As a preview to the upcoming CommerceNext 2019 panel “The Ingredients of a Successful Marketing Team”, 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
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In this Day 1 panel, Andrea Zaretsky (SVP, CRM & Loyalty), Sunil Kaki (SVP of Marketing at Thrive Market), Liesel Walsh (VP, CRM, Loyalty and Insights at Party City), Lewis Gersh (CEO, PebblePost) guide us through “Unlocking the Secrets to Loyalty and Retention.” Why this panel topic? Given how much retailers and DTC brands
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CommerceNext 2019 is less than 90 days away! Today, we’re excited to announce two more keynotes: Denise Incandela, SVP and Group General Manager of Fashion for Walmart ecommerce, and Ali Weiss, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Glossier. Incandela is a visionary retail executive who has delivered growth and transformation for brands and specialty retailers
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“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
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In this Day 2 panel, Micky Onvural (CEO, Bonobos), Ben Harrell (CMO, Priceline), and Kieran Luke (GM Credentials, General Assembly/GA) break it all down in their session, “The Ingredients of a Successful Marketing Team.” Why this panel topic? These ecommerce marketing leaders see team curation as both an art and a science. When starting from
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Attribution is one of marketing’s biggest headaches. It’s also an absolute necessity for measuring incrementality and managing ROI. With so many differing opinions on how best to handle attribution, retailers often find themselves struggling for real answers amongst the noise. With multi-touch attribution, models can be difficult to build out and maintain, often requiring a
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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.
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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. Every TechStyle marketing effort centers on brand values and performance. For many companies, these two concepts are mutually exclusive,
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The first of many can’t-miss speakers we’ll announce in the coming months, we’re thrilled to share our first two keynotes for CommerceNext 2019 with Joe Megibow, CEO of Purple and Laura Joukovski, Chief Media Officer of TechStyle confirmed to take the stage. Joe Megibow, CEO of Purple, will be taking the stage for the keynote
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ARTICLE SUMMARY: NRF Big Show is aptly named—it’s a BIG show. Easy to get lost amongst the myriad of shiny new technology solutions and buzzwords of the day, our CommerceNext co-founder, Veronika Sonsev, tracked down four attendees representing leading retailers (Foot Locker, Party City, Teuful Audio and Jet.com) to find out how they stay focused
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