SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (Marketwire) — 09/20/12 — , the leading provider of consumer marketing optimization applications delivered as software as a service (SaaS), today announced the , the premier marketing optimization and customer performance event. The Summit will be held October 24 – 26, 2012 at the W Hotel in San Francisco. Register at: .
PivotLink-s Summit allows attendees to capitalize on the biggest trends and opportunities in customer lifecycle marketing, marketing analytics, and customer-centric merchandising. It offers outstanding networking opportunities with industry thought leaders and robust educational sessions on using on-demand analytics to understand and delight your customers.
, president and CEO of PivotLink, will kick off the Summit by reviewing the state of customer analytics in his keynote presentation on “Customer Centricity.” Other keynotes include: “Advanced Lifecycle Marketing Analytics” by , program director, Retail Merchandising, Marketing, and Analytics Strategies at IDC Retail Insights; “Growth Through Insights & Innovation” by , founder and executive director, Kellogg Innovation Network (KIN), Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University; and “Relationship Marketing in the New School World” by , vice president, Strategic Services, Responsys.
Program topics range from redefining marketing attribution to analytic strategies for harnessing brand sentiment, customer lifestyle data and other big data sources. Highlights include:
, editor, STORES Media, will moderate the retail executives panel: “Mavericks Roundtable: Winning Analytics Strategies of the Leading Brands”;
, Shop.org board member emeritus and senior partner, GVG Capital, will present “Best Practices in Marketing Optimization”;
, editorial director, Retail TouchPoints will highlight trends from the latest benchmark retail studies in “Industry Insights”;
Case study presentations from PivotLink customers such as: , president of Freshpair, will present “Customer Lifecycle Marketing,” a session highlighting the online apparel retailer-s bold approach to customer segmentation for creating authentic customer relationships; , SVP of Business Development and Operations at A Place for Mom, will present “Marketing Attribution in Practice”; and others.
PivotLink-s product team will host demonstrations and interactive training workshops on the latest analytic and big data solutions for retailers, including PivotLink , PivotLink and PivotLink ;
The PivotLink Customer Excellence Awards will spotlight game-changing analytics strategies of top retailers.
“PivotLink-s Customer and Marketing Analytics Summit celebrates the success companies across the retail value chain and our larger customer base are achieving by unleashing the value of their data to create meaningful and lasting relationships with customers,” said Joe Dalton, chief marketing officer, PivotLink. “It-s a great learning opportunity for anyone who wants to move beyond traditional business intelligence approaches and kick-start their marketing strategies for 2013.”
Sponsors include Responsys, Tomax, Datalogix, Retail TouchPoints and STORES Media. .
Register and view the preliminary agenda at .
from last year-s event.
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PivotLink is the leading provider of consumer marketing optimization applications delivered as software as a service (SaaS). PivotLink serves retail and retail-related customers such as: Car Toys; Freshpair; Kelly-Moore; Party City; Rossignol; Shaklee; and Timbuk2. PivotLink-s on-demand analytic solutions offer business users a comprehensive view of omni-channel consumer behavior, customer segment performance, marketing program effectiveness and marketing portfolio attribution. PivotLink is a privately held company backed by Trident Capital, Emergence Capital Partners, StarVest Partners and Pelion Venture Partners.
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