Customer Data

Pizza at Urban Outfitters? Tacos at Tommy Bahama? How Retailers Can Rethink the In-Store Experience
September 19, 2016 at 8:00 am

Traditional retailers are struggling. In the spring of 2016 alone, we saw Sports Authority declare bankruptcy, Aeropostale lose 93 percent of its share price before declaring insolvency, and sales at Kohl's drop. Even as recently as August 11, Macy’s announced it will close another 100 stores. There's little doubt that competition from online retailers has…

How True&Co. Leveraged Online Data to Move Offline
September 16, 2016 at 12:08 pm

Anda Pho, head of marketing at True&Co., the lingerie retailer that uses an online fit quiz to size bras for women of all shapes and sizes, explained yesterday at NEMOA’s directXchange 2016 Fall Conference how the company has revolutionized the bra-buying process. Data is Everything “Making a bra is like making a car,” Pho said. There…

7 Ways Retailers Can Use Mobile Messaging
September 12, 2016 at 11:32 am

The use of messaging applications has been soaring lately. Recent reports have shown that since 2015, monthly active users on messaging applications have surpassed the monthly active users on social media. The numbers have been growing ever since. It doesn't seem like mobile messaging is going anywhere. That's a good thing because it offers an…

On-Demand Webinar: Be a Data Disruptor — Leverage What You Already Collect
August 25, 2016 at 8:30 am

Technology allows retailers to collect data — and lots of it. Brands like Warby Parker and Uber have turned industries on their heads by collecting and using data to make better, smarter decisions. “Best practices go out the window when you prove, with data, that they aren't the right practices for you,” explains Avery Cavanah,…

3 Key Factors Separating Retail’s Winners and Losers
August 23, 2016 at 12:44 pm

Retail is undergoing its biggest evolution to date. Consumer expectations are on the rise, and a generation of younger shoppers is changing the way brands think about engagement, loyalty and the customer experience. With so much change, it’s inevitable that there will be winners and losers when the dust settles. In fact, we’re already seeing…

The New Tools of the Customer Loyalty Trade
August 17, 2016 at 10:34 am

In an age of instant access, customer loyalty is a rare commodity. The idea of consumers purchasing the same brand that their parents or grandparents did seems quaint in comparison to the seemingly infinite options presented to them today. So, how can retail marketers not only gain new customers, but maintain their loyalty? It comes…

Marketing Tags: Vigilance on the Bleeding Edge
August 16, 2016 at 10:10 am

The pace of business is accelerating. In 1860, the first westbound pony express trip left St. Joseph, Missouri for San Francisco and arrived 10 days later. Quite a feat, but this morning my email inbox filled faster than I could open messages. Or, even if the pace of business remains relatively steady, certainly the pace…

What Should I Try Next: Commerce Marketers Share Best Practices
August 4, 2016 at 11:21 am

Do I create a welcome series? Further segment my email sends? Plan loyalty campaigns? Commerce marketers have lots of options to try and generate more revenue. Sometimes, the hardest part is choosing which strategies to go after. In our recent benchmark report, “We Asked, They Answered: Top Commerce Marketing Tactics Shared,” 300 of our customers…