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Ashley Stewart Launches SMS Marketing Campaign

Are you a diva? If so, you’ll be excited to hear that Ashley Stewart has launched their own retail text message marketing campaign. What is Ashley Stewart? Since the early 1990’s, Ashley Stewart has been styling customers and setting fashion trends for the plus-size fashion industry. Ashley Stewart retail shops can be found in urban areas from New York to Los Angeles, with their flagship store is located on 125th Street in Harlem, NYC.

As you can see in their retail advertisement below, they’re instructing customers to text “DIVA” to 44144 in order to join the retailer’s text message marketing campaign. In addition to receiving text message coupons from Ashley Stewart when you opt-in, you also receive $5 off your next purchase of $15 or more. This is a great strategy for retailers looking to build their text message marketing database, as we’ve found that retailers that incentive their opt-in, experience 520% higher growth in new SMS subscribers, than campaigns that don’t incentivize their opt-in.

Ashley Stewart Retail Text Message Marketing

When customers text “DIVA” to 44144, they’re sent back the following opt-in confirmation message, which includes the opt-in incentive, as you can see below.

Ashley Stewart Retail Text Message

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