Email volume and ROI per email message was way up during the 2013 holiday season. Did someone say email was dead?
Play kitchens merited 68% more searches than Xboxes, says a British study.
The cracker brand helps moms prepare for the holidays with a digital parade.
Retailers' Thanksgiving Day sales pitches came in heavy via email.
The holiday shopping season begins earlier each year—and with it comes an increase in email marketing. How can you make sure your brand stands out?
Retailer emails were through the chimney this Christmas. And while lists were small and targeting was sparse, results were good, according to eDataSource's tracking of 800,000 inboxes.
An OpinionLab report reveals consumers' needs for a multichannel shopping experience this holiday season
Digital recipe index Allrecipes.com teamed up with Better Homes and Gardens and Campbell's in an aesthetically-pleasing "Best Thanksgiving Ever" Pinterest contest.
IBM's holiday Benchmark is a seriously fine-tuned tracking machine and it'll be keeping diligent tabs on digital shopping trends throughout the Thanksgiving holiday.
Five ways marketers can use mobile during the holiday season to start building relationships that will improve revenue this year and next.
More mature customers will shop online this year to avoid surly service at retail, a new survey says.
Email list prices drop as new marketing players get in the game and veteran vendors beef up their wares.
The charitable organization instills the gift of giving with digital campaigns for the holidays and beyond
C'mon retailers. This isn't that hard. Get some data and start directing your panicked holiday appeals to the people who really care.
The retailer bulks up its member rewards program as part of its holiday integrated retail approach.
In-store comparison shopping via smartphone is predicted to rise this holiday season. But savvy retailers are starting to use mobile technology to keep showroomers' dollars in their stores.
Strong search placements during back-to-school presages a holly-jolly holiday for marketers employing smartphones and tablets.
Brands home in on how and when to target holiday shoppers.
The Essential Guide to Email Marketing is packed with actionable information, as in everything you need to know to keep your email programs running smoothly.
'Tis the season for holiday email marketing mania. Here's how to ensure that customers open email messages with as much enthusiasm as opening a holiday gift.
In its annual 2012 Holiday Trend Report released today, Epsilon found that consumers are looking to make big holiday purchases early in the season, as well as in the weeks after Christmas.
Even though holiday sales numbers grab the headlines, many marketers see the shopping season as just the beginning of their relationship with a customer. Using the influx of first-time buyers as an opportunity to expand their databases and better understand consumer behavior, marketers are finding that effective CRM strategies can make it feel like Christmas all year long.
This holiday shopping season could finally make free shipping the norm among multichannel retailers — and free returns could be next.
Be my Valentine! Now, let's see what I can buy/purchase/consume to express how I feel. A greeting card, for starters, pre-printed with someone else's sentiments, a frilly box of chocolates complete with a picture chart so you can avoid biting into the one with that weird green cream, or a dozen red long-stems.
A majority of retailers continue to email subscribers who have been inactive for more than 40 months, according to a study released by email service provider Responsys on Nov. 17.
Santa is going social, and mobile appears to be king when it comes to shopping this holiday season, according to a study conducted Oct. 11-14 by Shopper Sciences, a marketing consultancy unit of the Interpublic Group of Companies' Mediabrands.
Facing a fourth holiday of economic uncertainty, merchants this year will attempt to repeat the success they had attracting shoppers in 2010. Experts predict an onslaught of coupons, free shipping and multichannel efforts to draw in recession-weary consumers.
Toys "R" Us will launch its integrated 2011 holiday advertising campaign on Oct. 30., featuring direct mail, email, social media and TV elements.
The holiday shopping season is almost here and strategies incorporating mobile marketing can expand your database, reaffirm customer loyalty and usher in new multichannel techniques to make the most of this holiday season.
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