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In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Melissa Campanelli and Kristina Stidham discuss an article recently published by Total Retail, “The Death of the Open Rate: How Email Marketers Can Prepare for iOS 15,” authored by Greg Zakowicz, director of content at Omnisend. The article delves into the upcoming Apple iOS 15 feature…

Email marketers at e-commerce brands use traditional reporting data such as open, click, and conversion rates to measure email campaign performance. But what happens when you suddenly take away one of those long-established data points? Buckle up because we’re about to find out. Apple’s announcement of its upcoming iOS 15 update, which is expected this…

Email teams can feel like they’re engaged in a constant trial-and-error process. It makes them reaction-based units rather than predictive. They send an email to customers, analyze its performance, rinse, and repeat, using the results to help them get better at sending the right content in the future. There are a few problems with this…

Why do people prefer to travel to Paris instead of seeing the Eiffel Tower in pictures? Why were (and in some places, are) so many people eager to get back to live events like sports games and concerts during COVID restrictions? It comes down to experience. We might not be able to fully explain it,…

During COVID, many retailers have seen an increased number of customers buying online, which made 2020 the year of customer acquisition. Many companies are now struggling to retain them. Email and customer loyalty teams need to transform new customers into long-term revenue streams. Since email is the most commonly used tool to communicate with new…

After a year with no precedent, it’s important to use whatever new data arrives to chart a way forward. In our new Benchmarks report, Campaign Monitor looked at over 100 billion emails and found that 2020 showed remarkable growth across key email performance metrics, including total send volume, open rates and clickthrough rates. For retailers,…

Much of e-commerce has become a David vs. Goliath proposition. On one side, you have retailers launching, expanding and improving their e-commerce operations. On the other side, there’s the looming presence of Amazon.com, which has used a vast product portfolio and fast shipping to become the go-to e-commerce destination. It's a daunting task to go…

The last 12 months has upended a lot about marketing, especially in retail. However, one channel has remained strong: email marketing. In fact, according to the 2020 State of Email Report by Litmus and Convince & Convert, four out of five respondents would give up their brand’s social media for 12 months instead of email…

Here are four resolutions for marketers looking to increase the effectiveness of their email programs in 2021: Amp Up the Interactive Fun to Drive Engagement The holidays are a great time to try out creative personalization ideas. Engage your audience by adding someone’s name to an image of a gift tag, or sharing a map…

Customer service has become a competitive differentiator for retailers — on par with quality and price. When a person reaches out to a company with a question or issue, the experience has an immediate and direct impact on whether they will do business with a company again — now or in the future. Retailers like…