“One of the pitfalls of employing the same discounts repeatedly is that advertisers risk losing the customer to the competition. Consumers respond best to what they perceive as better value, and it’s in the retailer's best interest to mix offers up to excite consumers.”

“We perceived Rakuten Affiliate Network to have a higher standard in the luxury and fashion industry than competitors and we believe our recent successes justify that opinion.”

“We have seen revenue grow month to month. Affiliates now count for 20% of our online business — from 0 to 20% in 18 months, not bad at all.”

“We don’t get that kind of insight on cross-device behavior from any other marketing platform at the moment.”

"Rakuten Advertising has played a huge part in the success and growth of the Cult Beauty affiliate programme. The market-specific knowledge the team has provided has helped shape the international growth strategy of the programme and has also provided crucial information for the business to inform international strategy. Coupled with …

“Working with Rakuten Marketing has been very rewarding for our brand. They go above and beyond to provide opportunities to gain market insights, new customer data and strategy optimizations that aid us in ensuring our omnichannel marketing efforts are effective. With each learning we see growth in our campaigns.”

"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 …

"Working with our talented Rakuten Advertising team helped us to greatly surpass our targeted goal. The seamless communication and execution across channels enabled us to have clear visibility into how each channel was performing, making it easier to monitor and optimize our initiatives."

"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."

"The past few months have been a challenging time for all, especially our frontline heroes. As a brand which prides itself on all-day comfort, FitFlop identified the opportunity to give back to NHS staff over this period, while tackling current market challenges in an ever-changing retail environment. The team had …

"Our measurement of the campaign proved the investment and authentic, vibrant content resonated with our audience, in some instances better than own-brand content. Throughout this campaign, we worked collaboratively across departments to inject newness to the campaign to reduce our reliance on discounting. This strategy will play a pivotal role …

“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 …

“It wasn’t until we started working with Rakuten Marketing that we understood how much incremental revenue retargeting could drive. The ability to quantify the specific value of our retargeting campaigns made Rakuten Marketing the obvious choice as a retargeting partner.”

“The Rakuten Advertising staff I’ve worked with has been perfect. The creation of strategies around multiple channels and being on the forefront of testing has exceeded expectations. Rakuten respected our needs while also pushing the boundaries compared to the competition.”