Posts by: Kelly Hushin

Full-time editorial/marketing gal. Former and current editor, writer and makeup artist (fun fact!) Lover of all things media, travel, design and beauty. Obsessive magazine consumer and news junkie.

kellyhushin has written 671 articles for The eTail Blog.


Infographic Alert: Best Times to Send Emails Are…

Email marketing solution provider, GetResponse, put together data from 21 million messages sent from US accounts in the first quarter of 2012 to determine top open and click-through times. The firm also analyzed the recipients’…

Refinery29 Ditches Commerce, Raising $20M to Double Down on Content

By Erin Griffith On October 16, 2013Well, that was a fun experiment. Last year fashion site Refinery29 made a big push into “content and commerce,” which was the buzzword du jour for any digital company offering either. At the time, Refinery29 was…

When Will Google Try to Make Android More Profitable?

Will Google ever make Android more of a closed platform? In the years since its inception, Google Android has grown to dominate the mobile device market. A flood of midlevel Android devices crushed BlackBerry and Nokia in emerging markets (although…

Video Alert: Forrester on How Brands like 7/11, SkinnyGirl are Innovating Beyond Price

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Bert DuMars, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, says that marketers today have to have a post-digital mindset. “You don’t want a commodity relationship, because then it’s all about price,” DuMars said. “If it’s…

JCrew.com Leads Customer Service for Third Straight Month

According to research from Stella Service, JCrew.com has posted a third straight month as one of the leading retailers for online customer service. The service’s monthly reporting benchmarks retailers across customer service categories, measuring their…