Shopping Made Easy, Emails Made Effective

The VCF email program became duplicative of their circular, and wasn’t living up to the brand’s promise to make furniture shopping easy. We were asked to reengage consumers, build interest and boost relevance.

THE APPROACH

The batch-and-blast email approach doesn’t work anymore. Consumers expect more. And so did we. We created a multi-layered program that combined planned content with the power of real time targeting.

Redesigning the email templates from top to bottom, we made them a mobile-friendly mix of products, categories and content. Personalized, triggered emails were sent based on shopping behaviors—so we could intuitively promote the things we knew customers were already interested in.

While promotions are important, buying furniture also requires a little inspiration. That’s where content comes in. Our email strategy included communication around design trends and tips, in addition to the sale messages everyone expected. This kept consumers engaging with the brand regularly, even though they bought furniture pretty infrequently.