As consumers demand better and more personalized shopping experiences, retailers have an opportunity to drive sales and loyalty by delivering a seamless omnichannel experience. The best strategies and solutions will balance a targeted marketing approach with shoppers’ willingness to share personal information and access promotional messaging. This session will provide insights into the psyche of the new omnichannel consumer and strategies to implement throughout the enterprise.
1. Meeting The Needs Of
The Cross-Channel Shopper
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We are a leading independent retail management
consulting firm
Built with a unique professional profile
• Managed by industry-recognized leaders
• All firm members have retail line management experience
• Several served as officers of major corporations
• Comprehensive functional and technical experience
• Recruits experienced professionals in Customer Relationship Management , retail/store
operations, merchandise management, supply chain management and retail technology
Relevant experience working with specialty retailers on Customer Relationship
Management, retail operations, strategy, selection and deployment of Mobile
Customer, Point-of-Sale, Merchandising and Supply Chain solutions
History of serving acknowledged industry leaders
No exclusive partnerships or alliances with software or hardware providers
About Boston Retail Partners
• Sephora
• CVS
• Walmart
• Eastern Mountain Sports
• J. Crew
• Brooks Brothers
• TJX
• Ann Taylor
• Target
• Kohl’s
• TBC Corp
• Vera Bradley
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Our experience covers a broad cross-section of retail segments...
Our Experience
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The Evolution of Retail
Before 1980s The Future
Distributed POS
model
• Basic cash
register and cash
drawer
Omni channel
retail puts it in
the customer’s
hands
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The Customer is the Center of the Universe
Customers now
have the freedom
to achieve their
goals throughout
the shopping
process…
…using
whichever
channels and touch
points they prefer.
Social Media
Website
Email
Apps
Mobile
Website
SMS
Direct MailCatalog
Employees
Checkout
Kiosk
Signage
Adver sing
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14th Annual POS Benchmarking Survey
• Surveyed more than 500
North American retailers
in October – December
2012
• Specialty retailers
account for more than
half of respondents
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Identifying Customers at POS
62.5%
56.2%
43.7%
37.5%
31.2%
15.6%
9.3%
0.0%
21.8%
Email address
Telephone number
Customer/ iden fica on number
Name and address
Member/club number
Private label credit card
Driver's license
Mobile device - opt-in to Wifi
Do not iden fy customers at POS
29. Which of the following methods are u lized to iden fy
customers at the POS?
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Customer Information Available to Associates
68.7%
40.6%
37.5%
21.8%
12.5%
9.3%
9.3%
6.2%
3.1%
0.0%
28.1%
Contact informa on (e.g. name, address, telephone number, email
address)
Transac on lookup for returns
Sales history
Purchase summary (e.g. average transac on amount, purchases this
year, life me totals, etc.)
Customer-specific offers and discounts
Customer-specific messaging
Warranty and service lookup
Friends and family informa on (e.g. birthdays, anniversaries, sizes,
wardrobe)
Profile (e.g. demographics, preferences, sizes, etc.)
Purchasing sugges ons (based on customer''s current or previous
purchases)
No customer informa on is available at store level
30. What customer informa on is available at store-level?
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Q&A // Panelists
Ken Morris
Principal
Boston Retail Partners
Debbie Hauss
Editor-in-Chief
Retail TouchPoints
MODERATOR
Branden Jenkins
General Manager,
Retail/eTail
NetSuite
How we got here – the evolution of retail and POS over the last few years and what this means
The customer is truly the center of the universe and has the power in her hands to directly influence her shopping experience
BRP surveys top retailers every year to understand the trends and initiatives driving retailers
Customers are going mobile - By the end of 2014 the mix of POS hardware will change tremendously – 55% of retailers expect customer-owned mobile devices to be one of their POS offerings
Customers are going mobile and here is why retailers are going mobile
Customers use their mobile devices to interact with friends, get advice on outfits, etc. – retailers need to also look at how they can offer tools for the customers to use to interact with associates or with their friends
As mobile becomes more important retailers are starting to see the importance of a centralized technology platform to truly offer an omni-channel experienceThe internet really started cross-channel shopping and now mobile is pushing it to new heights
Omni-channel services to optimize the customer’s shopping experience
There are still ways to enhance the experience – many retailers still cannot identify customers at the POS so how can they truly offer an omni-channel experience?
Again, retailers have opportunities to enhance the shopping experience for customers by providing information to associates to be able to tailor the shopping experience (like you find on Amazon!)
Next steps involve getting the customer information to the associates before the customer reaches the POS, thus helping to drive a more profitable transaction