Silver Star Brands is one of America’s largest direct-to-consumer companies, it was founded in 1934. Silver Star was known as Miles Kimball Company, however, it was rebranded in 2013 in order to signify its evolution from a mail cataloger to a multi-channel retailer.
More about Silver Star, it consists of six brands selling gifts as well as wellness, health, along with household products. Silver Star’s target audience is women age 50 and older. Based on insights, 34% f consumers order products via mail orders, along with 34% do so via phone, besides 32% via the internet.
Silver Star underwent a major overhaul, and that produced an immediate increase in profitability and beat forecasts. Moreover, Silver Star rebalanced its investment into strategies, technology, along with people.
Anyhow, this revitalization included selecting a single partner, Data Axle, to transform its database along with email marketing initiatives.
According to Data Axle, Hecht, and her team, Silver Star company was mailing too many catalogs to unresponsive customers. The findings:
Data Axle's test included randomly dividing customers into three segments to determine through which channels they should be messaged:
Moreover, the experiment revealed:
Successfully, Sliver Star went from cataloger to multi-channel retailer and achieved success by adopting a Data Axle- designed mobile-responsive email template. The new email program has enabled Silver Star to beat annual email-driven sales predictions by 2%, making a 25% year-over-year increase.
The new improved email marketing program has also resulted in:
“Data Axle’s digital and direct marketing expertise enabled us to automate triggered email campaigns, eliminate excess spend on inactive customers, and ultimately increase revenue.” Jennifer Heim Marketing Retention Manager at Silver Star Brands
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