Urban Outfitters
Episode 7 of the Unboxing Ecommerce: Operations Behind Online Brands podcast, hosted by James Marks and Jennifer Yates, titled "Urban Outfitters" was published on January 30, 2024 and runs 47 minutes.
January 30, 2024 ·47m · Unboxing Ecommerce: Operations Behind Online Brands
Summary
James and Jennifer order from Urban Outfitters and James falls apart. Why Urban Outfitters? They are a sophisticated family of demographic-oriented businesses. Research included these sources: URBN: https://www.urbn.com/homeWikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_OutfittersFinancial Times: https://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/profile?s=URBN:NSQGlobal Data: https://www.globaldata.com/company-profile/urban-outfitters-inc/Salesforce Buys Krux for...
Episode Description
James and Jennifer order from Urban Outfitters and James falls apart.
Why Urban Outfitters? They are a sophisticated family of demographic-oriented businesses.
Research included these sources:
- URBN: https://www.urbn.com/home
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Outfitters
- Financial Times: https://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/profile?s=URBN:NSQ
- Global Data: https://www.globaldata.com/company-profile/urban-outfitters-inc/
- Salesforce Buys Krux for $700 Million: https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-buys-krux-for-700-million-2016-10
- Skimlinks is acquired by retail marketing platform Connexity: https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/28/a-12-year-journey-ends-as-skimlinks-is-acquired-by-retail-marketing-platform-connexity/
- Taboola Completes Acquisition of Connexity: https://connexity.com/taboola-closes-connexity-acquisition/
Sites Mentioned:
- UO MRKT: https://www.urbanoutfitters.com/uo-mrkt-faqs
- Rakuten - https://www.rakuten.com/: Cash Back, deals and shopping rewards on the world’s largest selection of products and services.
- Clarity by Microsoft - https://clarity.microsoft.com/: Clarity is a free tool that captures how people use your site. Setup is easy and you'll start getting data in minutes.
- Qualtrics - https://www.qualtrics.com/: Experience Management (XM) software.
- Krux (now Salesforce Data Cloud for Marketing) - https://www.salesforce.com/products/data-cloud-marketing/?mc=DMP: Activate your customer data with Data Cloud for Marketing.
- Skim Links - https://skimlinks.com/: Skimlinks affiliates product links from commerce content.
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Connect with James Marks:
www.linkedin.com/in/jameslmarks
www.withtrivial.com
Connect with Jennifer Yates:
www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferayates
www.workwithroux.com
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