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"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.”

“By combining Rakuten Marketing’s display and affiliate marketing channels we were able to effectively build upon our Chinese customer base, acquiring customers and generating brand awareness for The Cambridge Satchel Company across digital touchpoints and at scale to deliver a strong return on investment.”

“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 …

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“Rakuten LinkShare offers an amazing level of service and higher level thinking that’s taking our affiliate marketing program to the next level.”

“Our aim to break into APAC through affiliate partnerships turned out to be a huge success; we see constant growth across all KPIs and gained many new valuable publishers. The successful relationship with Rakuten Affiliate Network helped to achieve our objectives; our global programme is impressively growing due to fantastic …

“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 …

“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%.”

"Having worked together successfully since 2017, we trust Rakuten Advertising to invest the cost of sale to produce the best results. We have seen increases YoY having launched with Accelerate at the end of last year. Our account management team have become an extension of our team – they are …

"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 …

“The new strategy became a great negotiation tool.”

“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 …

“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.”