NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Bare Necessities, the largest online specialty retailer of women's and men's branded and designer intimate apparel and lingerie, entered into an agreement with Experian Marketing Services, a recognized leader in data-driven marketing, that will help the retailer better understand and engage with its customers. Using the Experian Marketing Suite, Bare Necessities has the ability to plan, manage, execute and optimize all of its customer interactions in real time across any channel, all from within a single system.

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"Customers choose Bare Necessities because we offer them a better way to buy bras," said Noah Wrubel, cofounder and chief executive officer, Bare Necessities. "The Experian Marketing Suite will help us take that customer experience to the next level, a more personal level, and meet our customers' expectations each and every time, regardless of the channel."

Experian Marketing Services' awarding-winning platform integrates customer data from any source and channel into an always-fresh central repository so that responses and behaviors can be recorded in real time and immediately leveraged for more effective targeting, triggering and personalization of marketing campaigns. Comprised of three core capabilities, the Experian Marketing Suite is designed to help marketers identify their customers (Identity Manager), understand their customers (Intelligence Manager) and engage with their customers across channels (Interactions Manager). For example, the Interactions Manager is powering Bare Necessities' granular segmentation strategy, giving the company the ability to target and deliver customer communications, such as email and direct mail, based on a customer's unique body type, the products and brands he or she loves and how he or she likes to shop.

Wrubel continued, "Bare Necessities customers don't need to worry about awkward dressing rooms and overly anxious sales people when they are shopping for intimate apparel; they can just visit our site, call our bra-fit experts or chat with us online. One of the things that we're most excited about in working with Experian is that we can give our bra-fit experts and customer-service staff access to the Interactions Manager within the Experian Marketing Suite. This capability allows us to have better conversations with our customers from the very beginning and remove any anxiety from the experience altogether."

Backed by the industry's highest-rated client-services team, the Experian Marketing Suite is built with the scale and flexibility to support digital programs of any size and sophistication. Experian Marketing Services' 30 years of data and marketing technology leadership have helped to position the Experian Marketing Suite as the world's most flexible and comprehensive marketing solution with more than 10,000 of the world's leading brands, in more than 30 countries, using the platform.

For more information about the Experian Marketing Suite, visit: http://bit.ly/1z0TpJr.

About Bare Necessities

Bare Necessities is the largest online specialty retailer of women's and men's branded and designer intimate apparel and lingerie. Since 1998, Bare Necessities has featured bras ranging from band size 28 to 56 and cup sizes AA to N, as well as a variety of other products up to a size 6X and 24W, including one of the best selections of shapewear, hosiery, swimwear, and shaping clothing for average, full-busted, and plus-size women.

Bare Necessities is the only online intimates retailer to offer certified Bra Fit Experts to its customers by calling 1.877.728.9272. Each Bra Fit Expert holds multiple bra fit certifications, and is available to assist customers with fit and selection Monday through Friday 8:30AM-5:30PM ET.

Websites: http://www.barenecessities.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/barenecessities
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/barenecessities
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/necessities

About Experian Marketing Services

Experian Marketing Services is a global provider of integrated consumer insights and targeting, data quality and cross-channel marketing. We help organizations from around the world intelligently interact with today's dynamic, empowered and hyperconnected customers. By coordinating seamless interactions across all marketing channels, marketers are able to plan and execute superior brand experiences that deepen customer loyalty, strengthen brand advocacy and maximize profits. For more information, please visit http://ex.pn/1fSccNf.

About Experian

We are the leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to our clients around the world. We help businesses to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers and automate decision making. We also help people to check their credit report and credit score, and protect against identity theft. In 2014, we were named by Forbes Magazine as one of the "World's Most Innovative Companies."

We employ approximately 16,000 people in 39 countries and our corporate headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland, with operational headquarters in Nottingham, UK; California, US; and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Experian plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 index. Total revenue for the year ended March 31, 2014, was US$4.8 billion.

To find out more about our company, please visit http://www.experianplc.com or watch our documentary, "Inside Experian."

Experian and the Experian marks used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Experian Information Solutions, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:

Suzanne Blackburn
Experian Marketing Services
1 212 863 4648
suzanne.blackburn@experian.com

Erin Choueiri
Bare Necessities
press@barenecessities.com

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