“As we grow as a brand and add more global ecommerce distribution, Rakuten Affiliate Network will be a vital part of that growth.”

“Our affiliate programme with the Rakuten Marketing Affiliate Network has been going from strength-to-strength and their understanding of the fashion and lifestyle sector has helped us achieve our planned online growth. We are looking forward to further success in 2017 as we move into Rakuten Marketing’s fully managed service and …

"We came out of Symposium New York with new energy and a new plan to accelerate not just this channel, but our entire business."

“The Rakuten Marketing Search team is a huge asset to Vans e-commerce. They continue to drive sales, stay abreast of industry trends, and provide great support year after year. We consider their search marketing expertise, technology and strategy a critical part of our online success.”

“We partnered with Rakuten Advertising at a crucial time for our brand when our ecommerce revenues were falling. We were losing confidence in our marketing spend and Rakuten Advertising quickly turned this around and gave me the confidence to increase our investment. We have always been a very ROI focused …

"Using Cadence, we have been able to see the true impact of our affiliate programme across the board. Not only has it helped us transform strategy, but further enable us to invest confidently in the affiliate channel with Rakuten Marketing.”

"Rakuten Marketing has provided strategic recommendations that have helped us to optimize campaigns and test new acquisition strategies with publishers. Their expertise in the vertical and their strong partner relationships have led to a highly successful program."

"AMDX helped us to grow our program and meet our sales targets in a very competitive space. The collaboration between our teams is something we will continue to grow in 2020 and beyond while utilizing everything the Rakuten Advertising platform has to offer."

"The strategy we built with AMDX and Rakuten Advertising has helped us focus our spend on acquiring new customers, while still realizing the impact the affiliate channel has on driving repeat purchases."

“Working with the Rakuten Marketing Search team has enabled us to collaborate with industry experts and Kenshoo to test the latest developments and product features. This has been a key partner in our e-commerce program and we look forward to continued success in 2017."

“As a fashion site, our readers gravitate towards high end luxury fashion brands. Not only does the Rakuten Affiliate program work with the majority of these brands, but the program also provides all the tools our editors and data analysts need to make informed decisions. Our editors have the ability …

“Rakuten Search is really able to hone in our needs and provide strategic recommendations to promote our brand. We have already achieved record success for 2014, our year-over-year growth is already up 20% and predicted to reach 48%.”

“88% of consumers said they would shop online with free shipping, drawing a parallel to research that shows that 88% also don’t want to pay anything for shipping when they shop online. [Advertisers] tend to think of free shipping as coming with a minimum order [to help cover costs], Perez …

“They could be the main shopper in a household who didn’t get everything done; they could be the type to try and wait out sales; it could be college students who were caught up in exams and finals and didn’t get around to starting their shopping until after the semester …

"We are very pleased with the success of our affiliate marketing strategy and as a result, winning the Best Managed Global Affiliate Programme in the International Performance Marketing Awards 2018. Our partnership with Rakuten Advertising played a vital part in the increase of our campaign performance, which drove huge sale …