May 6, 2014, Charlottesville, VA – For the second year in a row, RKG, a leading search and digital marketing agency, has the highest number of Internet Retailer Top 500® clients of any other search agency, and provides digital marketing services to over 15% of the IR Top 500® retailers that partner with an agency in some capacity.
Each year, Internet Retailer releases its Top 500 Guide®, which ranks the largest retail web sites in terms of their e-commerce sales from the previous year. RKG works with 50 of the IR Top 500® retailers listed in the 2014 guide, up from 44 in 2013 – working with 10 more clients than the second closest agency, iProspect.
“We are excited to once again be the search agency with the most IR Top 500 clients,” said George Gallate, RKG CEO. “The fact that RKG continues to be the preferred search agency partner for top retailers underlines our expertise at delivering performance-driven results that matter to retailers. The combination of our powerful, proprietary technology and smart account teams continues to set us apart from the competition.”
Founded in 2003 by online retail and direct-marketing veterans, RKG has deep retail experience and long-standing partnerships with many IR Top 500® companies, including Eddie Bauer, EXPRESS, Jones Group, 1-800-Flowers, Sweetwater and Urban Outfitters. With growth of over 50%, last year, RKG continues to partner with top e-commerce companies, adding retailers such as Jos. A. Bank, Crate & Barrel, and Sears to their client set in 2013.
Click here to see the full 2014 Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide®.
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About RKG RKG is a search and digital marketing agency that combines superior marketing talent with leading-edge technology to create the industry’s most effective data-driven digital marketing solutions. RKG drives business to clients by maximizing a full range of opportunities including paid search, SEO, product listing ads, social media, display advertising and comparison shopping engine management services. Founded in 2003, RKG partners with clients such as Drugstore.com, Express, Herman Miller, Jones Group and Urban Outfitters. In 2014, Advertising Age ranked RKG the fastest growing independent search agency. A privately held company, RKG is headquartered in Charlottesville, VA with offices in San Francisco, CA, Bend, OR and Boston, MA. For more information visit www.rimmkaufman.com or follow the company on Twitter @rimmkaufman.
About Merkle
Merkle is a leading data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. For more than 30 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. The agency’s heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive people-based marketing strategies. Its combined strengths in performance media, customer experience, customer relationship management, loyalty, and enterprise marketing technology drive improved marketing results and competitive advantage. With 7,000 employees, Merkle is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with 21 additional offices in the US and 33 offices in Europe and APAC. In 2016, the agency joined the Dentsu Aegis Network. For more information, contact Merkle at 1-877-9-Merkle or visit www.merkle.com.
