Joyce Qian


Joyce runs Marketing at ContactPigeon. On a daily basis, she ponders on different ways innovative campaigns can translate into significant busienss growth, particularly given the ability to leverage data-driven insights. Outside of work, Joyce loves reading, traveling and exploring her new found home in the ancient city of Athens, Greece. Follow her on LinkedIn.


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Sephora: The Omnichannel Strategy Which Redefined CX in Cosmetics

Sephora Omnichannel Strategy

While many other brick-and-mortar high-street brands have crumbled throughout the decades, luxury cosmetic giants, Sephora have gained a stronghold in the competitive cosmetics retail landscape. Survival has been, in part, a result of...


The Top 15 Retail Technologies to Watch in 2024

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Much of the world we live in today depends primarily on technology. It influences nearly every aspect of our lives, from how we communicate with one another to the way we conduct our businesses.  At the same time, technology is ever-evolving,...


LEGO: The Marketing Strategy Behind the Toy Industry Titan

lego marketing strategy

LEGO’s claim to fame goes well beyond its famous interlocking plastic bricks. Since its founding in 1932, LEGO has diversified into movies, video games, television shows, popular social media channels, and even major amusement parks. And...


Retail Best Practices: Nailing your Holiday Marketing

Retail Best Practices for Holiday Marketing

As we step into 2024, the retail industry continues to evolve, adapting to the ever-changing consumer landscape. The challenges and uncertainties of 2020 are now firmly in the rearview mirror, but they have left a lasting impact on how people...


How to Use QR Codes in Retail: Best Practices for Optimal Customer Experience

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To deliver exceptional next-generation in-store experiences, retailers must bridge the gap between the digital and physical worlds. QR codes in retail stores enhance the customer journey and facilitate an omnichannel shopping experience that...


New Look: The Marketing Strategy Behind the UK Fast-Fashion Retailer

New Look Marketing Strategy

New Look is one of the UK’s leading fast-fashion retailers with more than 400 physical retail stores in 66 countries across the world and a robust eCommerce presence. Yet the story behind this phenomenal retailer is far from a...


How to Prepare for Black Friday 2024: A Retailer’s Guide

Black Friday 2020

Retailers across the nation felt optimistic in the immediate aftermath of previous Black Fridays. Always a huge source of profit, this beloved shopping day blew away predictions by producing an impressive $7.4 billion in sales. Expectations...


Best Back to School Campaigns: The 26 Best Retailers Who Made the Grade

Back to school campaign ideas

The Back to School season is always an attractive opportunity for retailers to gain a foothold ahead of the holiday season and get inspired by the best Back to School campaign examples. In fact, this shopping season is second only to Black Friday...


19 Mobile Checkout Best Practices For 2024

Mobile checkout Best Practices

The digital landscape of 2023 looks little like the eCommerce environment that dominated just a few short years ago. One of the most significant changes? A clear shift to mobile. An Episerver benchmark study involving 1.3 billion website views...


COVID-19: How 34 Businesses Adapted Their Marketing Strategy During Crisis

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The pandemic has brought a paramount uncertainty for businesses across the world amidst forced closures, disrupted supply chains, and lowered consumer spending.  According to McKinsey, nearly 24% of the British workforce (7.6 million...


[Report] How has COVID-19 Impacted Ecommerce Trends?

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At the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, many governments enforced Stay-at-Home measures that require social distancing for millions and closures of non-essential stores. Unsurprisingly, home confinement forced consumers towards online shopping, as...


Business Continuity for Retail: Lesson from COVID-19

Ensuring business continuity for Retail

The COVID-19 crisis has been devastating on businesses around the world, causing major disruptions to all business functions – from operations to supply chain management to marketing and sales. One of the sectors most affected by the crisis...


Farfetch Case Study: Analyzing The Strategy of the UK Fashion Unicorn

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In just 13 years since founding, Farfetch became an online fashion retail unicorn. This Farfetch case study explores the keys to its success from a marketing and sales perspective. Read the Farfetch case study here.

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Retail Marketing Trends 2020: What 31 Industry Experts Predict

2020 Retail Marketing Trends

2019 was another glorious year for the retail sector, with sales reaching $25 trillion worldwide, according to eMarketer. Unsurprisingly, the key growth driver was eCommerce, which grew over 16% year over year, accounting for $3.46 trillion (~14%...


Gartner Trends 2020 Predictions: What They Mean for Retailers

Gartner trends 2020

Each year, Gartner, the world-leading research and advisory firm, identifies top strategic trends that shape the future of businesses across the globe. Retail business owners, CMOs, and eCommerce professionals have highly anticipated Gartner...


25 Lovely Valentine’s Day Promotion Ideas for Retail

Valentine's Day promotion ideas

As red and pink hearts begin to pepper the shop windows, it’s a reminder that Valentine’s Day draws near. Despite the proximity to Black Friday and Christmas, Valentine’s Day remains one of the top holidays for boosting retail...


15 Mother’s Day Marketing Campaigns We Loved

Mark your calendar if you haven’t already. On May 12th, we celebrate the moms in our lives on Mother’s Day. For eCommerce and retail, this is a great opportunity to get creative and lure shoppers to your site, seeing that Mother’s...


Black Friday Report for Ecommerce 2018 [Infographic]

Black Friday Report 2018 Feature

As we flip over the most recent Black Friday Cyber Monday chapter of the retail year, it’s time to dive into data to call out a few key eCommerce trends from this year’s biggest shopping event. This is our second Black Friday Report since...


The Ultimate eCommerce Marketing Automation Guide for 2024

Marketing Automation Guide 2018

A primary attraction of running an eCommerce business is the ability to control many aspects of your business operations from just about anywhere via the internet. But merely existing as an online business isn’t enough anymore. To thrive,...