BigDates Solutions Enables Gift Reminder Services at Barnes & Noble and Lillian Vernon.SAN RAMON San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
See: New York Stock Exchange :BKS BKS Barracks BKS Best Kept Secret (gaming) BKS Bildung, Kultur Und Sport (German) BKS Brookside (city) BKS Bergen Kirurgiske Sykehus (Bergen, Norway) ) and Lillian Vernon Lillian Vernon Corporation is an American catalog merchant and online retailer that sells household, children's and fashion accessory products. In business since 1952 (when it was founded by housewife Lillian Hochberg out of her Mount Vernon, New York apartment; the business name . Both retailers recently launched free gift reminder services powered by BigDates offering their customers the ultimate in shopping convenience and customer service. Barnes & Noble.com now has the ability to offer targeted Barnes & Noble products and gift cards to the right customers at the right time, when they are most likely to purchase a gift. Holiday centric email marketing, the bread and butter of many retailers will continue, but birth dates and other personal occasions provide exclusive email marketing opportunities allowing more personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. communications characterized by better conversion rates. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Marie Toulantis, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Barnes & Noble.com, "The BigDates reminder service is a powerful and full-featured reminder service that provides us with enormous flexibility in branding, messaging and integration. We are very pleased with BigDates capabilities to customize our Gift Reminders, and our customers response to the service has been very favorable." Well known for offering unique, personalized merchandise and good values, leading catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. and online retailer Lillian Vernon, owned by Sun Capital Partners, Inc., has replaced their existing reminder service with a much more comprehensive service called Lilly's Reminders, powered by BigDates' self-service ASP solution. Although not as flexible as BigDates' Enterprise solution, the ASP solution is an ideal "proof of concept" approach for some retailers. Kristen Montella, VP of E-Commerce at Lillian Vernon states, "Lilly's Reminders is quickly becoming a customer favorite online. Early customer feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and is clear evidence that a reminder service adds significant value to any customer retention and loyalty program." Montella continues, "Lilly's Reminders provides us with strategic marketing data and the ability to increase our email touch points with our customers, by THEIR request and in a personalized manner. I have to admit that I was skeptical about adoption rates, but obviously when done well, our customers are very interested and appreciative. The adoption rate has totally exceeded our expectations, as we've quadrupled the number of customers using reminders in the first 60 days." With BigDates retailers can offer consumers much more than a typical reminder service. In addition to email and mobile phone reminders for important dates and holidays, email reminders suggest specific and appropriate paper greeting cards See e-card. , free Ecards plus the retailer's own products for each gift recipient based on their age and gender. "The beginning of the year is an ideal time for retailers to focus on solutions for year-round gifting," said Paul Love, President of BigDates Solutions. "Both Barnes & Noble.com and Lillian Vernon are perfect brands for our reminder solution and we are elated e·lat·ed adj. Exultantly proud and joyful. e·lat  ed·ly adv.e·lat to be working with them." Love continues, "Online retailers of all sizes can take confidence in our solution, relying on our expertise and services to improve their online marketing efforts and building customer goodwill along the way." About BigDates Solutions BigDates Solutions, a division of BigDates.com, Inc., is the leading provider of Reminder Service Solutions powering the gift reminder services for: Barnes & Noble.com (NYSE:BKS), Overstock.com (NasdaqGM:OSTK), Lillian Vernon, thefrontdoor.com, PersonalCreations.com and others. Learn more at: www.BigDates-Solutions.com |
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