Pier 1 selects vendor for marketing efforts

INDIANAPOLIS Pier 1 Imports has chosen ExactTarget to power its global one-to-one marketing campaigns.

“We continue to see an increased interest among consumers in receiving marketing messages via email from Pier 1 Imports,” said Jeff Haddox, a direct marketing analyst at Pier 1 Imports. “We’ll build on that momentum in 2009 with a new online subscription center that will allow customers to tell us exactly what types of messages they’d like to receive as well as the message frequency.”

In addition to powering e-mail marketing messages for the company, ExactTarget will use its landing page technology to power Pier 1 Imports’ new Web-based subscription center launching this summer. The integrated online site will allow consumers to subscribe to receive messages via e-mail, direct mail or both. The technology will also automatically update Pier 1 Imports’ data management system, which holds its subscriber list for ExactTarget-powered messages, with any changes to a consumer’s preferences or personal information.