Interviews, insight & analysis on Ecommerce

Customer Experience

If you want loyalty, give customers what they want

Traditional loyalty programmes usually operate by giving a financial reward to thank a customer after a transaction has been made. This act of giving something back solidifies choice and creates reasons for repeat purchase. 

Customer Experience

Using data to keep customers engaged this Christmas

This festive season, brands face a challenge. Customer expectations are elevated, but widespread global pressures on supply chains are causing havoc with businesses’ ability to deliver the products and experiences customers are used to at this crucial time of year.

Customer Experience

Marcus Oughton, Head of Ecommerce, Clarks on the future of ecommerce

In this series, ECA is talking to the heads of ecommerce at agencies and brands to find out what the industry’s leading players think about the future of the ecommerce industry. Next up is Marcus Oughton, Head of Ecommerce, Clarks UK & EMEA.

Marketing

What does omnichannel mean post-pandemic?

Omnichannel retailing has always proved challenging for retailers – for both those that have successfully migrated from a pure brick-and-mortar format, to retailers that natively blended online and physical stores from their inception.

DTC

Five reasons programmatic is tailor-made for the DTC boom

DTC channels give brands a timely opportunity to access first-party user data and extract valuable insights from customer behaviour, which can in turn be leveraged across the digital spectrum, creating more effective communication with new and existing customers.

Marketing

Branded Content: Measurement approaches in a digital world

Marketers know effective branded content in premium environments provides brands with a strong halo effect, but measurement options offered by publishers are often weak, with over reliance on flawed panel-based research. Over many years working on the commercial side of a leading media owner, I consistently came up against three issues: