’s Favorite Things: 2012

December 11, 2012 – 1:32 pm

** From the pages of Junction’s notebook: Read about the experiences, perspectives, and ideas of Junction team members. During the holiday season, we get to take a bit of a break from the fast pace of business and spend some time with the people that we care about most. The exchange of gifts is a [...]

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Junction’s 2012 Annual Report: Sustainability in a Fragmented Marketing Economy

December 4, 2012 – 3:23 pm

Atlanta-based strategy firm Junction Creative Solutions (Junction) announces the release its Annual Report for 2012. Titled Sustainability in a Fragmented Marketing Economy, the report charts the origins of a myriad of specializations or niches in modern marketing in order to illuminate the importance of centralized strategy to unify these solutions and drive results in 2013 [...]

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I Want it NOW!

November 1, 2012 – 11:12 am

In a span of just over a quarter of a century, the internet has drastically changed the landscape of the retail economy as online shopping has grown from basic ‘electronic malls’ to the preferred purchase path for millions of people worldwide. Now, the limits of what eCommerce might ultimately become are being pushed even further. [...]

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Tapping into the TRUST Fund

September 25, 2012 – 3:26 pm

Tapping into the TRUST Fund In our modern marketing economy, trust has become paramount in communications, and an integral component of relationships between businesses and consumers. These days, trust is engendered primarily by our peers, with social media serving as a cornerstone in the foundation of those relationships thanks to its rapidly growing influence. In [...]

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Shopping and the Impact of Digital Bias

September 20, 2012 – 1:57 pm

A recent experience entailed visiting a prominent big box retailer’s physical location, comparing prices on a smartphone while in the building, and finding that the chain’s own E-retail site had the desired item for a lower price than in the store. When the sales associates refused to honor or match the price from the store’s [...]

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What the Work Really Costs

September 4, 2012 – 1:57 pm

Earlier this year, Donny Deutsch on a segment of the Today Show, advised millions of aspiring entrepreneurs watching at home how easy it was to commission a “neighborhood hipster” to build a website for $250. Stop for a moment and consider that Mr. Deutsch, a respectable advertising executive and television personality, is chairman of Deutsch [...]

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Junction Earns Dual Honors in Horizon Digital Interactive Awards

May 23, 2012 – 3:51 pm

Atlanta-based Junction Creative Solutions (Junction) was recognized as the recipient of two 2011 Horizon Interactive Awards for its work in two different categories: Consumer Information Websites and Integrated Marketing Campaigns. The Horizon Interactive Awards are an international awards competition acknowledging outstanding achievement among interactive media producers. The 2011 installment drew thousands of entries from top [...]

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Buckhead Specialty Retailer Lucy’s Market Announces Launch of New Website

May 11, 2012 – 4:14 pm

Lucy’s Market, a year-round farmer’s market and specialty goods retailer located in the Buckhead district of Atlanta, GA, announces the live launch of its redesigned website. Designed and developed by Junction Creative Solutions, the new site was created to engage existing and prospective customers with a detailed informational resource, a point of contact for customer [...]

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