(dmnews.com) - The average marriage rate in the U.S. today is low. In its 2015 U.S. Wedding Forecast report, forecasting firm Demographic Intelligence predicted that the marriage rate will reach 6.7 per 1,000 people this year. And as The Dallas Morning News noted in its coverage of the report, this number includes people who are getting married for the second or third time. It's Blue Nile's job to find these lovebirds before they pop the question. Engagement rings make up 60% to 70% of the online jeweler's revenue, according to Blue Nile's senior director of digital marketing Lori Gatto. But the customer journey doesn't end there. It's up to the company to then convince those customers to return and make subsequent purchases, such as wedding bands or Valentine's Day gifts.
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