We were brainstorming subject lines for an email this week and as I tried my best to come up as many summer-related clichés as possible I wondered how many of these actually made their way out into finished emails. So I decided to take a look through my inbox — here’s a selection of some [...]
Despite the popularity of infographics, there are relatively few about e-commerce. Here is a showcase of 15 well designed e-commerce infographics that also present useful data for anyone working in this field (with a few interesting takeaways added by me). Click on each image to view the full infographic. The Ascent of E-Commerce Interesting takeaway: [...]
We recently created our first infographic, based on the 2010 update to a long-running survey of retail theft in the US. It was surprisingly tricky to create, even though there was not a huge amount of data to present. The main challenge came from being faced with a completely blank canvas and having so many [...]
I subscribe to a lot of retailer emails, looking for ideas and best practices on subject lines, template design, messaging, cool design elements, and so on. Of these, only a small percentage truly stand out from a design perspective — making each email worth viewing as much for its visual presentation as for the products [...]
I’ve been using Notable for a current website redesign project and I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it. Notable is a web-based service for sharing and providing feedback on design comps. Like other, similar, services, its purpose is to speed up and organize the review process and make it easier to collect feedback [...]
