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

"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.”

“Hands down, the LinkShare account management team has gone above and beyond to understand and cater to our business goals.”

“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.”

“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."

"Rakuten Affiliate Network has helped connect us with the right advertisers and opportunities to enable us to achieve 300% in sales growth last year. We enjoy working with our account teams who are always helpful. We look forward to continuing our partnerships in the coming years."

"Partnering with Rakuten Affiliate Network has made it easy for CouponCabin to drive incremental growth and new customers for advertisers. We look forward to continued, tremendous growth with RAN and our partners within the network!"

“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.”

“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.”

"Accelerate has allowed both companies to join forces with a united front and to tackle any obstacle that arises, together our partnership has gone from good to great and the best is yet to come."

"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 …