Over the past few years, we’ve seen a significant increase in the number of Braze customers choosing to pair our platform with a CDP solution, which are intended to help companies unify and better manage data. Let's look into the how and why.
Issue 15 • December 2019
The Data Issue

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The Half-Life of Customer Data
In an age when privacy is a hot-button issue, customers expect a more sophisticated experience when they share their data with brands. It’s mission-critical for brands to demonstrate value in their customer’s moments of need by acting on insights gleaned from their data. Otherwise, the value of customer data—and the value of your brand in the eyes of your customer—begins to degrade.

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Empathy at Scale by the Numbers: How the Right Technology Can Power True Brand Humanity
Last year, Braze put our mission to forge human connections between people and the brands they love to the test. We knew how important it was to join people, technology, and teams to deliver relevant and memorable experiences—but what about data to back it up? With that focus in mind, we commissioned a study by Forrester Consulting to determine exactly what today’s consumers want out of the brands they communicate with.

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Mastering Black Friday: 4 Keys to Optimizing Customer Engagement During The Holiday Season
With billions of dollars in retail sales taking place every year during Black Friday and the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, brands need to seize every opportunity to get in front of consumers and make a real connection. To understand how customers engage with brands during the holidays, Braze analyzed the billions of messages sent by leading retail brands over the past three years (2017–2019) to reveal insights on how to most effectively reach consumers during the holiday season.

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Key Things Every Brand Should Know About CCPA
With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) scheduled to begin enforcement on January 1, 2020, the privacy revolution kicked off by GDPR has come home to roost for American companies. So what does it mean for your brand?
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Where Marketing Is Going: Braze CEO Bill Magnuson on Evolving Your Approach to Customer Data
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A New Era of Data Agility: Introducing Braze Alloys
Dive into the Braze Technology Ecosystem and learn more about how we leverage 45 partners to help you deliver brilliant experiences to your consumers.
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