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Optimizing Ecommerce For The Gift Buyer

The most popular gift-shopping time of the year is just a few short weeks away and retailers across the globe are preparing to tackle the season. According to Coresight Research, the US Gifting Market is expected to grow to $816 billion by 2024, making it crucial for retailers and marketers to bring out their most creative and carefully planned strategies for optimizing ecommerce. Shopping for gifts is a very different journey than shopping for yourself, and the target customer may be nothing like the gifting customer. This is why it is essential for retailers to understand the gift shopping journey and the opportunity

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Creating A Seamless, Integrated Ecommerce Experience Across The Customer Journey

Today’s customers expect a seamless experience when interacting with a retailer or brand. Delivering an integrated ecommerce experience can help build customer loyalty and increase customer satisfaction and convenience. In our most recent webinar, “Creating A Seamless Ecommerce Experience Across The Customer Journey,” our experts discussed how they manage their ecommerce journey through tools and personalized experiences to create a cohesive ecommerce brand experience. What we learned: Pay attention to your most loyal customers Personalize ecommerce experiences Reduce friction at every step of the journey SPEAKERS: Liesel Walsh, SVP Marketing & Customer Experience at Boston Proper Joel Layton, Vice President, eCommerce, Marketing &

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Spinning Up a Personalization Flywheel

Customer acquisition costs are higher than ever before. This means that retailers must perfect their personalization strategies to drive brand loyalty and increase customer lifetime value. In the latest CommerceNext webinar, “Spinning Up a Personalization Flywheel,” our panel of experts discussed how their companies have tackled personalization at scale. What we learned: Use both customer and product data for ecommerce personalization. Organize a customer-centric model for personalization. Use consumer data transparently. Map out customer journeys to access vital personalization data. Speakers: Samir Desai, EVP, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Brian Hashemi, CMO, UncommonGoods Elyse Burack, Head of Consumer Marketing,

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Turn Facebook Uncertainty into Advertising Profitability with First-Party Data

We are in a particularly turbulent time for growth marketing, especially for brands who have previously relied on Facebook data to track growth. With recent changes in iOS 14.5, ad personalization and performance reporting may be limited and brands may notice a shift in their metrics. In our most recent webinar, we gathered experts in first-party data to share how they are managing data to drive customer acquisition even during this tumultuous time.   What we learned: Use first-party data for exclusive information on your customers Diversify testing methodologies to ensure the most accurate information Personalize using machine learning Speakers: Aubrie Richey, Vice President,

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Using Collaboration to Unlock Best-In-Class Customer Experience

Lack of cooperation is a huge and consistent obstacle for retailers across the globe in achieving optimal customer experience. It’s up to an entire company’s culture, from the top down, to prioritize CX.   The recent CommerceNext webinar, “The Secret to a Great Ecommerce Experience? Collaboration!” covered these ongoing issues in ecommerce with the help of some of the most collaboration-forward minds in the industry.  What we learned: Employ tools that enable visibility and collaboration across functions, including Net Promoter Score, C-SAT, A/B testing, etc. Company culture is at the heart of any successful CX.  Treat your customers right, and you’ll be rewarded.  Speakers: 

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New Year, New Email Marketing Strategies

Rising acquisition costs have put retention marketing back in the hot seat. As more and more brands bolster their retention marketing strategies, email marketing and messaging are getting a second look.  In a recent webinar, “New Year, New Email Marketing Strategies” leaders in the ecommerce industry shared their insights into what makes a great email marketing strategy and how to leverage the data from each campaign. What we learned: Changing mail privacy policies require brands to adjust metrics in order to properly guide future send procedures. Personalize email frequency depending on individual preferences. Create omni-channel customers through email marketing. Speakers: Julie Evans, Vice

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Reimagining Ecommerce: Solving the Considered Purchase Sales Problem

Luxury shopping is one of the largest ecommerce markets, including computer electronics, apparel & accessories, furniture & furnishing, auto & parts, luxury and beauty & cosmetics. The most effective solutions that encourage luxury shopping blend digital and human interaction.  In a recent webinar, “Reimagining Ecommerce: Solving the Considered Purchase Sales Problem,” leaders in the ecommerce industry discussed how to approach considered purchases, and make customers feel comfortable completing complex purchases online. What we learned: Create highly personalized interactions online.  Make recommendations that go beyond repeating previous purchases.  Allow customers to easily save high consideration products to come back to visit online.  Speakers: Emilie

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Is Your Loyalty Program Driving Growth this Holiday Season?

Loyal customers are the steady heartbeat of a healthy business. This holiday season presents a unique opportunity to tap into your loyalty program customers. Given supply chain shortages, brands are offering exclusive access to limited-quantity products, targeted offers and unique experiences to really take loyalty to the next level. In this webinar, “How to Drive Growth from your Loyalty Program”, we walked through best practices for creating a loyalty program and shared ideas for how you can catalyze your loyalty program during this holiday season. What We Learned  Acquire, re-engage and grow loyalty members by balancing strategy and optimizing reach to ensure high

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Unlocking Zero-Party Data with Loyalty

As demands for greater internet privacy and data protection ramp up, third-party data will become significantly less impactful. By investing in a loyalty program, brands can offer shoppers a clear incentive for intentionally sharing their personal information, i.e. zero party data. In the recent webinar, “Unlocking Zero-Party Data with Loyalty,” CommerceNext welcomed to discuss the power of this data and the effects of the crumbling cookies. What we learned: The messaging and offers that drive loyalty How to make your highest value customers your best brand advocates The impact of improved loyalty on the brand Speakers: Matt Powell, Chief Technology Officer, FTD Andrea

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Successful Partner Marketing in Q4 and Beyond

Happy 50th Webinar-versary to us! In this week’s extra special celebratory webinar, we talked about the joys, the pitfalls, the challenges and the evolved benefits of partner marketing. In a time of rising acquisition costs and lower ROI, it appears it’s time we all embrace these kinds of alternatives to paid search and social. What We Learned In just one hour, we learned about the evolution of partner marketing, it’s challenges, it’s benefits and how it looks in the real world utilized by two top brands. Here’s a taste of what they had to say: Partner marketing is now more diverse than ever,

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