RetailDive

APRIL 20, 2021

The athletics retailer first signed the basketball legend in 2003, and said he remains a "deeply loved member of the Nike family."

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 15, 2022

The TTF mission has provided support around the globe to those who experience the stress of conflict and dire circumstances, donating a total of $225 million in toys to more than 26 million children and families since it began its mission in 2003. This latest delivery of donations is scheduled to arrive within the next few weeks.

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Retail TouchPoints

APRIL 14, 2022

This move represents a return to eBay for Garcia, who spent 11 years within the company’s search and buyer experience beginning in 2003. As we continue to build an eBay for the future, having a leadership team that embodies our purpose is critical, and I know that Eddie will play a key role in the ongoing success of our entire marketplace.”.

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eCommerce Social Media Fulfillment Improvements 112

Steve Dennis

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

When Seth Godin’s 2003 book Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable posited, among many other powerful ideas, that to be less than remarkable was to be, in essence, invisible, many folks thought he was only talking about marketing (he wasn’t) or being hyperbolic (well, at the time, maybe a little).

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Retail Books Consumer Arts 158

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 5, 2022

Hennington, who has been with Target since 2003, will continue reporting to Cornell. Her leadership of Target in India will help drive further connectivity between Target’s team in India and the retailer’s global growth strategies.

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Retail Customer Experience Omnichannel Supplies 97

FastSpring

AUGUST 14, 2018

Since their start in 2003, WordPress has become the leading content management system for individuals and businesses alike. In fact, WordPress currently runs 31% of all websites around the world. Odds are some of your favorite sites on the internet are powered by WordPress.

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GetElastic

JANUARY 2, 2018

© 2003 - 2017 Provide Support LLC. Now, with the right strategy, you can use good content to engage, inform and even inspire your customer base, regardless of whether your aim is to attract new customers, retain existing ones or both.(.). Read more. Published in Provide Support Blog , 2018. Permalink | No comment.

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Email Audience

JULY 29, 2022

The variation ‘e-commerce’ peaked in 2003, after which the frequency of the word has been in decline. This also corroborates the declining popularity of ‘e-commerce’ in print media since 2003. The Ngram results show that e-commerce, followed by E-commerce, then eCommerce, has been the most popular way to spell the word in print media.

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eCommerce eCommerce Platforms Definition Electronics 59

RTP blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Prior to Spatialand, Kimberly founded Prologue with Kyle Cooper in 2003, as well as Prologue Immersive in 2015. She currently leads the company’s operations and business development efforts in expanding its design and technology solutions.

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GetElastic

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Since 2003, Movember has helped fund 1,300 men’s health programs for prostate, testicular, and mental health including suicide prevention. Movember has supported us through the process, by providing us resource material, and a speaker to engage with employees on the importance of cancer prevention and mental health.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2022

Trained as an interior designer, McDannald joined Baltimore’s New Design Light firm in the sales department in 2003 before becoming co-owner in 2009. Erin McDannald, CEO and Co-owner of Lighting Environments and its sister company Environments, has guided clients throughout the lighting design and construction process for over two decades.

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Ecommerce Platforms

AUGUST 10, 2022

Founded in 2003, Squarespace describes itself as the leader in website design. Founded in 2003, Bluehost is usually better known for its website hosting packages. There’s a lot to zone in on, so let’s start. Squarespace vs Bluehost: What Squarespace Does. Choose your template Follow Squarespace’s guidance to start building.

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eCommerce SEO Live Chat eCommerce Platforms 104

Retail TouchPoints

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Hennington joined Target in 2003, and was instrumental in modernizing the retailer’s merchandising organization by blending its physical and digital buying functions. “The changes we’re announcing create new opportunities for key leaders to bring their knowledge and experiences to different areas of the business.”.

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Nerd Marketing

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

It was 2003. Black Friday e-commerce can really stress you out. I remember my first Black Friday as a retailer. The holidays kinda snuck up on us. We had no idea that we had to strategize this entire month. We came up with a few last-minute deals. We sent out a few last-minute emails. WE […].

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Klaviyo

JANUARY 11, 2018

In 2003, the company was purchased by Nike for $305 million. Converse is a now-famous shoe brand with roots in Malden, Massachusetts right outside of Boston. Converse is known for their rubber sole and canvas upper shoe that was originally designed for basketball. A look at the history of TOMS.

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Apparel Fashion eCommerce Marketing 104

Kissmetrics

DECEMBER 28, 2021

To see search growth for a particular topic, simply set your search duration to “2003 to present,” so you can see long-term traffic on the topic. If you’re searching for a new niche, Google Search Trends is a great way to identify rapidly-expanding niches that may have content gaps you can fill.

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Steve Dennis

MARCH 22, 2022

In summary, I’m left being reminded of the story I tell in my book about what one of my direct reports said to me after our Board endorsed the strategy to transform Sears into “a lifestyle destination for active families” way back in 2003. And I’m paraphrasing here: “I don’t feel like we got support for a strategy to actually win.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 7, 2022

Dreller has worked in digital marketing since 2003 with roles across brands, agencies and tech vendors. Incrementality enables marketers to evaluate experimentation with emerging innovations like the metaverse and understand the incremental value it brings to your total marketing program.

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Marketing Consumer Webinar Article 116

Retail TouchPoints

MAY 11, 2023

Get Really Good at One Thing (like Thriftbooks) Online bookseller ThriftBooks launched in 2003 as an Amazon seller but has since become one of the largest independent sellers of used books in the country through its own site and app.

