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Retail Sales & Marketing

3 Ways Your Retail Brand Can Embrace Recalibration Rather than Recession

All retailers can benefit from a moment of reflection, reassessment, and recalibration. Let’s examine where your brand can intelligently reduce expenses and increase revenue.

By Robert Woo

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Retail Sales & Marketing

The Digitalization of Beauty in 2023

Despite uncertainty in the economy and due to the pandemic, the beauty industry continues to flourish. We're looking at how this timeless industry has used new communication methods to innovate and lead the way.

By Robert Woo

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Retail Sales & Marketing

How Your Retail Brand Can Beat Inflation in 2023

The 2020s have been a roller coaster for consumer spending. So, as we head into another year of economic uncertainty, here are 3 ways that retail brands can navigate through potential headwinds.

By Robert Woo

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Retail Sales & Marketing

Is Your Retail Brand Relying Too Much on Social Media?

The pandemic put a spotlight on the value of social media marketing for retail brands. But as prices for ad space skyrocket, many brands are starting to wonder, is there a better strategy?

By Robert Woo

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Clienteling

3 Trends that Show Jewelry Brands Need Clienteling in 2023

These trends are sure to boost sales for jewelry brands. By catering to customer desires for personalized communications, clienteling can be a brand's catch-all for gold.

By Robert Woo

Four Key Steps After BFCM

Clienteling

4 Steps Retailers Should Take After Black Friday

Learn how to capitalize on your Black Friday/Cyber Monday success and keep these new (and existing) customers coming back into the new year and beyond.

By Robert Woo

Hyper-Personalization: The Holy Grail of Retail Success

Clienteling

Hyper-Personalization: The Holy Grail of Retail Success

Hyper-personalization refers to brands providing customized experiences for individual customers. Learn more about how data-driven communication can lead to more meaningful engagement and sales.

By Robert Woo

How Retail Brands Can Keep Clienteling During the Labor Shortage

Clienteling

How Retail Brands Can Keep Clienteling During the Labor Shortage

The looming recession and resulting labor shortage doesn't mean your clienteling efforts should stop. Read how to keep retail sales and engagement high.

By Robert Woo

Why Being Mobile Helps Retail Brands Drive Sales

Clienteling

Why Being Mobile Helps Retail Brands Drive Sales

Increase sales with remote clienteling and learn why your brand needs to connect with customers on the go in order to drive success.

By Robert Woo

SMS Best Practices for Engaging Your Retail Customers

Retail Sales & Marketing

SMS Best Practices for Engaging Your Retail Customers

Learn how to effectively engage customers through SMS clienteling. Here are 6 best practices for conversational customer outreach.

By Robert Woo

CRMs for SMBs

Retail CRM

Why Your SMB Needs a Retail CRM

Customer relationship management is not just for enterprise businesses. If you're a brand looking to drive sales by growing customer loyalty, read why your small-to-medium-sized retail business needs a CRM.

By Robert Woo

8 holiday sms campaigns

Retail Sales & Marketing

8 SMS Campaigns to Run for the Holidays

Explore the campaigns your retail brand should be launching this holiday season and why they should be part of every holiday marketing strategy.

By Robert Woo

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Retail Sales & Marketing

Maximizing Retail ROI: Elevate Your Email and SMS Marketing Strategies for Impressive Returns

Discover 4 powerful strategies to optimize your email and SMS marketing campaigns, enhancing personalization, segmentation, product recommendations, and timing for exceptional return on investment in the competitive retail landscape.

By Robert Woo

SMS Marketing for Retail Brands The 2026 Guide & Best Practices

Retail Sales & Marketing

SMS Marketing for Retail Brands: The 2026 Guide & Best Practices

How retail brands use SMS marketing in 2026: opt-in tactics, automation, compliance, best practices, and CRM-driven 2-way texts that drive real sales. With examples.

By Robert Woo

The Best CRM for Heartland POS Retailers

Clienteling

Why Endear Is the Best CRM for Heartland POS Users

Your search for the best CRM and clienteling platform for Heartland POS ends here. Learn more about why Endear is the best choice for your Heartland-powered business and integrate with one click.

By Robert Woo

Drive holiday sales with 1st-party data

Retail Sales & Marketing

How to Use First-Party Data to Drive Holiday Shopping

Businesses are collecting customer data more today than ever before. Learn how to utilize your first-party data to increase revenue and retain new customers this holiday season.

By Robert Woo

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Clienteling

Why Endear is the Best CRM for Lightspeed POS Users

Looking for the best CRM for Lightspeed? Look no further than Endear's clienteling solution that integrates with Lightspeed in just one click.

By Robert Woo

Jenette Bras storefront

Success Stories

How Jenette Bras and Endear became the perfect pair to drive 36% more transactions

After trying another CRM, Endear intimates customer, Jenette Bras, found their perfect fit with Endear, utilizing the platform to better connect with their community in a way they never could before.

By Robert Woo

Psycho Bunny models

Clienteling

How Psycho Bunny attributed over $160,000 in sales in one month to clienteling

Clothing retailer Psycho Bunny has utilized the Endear platform to drive over $1M sales through customer outreach.

By Robert Woo

Black friday shopping bag

Clienteling

Why Clienteling is the Best Black Friday/Cyber Monday Prep for Retail Brands

The holiday shopping season can be a chaotic time for retail brands and consumers alike. By putting a clienteling solution in place, brands are able to build strong relationships with their customers that promotes loyalty through the new year.

By Robert Woo

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Clienteling

3 tips for scaling a best-in-class retail business

Our friends at Retail for the People offer their expertise for scaling your retail business to the next level. Check out these sought-after tips from retail consultants that have years of experience growing brands just like yours.

By Krista & Lantz Starratt

What is clienteling

Clienteling

What Is Clienteling? Definition, Strategies, and Examples

Clienteling has always been an important part of good retail strategy, but with current economic volatility, it has taken on new meaning in today's omnichannel world.

By Robert Woo

Wholesale CRM software for retail distributors

Retail CRM

Wholesale CRM Software: Why Efficiency Matters for Distributors

Learn how to stop using spreadsheets and start using a wholesale CRM that gives your team the data to drive smart marketing decisions.

By Robert Woo

Retail Marketing Automation How to Increase Sales

Clienteling

Retail Marketing Automation: How to Increase Sales (2026 Guide)

What retail marketing automation is, how it works, and the automated campaigns that increase sales, with real examples and how small teams can do more with less (2026).

By Robert Woo

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