Cultivating Customer Loyalty: How to Navigate — and Nail — the Post-Purchase Retail Journey

VIP Dinner - Austin, TX

Apr 11, 2024 6:00 PM8:30 PM MST

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OK I'm Interested. What Else Will Be Discussed?

  • Causes of cart abandonment (what gives?!) and how to minimize it
  • How to navigate the Bermuda Triangle of brand challenges: shipping costs, delivery issues and customer service questions
  • The upside of returns: turning a potential negative into an opportunity for serious loyalty
  • A simple trick your competitors are using to win customers over, and how to do it better
  • One crucial characteristic top brands are leaning into
  • Mastering the seamless transition between online and offline interactions
  • Making it last: turning the last touch of the customer journey into long-term affinity

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Stripe

Stripe offers payment-processing software and application programming interfaces for e-commerce websites and mobile applications.

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Commerce

Commerce (Nasdaq: CMRC) empowers businesses to innovate, grow, and thrive by providing an open, AI-driven commerce ecosystem. As the parent company of BigCommerce, Feedonomics, and Makeswift, Commerce connects the tools and systems that power growth, enabling businesses to unlock the full potential of their data, deliver seamless and personalized experiences across every channel, and adapt swiftly to an ever-changing market. Trusted by leading businesses like Coldwater Creek, Cole Haan, Harvey Nichols, King Arthur Baking Co., Mizuno, Perry Ellis, SportsShoes, and Uplift Desk, Commerce delivers the storefront control, optimized data, and AI-ready tools businesses need to grow, serve diverse buyers, and operate with confidence in an increasingly intelligent, multi-surface world.

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Assemble

Assemble is a retail transformation consultancy with a proven track record of delivering consumer-centric strategies and profit-generating solutions through data excellence and a smart tech approach. Composed of industry-leading operators, engineers, and architects who specialize in every aspect (and challenge) of retail, Assemble tackles business strategy, design, technology-based problem-solving and beyond. From predictive science to profitable growth, they're helping a ton of leading brands take their businesses to the next level.

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Guest Speaker

Keith Karlick LinkedIn

Vice President of Customer Experience and Design at Assemble

Keith Karlick has more than 15 years of experience and success working in the eCommerce space, at a range of organizations from startups to Fortune 2 companies. As a former VP of Marketing & Growth, and an agency owner, Keith knows just how important an impactful consumer journey is for retailers. Which is why he's always served at the intersection of customer experience and driving growth through digital transformation. At ASMBL, Keith is in charge of crafting custom opportunities in order to help companies scale, through digital solutions. On a personal note, Keith is an avid skier and restauranter.

Tiffany Serbus-Gustaveson LinkedIn

Senior Digital Strategist at BWG Connect

Tiffany Serbus-Gustaveson is a Digital Strategist at BWG Connect, a network and knowledge sharing group of thousands of brands who collectively grow their digital knowledge base and collaborate on partner selection. With over 13 years of experience in the digital space, she has built a strong reputation for driving growth, innovation, and customer engagement across a variety of online platforms. She is passionate about keeping up with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies by speaking with hundreds of brands a year thru the BWG Network. 

Will Reale LinkedIn

Enterprise GTM Partner Leader

Lauryn Spence LinkedIn

Senior Manager of Agency Partnerships, Americas at BigCommerce

Lauryn leads the agency partner program for BigCommerce, which is a leading enterprise SaaS eCommerce platform for DTC and B2B brands. She has nearly a decade of eCommerce experience helping brands grow revenue and reduce costs for advertising, marketplaces, and eCommerce.

Matt Dornfeld

Head of Global Partnerships at Feedonomics

Matt Dornfeld is the Head of Global Partnerships at Feedonomics, a subsidiary of BigCommerce and an enterprise that provides leading product feed management solutions for brands, retailers, and agencies. Feedonomics offers brands a robust platform to aggregate their product data and syndicate it to marketplaces, ads, and affiliate channels worldwide. Matt's role is pivotal in facilitating global business partnerships and helping brands scale their operations, resulting in win-win-win outcomes for clients, partners, and Feedonomics.

Moderating

Keith Karlick LinkedIn

Vice President of Customer Experience and Design at Assemble

Keith Karlick has more than 15 years of experience and success working in the eCommerce space, at a range of organizations from startups to Fortune 2 companies. As a former VP of Marketing & Growth, and an agency owner, Keith knows just how important an impactful consumer journey is for retailers. Which is why he's always served at the intersection of customer experience and driving growth through digital transformation. At ASMBL, Keith is in charge of crafting custom opportunities in order to help companies scale, through digital solutions. On a personal note, Keith is an avid skier and restauranter.

Tiffany Serbus-Gustaveson LinkedIn

Senior Digital Strategist at BWG Connect

Tiffany Serbus-Gustaveson is a Digital Strategist at BWG Connect, a network and knowledge sharing group of thousands of brands who collectively grow their digital knowledge base and collaborate on partner selection. With over 13 years of experience in the digital space, she has built a strong reputation for driving growth, innovation, and customer engagement across a variety of online platforms. She is passionate about keeping up with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies by speaking with hundreds of brands a year thru the BWG Network. 

Will Reale LinkedIn

Enterprise GTM Partner Leader

Lauryn Spence LinkedIn

Senior Manager of Agency Partnerships, Americas at BigCommerce

Lauryn leads the agency partner program for BigCommerce, which is a leading enterprise SaaS eCommerce platform for DTC and B2B brands. She has nearly a decade of eCommerce experience helping brands grow revenue and reduce costs for advertising, marketplaces, and eCommerce.

Matt Dornfeld

Head of Global Partnerships at Feedonomics

Matt Dornfeld is the Head of Global Partnerships at Feedonomics, a subsidiary of BigCommerce and an enterprise that provides leading product feed management solutions for brands, retailers, and agencies. Feedonomics offers brands a robust platform to aggregate their product data and syndicate it to marketplaces, ads, and affiliate channels worldwide. Matt's role is pivotal in facilitating global business partnerships and helping brands scale their operations, resulting in win-win-win outcomes for clients, partners, and Feedonomics.

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