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Kissmetrics

JANUARY 27, 2021

Launched in 2003, LinkedIn has become the most popular social network for professionals. With over 700 million users globally, it is now one of the biggest social media platforms. That’s why every brand should be using LinkedIn to grow their brand. One way to do that is by creating a LinkedIn newsletter. What Is a LinkedIn Newsletter?

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Social Media B2B Article Marketing 315

Steve Dennis

DECEMBER 22, 2018

In the weird irony that is often part of retail (and life in general), Sears Holdings recently announced its first quarter of comparable sales growth in many years—and I believe only its second or third since I left the retailer in 2003! Better late than never, I suppose.

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Liveintent

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Silver compared the current privacy push to 2003, when the CAN-SPAM Act changed email marketing by giving consumers the ability to unsubscribe from content they didn’t want. Change for the better. Though the renewed focus on privacy presents its share of hurdles, Silver sees opportunities for the industry to evolve.

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Kissmetrics

MARCH 17, 2021

Of 18 to 21-year-olds who weren’t in high school in 2018, 57 percent were in college, compared to 52 percent of Millennials in 2003, and 43 percent of Gen Xers in 1987. What’s more, despite the growing cost of college tuition, Gen Z are better educated than earlier generations.

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Social Media eCommerce Clothing Fashion 354

Steve Dennis

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

When I left Sears in 2003, I was quite pessimistic about the company’s long-term prospects. Some initiatives we had put in place during a two-year strategic re-positioning effort were gaining traction, but most key metrics were alarming. The apparel business was well below a sustainable productivity level.

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Apparel Retail Operations Customer Experience 102

Lemonstand

AUGUST 2, 2018

Based in Metro Atlanta, GA, Beads In Bulk has been involved in the wholesale distribution of beads and related products since 2003. After getting married and moving to the United States, I finally got a chance in 2003 to fulfill my dreams and beadsinbulk.com was born.

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Kissmetrics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

However, since Google’s acquisition in 2003, you can display Google Ads on your blog to make a little extra money on the side. It works well for simple blogging, but you can’t create a full-fledged website, so I don’t recommend it if you want to build a brand and make money blogging. Summary.

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Retail TouchPoints

JULY 21, 2021

A serial digital entrepreneur, Adrien has always been driven by the desire to invent tomorrow’s economy: All Instant, a NY based Instant Messaging platform sold in 2003 and SplitGames an online video games marketplace sold to FNAC in 2008.

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eCommerce Retail Apparel Consumer 112

Kissmetrics

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Now to be fair, this was back in 2003 when it wasn’t that hard to rank on Google (or any other search engine for that matter). Well, this story will help explain it…. The old days. When I first started my journey as an SEO, I got really good at one thing. Getting rankings!

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 7, 2022

Think of Second Life back in 2003 — that was essentially a metaverse. “The metaverse very much exists right now,” said Matt Maher, Futurist and Founder of M7 Innovations in an interview with Retail TouchPoints. Gaming is the start, and gaming has been around for a while.

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eCommerce Retail Games Fashion 105

Steve Dennis

JANUARY 26, 2019

Aside from confusing correlation with causality–and aside from having shared this type of analysis myself at two different retailers in 2003 and 2006 respectively–some version of this alleged wisdom nugget has been trotted out at many a conference for quite some time.

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eCommerce Retail Vend Channel 98

Steve Dennis

MARCH 6, 2020

In fact, much of Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette’s presentation this morning was eerily reminiscent of one I shared with the Sears board in 2003 shortly before I departed. It was followed by CMO Rich Lennox laying out a customer segmentation analysis and strategy that closely mirrored work we did at Neiman Marcus in 2007.

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Sailthru

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Revolve has been doing this since 2003, when most fashion brands were barely aware of the power of personalization. Clearly, it’s working: Revolve’s June initial public offering finished its first day at 89 percent above its opening price, making it the third best-performing IPO of the year at the time it went public.

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Customer Social Media Multichannel Retail 68

Steve Dennis

MAY 19, 2019

Of course, I don’t have to wonder all that much since I worked at Sears from 1991 to 2003. What is it like to work at a brand that, since the turn of this century, doesn’t seem to have learned much of anything about what it takes to stay remarkable and relevant in today’s retail environment?

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Retail Omnichannel Channel Presentation 109

Steve Dennis

MAY 16, 2018

Opportunities to have struck a grander bargain with those omnichannel brands with the best distribution power, market share and growth potential — which my team aggressively explored in 2003 — have long since passed. These retailers frankly don’t need anything material from Sears anymore. For Amazon, however, this makes good sense.

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eCommerce Retail Omnichannel Workshop 88

BigCommerce

JUNE 20, 2017

In 2003, my business partner and I designed a novelty brand that was in the international clothing convention called the “Magic Show.” As told to BigCommerce by Kristian Gregorace, Skatehead Clothing. At the age of 18, I designed a brand of streetwear that was sold in a national store in the mall that had stores across 35 states.

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Apparel Fashion eCommerce BigCommerce 392

Steve Dennis

AUGUST 25, 2018

When I left Sears late in 2003 (the year before the Sears and Kmart merger), we had valued Kenmore well in excess of $2 billion, and Sears’ major appliance market share was north of 40%. The latest example of this is ESL’s offer to buy the Kenmore brand for $400 million.

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Retail Other Customer Marketing 87

Lemonstand

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Based in Calgary, Alberta, Clear Solutions has been a provider of premier windshield repair supplies since 2003. They supply only the finest quality windshield repair kits, auto glass repair and headlight restoration products and are constantly evaluating new technologies to keep their customers on the cutting edge.

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