CRM
In a session yesterday at the CRM Conference (CRMC) in Chicago, Eric Messerschmidt, senior vice president, strategic marketing, CRM and loyalty at Ulta, discussed the beauty retailer's approach to customer retention. Ulta has a very active loyalty program, Ultamate Rewards, with more than 24 million members. Those customers have helped Ulta become a leader in…
In episode 95 of Total Retail Talks, recorded at our live podcast event in Chicago earlier this spring, Tom Zegar, co-founder of PulseTV, an online retailer of general merchandise, shares how the company is successfully using email marketing and video to engage, acquire and develop relationships with its customers.
Managers of retail loyalty programs have a new metric to remember. It's the number five. The 500Friends Q1 2017 global survey of loyalty program members and loyalty program managers examined the state of loyalty in the retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) sectors — revealing a number of surprising findings. Most consumers in North America,…
Retailers today are driven by data. It affects everything, from the way campaigns are personalized to inventory selection and website navigation, and more. It almost seems like the top retailers don’t breathe without checking the data first. But what if all of that data wasn't trusted? What if retailers didn’t have the processes in place…
Retailers today are driven by data. It affects everything, from the way campaigns are personalized to inventory selection and website navigation, and more. It almost seems like the top retailers don’t breathe without checking the data first. But what if all of that data wasn’t trusted? What if retailers didn’t have the processes in place […]
Rebecca Minkoff is a millennial-owned brand focused on attracting millennial customers. Uri Minkoff, co-founder and CEO of Rebecca Minkoff, spoke about his plans to “future proof” the company during the session “Future-proof: Building a Fashion Brand for the Millennial Consumer” at Shoptalk yesterday. Minkoff gave four key ways he sees this happening within the Rebecca…
In episode 81 of Total Retail Talks, Total Retail's Editor-in-Chief Melissa Campanelli interviews Ed Jankowski, CEO of XpresSpa, the largest U.S. airport spa chain. The interview took place at last week's Total Retail Talks Live event in New York City. Listen in as Ed discusses how changing the culture at XpresSpa is helping the company…
In episode 77 of Total Retail Talks, Chris Meystrik, chief technology officer at Jewelry Television, a TV network and online retailer of fine jewelry, answers questions from Total Retail's Executive Editor Joe Keenan on how the company is leveraging data to improve the customer experience.
Accurate data is the fuel necessary to power personalized marketing campaigns. Without accuracy, personalization isn’t possible.
The legendary Steve Jobs once said, “get closer than ever to your customers. So close that you tell them what they need well before they realize it themselves.” This can, by and large, be taken as a mantra by corporate organizations looking to deliver great customer experiences in the 21st century. A lot of people interpret…