NetSuite announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bronto Software Inc., for $200 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015, according to a press release.
The combination brings together two companies of cloud-based omnichannel commerce solutions. Bronto Software provides a commerce marketing automation platform used by more than 1,400 brands, including Armani Exchange, Timex and Trek Bikes.
Netsuite’s SuiteCommerce is a cloud-based omnichannel B2B and B2C commerce platform, with more than 3,000 brands leveraging SuiteCommerce to drive their commerce strategies across point-of-sale, ecommerce and call center. In addition, SuiteCommerce offers a unified cloud omnichannel commerce solution that brings together all the operational capabilities required to deliver a complete omnichannel commerce solution from order and inventory management to global multi-currency and multi-country tax compliance.
“Just as customers demand seamless cross-channel shopping experiences, they increasingly expect companies to communicate consistently through all of their digital experiences – on site, at stores, in email or through social or mobile. By combining the two companies’ offerings and technology, we can help merchants deliver relevant and consistent digital commerce experiences throughout the customer journey,” said Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite.
“Today’s consumers expect brands to know them across every channel and marketing touchpoint,” said Joe Colopy, Bronto Software CEO. “Providing that type of experience demands a unified approach to digital engagement, whether driving transactions online or offline or engaging with them through website, email, mobile or social. We’re thrilled to bring Bronto’s industry leading commerce marketing capabilities to NetSuite’s commerce solutions. This will help merchants to better engage with their customers, drive repeat purchases and build lifelong loyalty.”
Omnichannel Commerce: Disrupting Retail Today and Every Industry Tomorrow
In the modern cloud world in which businesses and individuals are operating today, the difference between commerce and marketing has quickly become blurred. Consumers are in constant communication with brands in store and across email, mobile, social and web channels and are never more than a click away from a transaction. Just as the consumers’ desire for a seamless omnichannel commerce experience is pushing businesses to unify their commerce systems, a comparable change is occurring in marketing. Consumers increasingly expect companies to present a consistent and unified brand experience across all marketing channels.
Born in the cloud in 2002, Bronto has been exclusively focused on solving the challenges of commerce marketers. This enables brands to deliver timely and relevant digital marketing, fuel brand engagement and drive revenue throughout the customer lifecycle.
Bronto offers a host of capabilities in functionality that unifies a shopper’s omnichannel journey:
- Messaging: Powerful yet intuitive tools designed for commerce marketers to personalize and execute on every aspect of email, SMS and social campaigns that drives online and offline sales.
- Automation: Simple drag-and-drop tools to create intricate multi-step automated campaigns, like cart recovery, ratings and reviews follow-up, post-purchase, welcome series and other staples of the modern commerce marketer.
- Marketing CRM: Robust list management and segmentation tools to assess engagement across all messaging channels. It includes common list building features like website landing pages and pop-up boxes, text-to-join SMS campaigns to drive list growth.
- Omnichannel: Features that bridge online and offline to give one view of the customer for the commerce marketer. It includes features like e-receipts and coupon management. These high-impact campaigns allow digital to in-store attribution.
About Bronto Software
Bronto Software provides a cloud-based marketing platform for organizations to drive revenue through their email, mobile and social campaigns. Bronto is the number one ranked email marketing provider to the Internet Retailer Top 1000, with a client roster of leading brands worldwide, including Armani Exchange, Timex, Gander Mountain, Trek and Boot Barn. The company is headquartered in Durham, NC, with additional offices in London, Sydney, New York and Los Angeles. For more information, visit www.bronto.com.
About NetSuite
Today, approximately 24,000 companies and subsidiaries depend on NetSuite to run complex, mission-critical business processes globally in the cloud. Since its inception in 1998, NetSuite has established itself as the leading provider of enterprise-class cloud financials/ERP suites for divisions of large enterprises and mid-sized organizations seeking to upgrade their antiquated client/server ERP systems. NetSuite continues its success in delivering the best cloud ERP/financials suites to businesses around the world, enabling them to lower IT costs significantly while increasing productivity, as the global adoption of the cloud is accelerating.