Case Study

Tape à l’Œil

Fashion brand triples conversions while cutting email volume by 30%

+5 X
click rate
+3 X
direct conversions
Partner
Degetel
Industry
Retail / Fashion
Geography
France and Belgium

Marigold functionalities: Data integration and 360° customer view, cross-channel messaging, web personalization, automation, A/B testing

Platform: Selligent by Marigold

Company info: Tape à l’Œil  (TAO) is a French fashion brand for babies, kids, and teens, offering trend-forward, accessible styles. With over 200 stores in France and Belgium and a strong online presence via taokids.com and the MyTAO app, the brand has become a go-to for stylish families. In 2024, TAO was voted the best e-commerce retailer of the year.

The Challenge: Rethinking engagement metrics

After the Apple Mail privacy update (iOS 15), open rate measurement became unreliable. For TAO, Apple Mail accounted for 60% of all opens, many of which were false signals. Despite rising open rates, real engagement was falling.

With email performance declining, TAO needed to identify truly active customers.

Objectives:

Thanks to the partnership with Selligent by Marigold and Degetel, my team and I continue to improve our CRM strategies in service of marketing and operational performance. This is how we offer our customers the best possible experience.

Olivier Servat

CRM Leader at Tape à L’Œil

The path to success: A smarter, data-driven approach

Working with Degetel and Selligent, Tape à l’Œil reimagined its email strategy – focusing on real engagement rather than inflated open rates. The platform’s flexibility and cross-channel capabilities enabled the team to move quickly from insight to execution.

360° customer view
Selligent served as a central data hub to give TAO a unified understanding of each customer. This holistic view allowed the team to flag profiles whose activity was limited to unreliable Apple Mail opens.
Data enrichment
TAO added new behavioral signals into their targeting logic:

• Website activity via the Selligent Site module
• App opens and clicks tracked through the Selligent mobile SDK (software development kit)
• Transactional data from both online and in-store purchases
A/B testing for validation
AO created two distinct journeys to validate the new segmentation:
• Journey A: Customers with strong cross-channel engagement
• Journey B: Customers whose only activity was opening via Apple Mail
Rapid validation
The new engagement-based model was deployed in just 15 days and tested over the next month, enabling rapid validation and rollout.

Results

The collaboration with Selligent by Marigold and Degetel enabled Tape à l’Œil  to streamline its targeting strategy, reduce email volume, and engage more effectively. 

This performance shift helped the brand move beyond misleading open rates and focus on true customer interest, driving stronger results with fewer sends.

“Detecting strong signals of customer interest is essential to address the declining relevance of email open KPIs. This is a real challenge shared by many of our clients.” — Bérangère Bour, Practice Leader at Degetel

Degetel

Partner Profile

With over 15 years of experience in multi-channel campaign activation, Degetel supports clients across the full marketing automation chain, from strategic consulting and audits to CRM tool selection and operational rollout. Their expertise spans initial journey setups and template creation to long-term optimization. Degetel has partnered with Selligent for over a decade, serving clients in industries such as media, travel, and retail.

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