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MouthMedia Network + CommerceNext Podcast: Grocery Is Your Business – Jon Mandell of WW (Formerly Weight Watchers)

A dynamic rebrand of Weight Watchers in both name (to WW)  and intention has led to a focus on community, impact, and wellness, reimagining the brand into the future. Jon Mandell, SVP, Membership Marketing and Global Ecommerce of WW (formerly Weight Watchers) joins Rob Sanchez, Marc Raco, and guest host Joe Yakuel (Agency Within) to discuss WW’s growth marketing. To hear from speakers like Jon and Joe, and learn more about performance and growth marketing, check out CommerceNexton July 31st & August 1st in NYC. Listen in below:

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MouthMedia Network + CommerceNext Podcast: Sarmad Saghir of Adore Me – Next-Level Customer Acquisition

Customer acquisition and retention in both online and physical environments is something Sarmad Saghir, VP of Acquisition for Adore Me (a sleepwear and activewear company offering a monthly lingerie subscription service), knows a thing or two about. He joins Marc Raco and guest hosts Joe Yakuel (Agency Within) and Catherine Schepis (American Fashion Podcast, and Lean Canvas Advisory). Recorded in the MouthMedia Network studios. To hear from speakers like Joe and Sarmad, and learn more about customer acquisition in the direct to consumer sphere, check out CommerceNext on July 31st & August 1st in NYC. Listen in below:

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MouthMedia Network + CommerceNext Podcast: Beauty Is Your Business – Gaurav Agarwal of Molekule

Hear why air purifiers like Molekule are an important factor in wellness and beauty. Gaurav Agarwal, SVP of Growth and Strategy for Molekule, creating air purifiers that utilize the photoelectrochemical oxidation technology, joins Marc Raco and guest hosts Joe Yakuel (Agency Within) and Julia Macalaster (Def Method). To hear from speakers like Gaurav and Joe, and learn more about beauty in a direct to consumer space, check out CommerceNext on July 31st & August 1st in NYC. Listen in below:

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MouthMedia Network + CommerceNext Podcast: Sunil Kaki of Thrive Market – Organic Healthy Online Community

Learn how Thrive Market’s moves to attract health-focused and trendy members while being ahead of the curve has led to an active community and a direct to consumer product offering that leans toward the health-conscious alternative goods. Sunil Kaki, SVP of Marketing for Thrive Market, joins Rob Sanchez, Marc Raco, and guest host Joe Yakuel (Agency Within).To hear from speakers like Sunil and Joe, and to learn more about direct to consumer brands and community, check out CommerceNext on July 31st & August 1st in NYC. Listen in below:

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MouthMedia Network + CommerceNext Podcast: Tom Montgomery of Chubbies – No Shortage of Community

The very successful Chubbies brand (most radical shorts known to mankind have arrived to take men out of the “Capri” age of shortswear) has truly evolved over time, with thoughtful strategy in growth and performance marketing.  Founder/CMO/CTO Tom Montgomery shares an inside look into the thinking,  strategy, and ambitions of Chubbies with Marc Raco and guest hosts Joe Yakuel (Agency Within) and Catherine Schepis (American Fashion Podcast, and Lean Canvas Advisory). Recorded in the MouthMedia Network studios. To hear from speakers like Joe and Tom and learn more about performance marketing and community, check out CommerceNext on July 31st & August 1st in NYC. Listen in below:

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General Assembly Interview with Kieran Luke

CommerceNext Speaker Interview: Kieran Luke, GM, General Assembly

As a preview to the upcoming panel titled “The Ingredients of a Successful Marketing Team” at this year’s ecommerce conference, Kieran Luke (GA’s GM Credentials) and Brittney Kleinfelter (Marketing Director at CommerceNext) talked through marketing team design and the standard levels, assessments and courses set by General Assembly’s Standards Board. General Assembly (GA) put together a standards board of 13 CMOs to crack the code on ensuring long-lasting team success. They have established a set of standards and certifications for performance marketing that can help define skill requirements and expectations across the data science and digital marketing fields. Luke runs this program, which

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Benchmarking Research Report

Research Report: How Does Your Performance Marketing Measure Up To Your Peers?

CommerceNext Releases Free Benchmarking Report Based on a Survey of Retailers and DTC Brands Ecommerce performance marketing is constantly changing. The investments and programs that worked well one year may not perform as well the next. New media consumption habits, consumer trends and advancements in technology force us to stay on our toes. To be successful as an ecommerce marketer means you constantly study the customer, the platforms and channels. It’s also crucial to stay on top of what competitors are doing. To help retailers and direct to consumer brands better determine whether they’re focusing on the right things as they advance their

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How Estee Lauder Engages Customers with Micro-Storytelling

How Estee Lauder Engages Customer Experience with Micro-Storytelling

“Telegraph, telephone, tell-a-woman.” —Estée Lauder Every brand has a story to tell, but just how many brands understand the art of storytelling? Even before the rise of the internet and smartphones, Estée Lauder, the founder of Estée Lauder Companies, knew the importance and complexities of telling stories to connect and capture an audience. At the 2018 CommerceNext conference, Tricia Nichols, Senior Vice President of Customer Marketing at Estée Lauder, shared how her team successfully harnesses the art of micro-storytelling to capture an audience, share brand values and create customer loyalty. Micro-Storytelling and Brand Bonding The goal of micro-storytelling is fostering brand bonding—the building

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West Elm Bedroom Bundle Offered on Rent the Runway COURTESY OF WEST ELM

Forbes + CommerceNext: Are Rentals The Next Frontier For Retail?

ARTICLE SUMMARY: When Rent the Runway (RTR) stormed onto the fashion scene, it created an entirely new retail audience: clothes renters. Other companies, like Le Tote, quickly followed suit (no pun intended), getting into the fashion rental business capturing this lucrative and novel group of consumers. Now, RTR is back to breaking into new markets. This time, that market is home rentals. Partnering with West Elm, the two companies formed two packages to offer on RTR’s site—one for bedrooms and one for living room decor. The first home furnishings and decor companies to venture into this space in recent years were Feather and

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Forbes + CommerceNext: Why TechStyle’s Test And Learn Culture Drives Results

ARTICLE SUMMARY: The fashion industry is known for taking risk on the runway. TechStyle—the fashion group with brands like ShoeDazzle, Fabletics and JustFab—takes risk on and off the runway, driving innovation through a unique test-and-learn culture tailored around consumer behavior. TechStyle’s performance marketing efforts center around brand values. For many companies, these two concepts are mutually exclusive, but Laura Joukovski, Chief Media Officer at TechStyle, told our co-founder, Veronika Sonsev, exactly how they are not like others companies. Branding, data, advertising and the merchandise itself all carry equal weight within her nuanced marketing strategy and culture. Between their proprietary analytics system and in-house

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