Ulta Beauty Named Retail Innovator of the Year

| Tim Parry

Ulta Beauty was named Retail Innovator of the Year at the 2nd annual Excellence in Customer Experience Awards, held April 14 at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati as part of Multichannel Merchant’s Operations Summit 2016. Here’s why the editors of Multichannel Merchant recognized Ulta Beauty as the most innovative retailer in the past year.

How to Box Your Brand with a Subscription Service

| John Fetto

Visits to leading subscription box sites like Birchbox, Blue Apron and Loot are up nearly 3,000% during the last three years, according to Hitwise data. This has not gone unnoticed by traditional brands and some are now adding subscription services to their traditional product lines. Here are some of the advantages to going the subscription route.

PetFlow Reinvents Digital Pet Store Experience

| Tim Parry

PetFlow has rebuilt a state-of-the-art digital pet store, complete with a fresh design and look, to connect consumers to a wide range of specialty pet products, offer personalized advice and enable shoppers to improve the lives of their own pets as well as those of animals in need.

The Importance of Brand Ambassadors in the Digital Age

| Jim Barnes

One of the most influential effects of online and mobile shopping is that retailers are now competing against more retailers than ever. Here is how you can create long-lasting relationships with your customers.

5 Reasons Retailers Should Embrace Reciprocity Marketing

| Doug Baldasare

Give to Get. The Golden Rule. The Law of Reciprocity. However you call it, the age-old rule of give and take still remains true, both in life and in business. Here are five reasons retailers should embrace reciprocity marketing.