Nine West Pulls Strong E-mail Response

Nine West Group Inc. enjoys a response rate between 20% and 30% for its monthly e-mail broadcasts, outperforming the industry average two to three times.

The White Plains, NY shoe merchant received an 18% clickthrough rate on the first e-mail it sent two years ago, and watched the rates climb since then. After e-mail creative was simplified last spring, the clickthrough hit 28%,