39. M I C H A E L H I L L O N L I N E
4 responsive sites & blogs – AU, NZ, CA & US
4,000 products
200 pages of new content created
Ability for customers to share their love stories
Personalised charm builder
Shoppable video
An online experience to rival the in-store
experience
40. B E ST O F B R E E D S O LU T I O N S
Catalogues
Payment
Ratings/Reviews
Video
BI & Analytics
OMS
J A S P E
R
ERP
47. LO C A L C U STO M E RS = LO C A L S O LU T I O N S
Localised product preferences
50. LO C A L C U STO M E RS = LO C A L S O LU T I O N S
Localised product preferences
Content differences
Different shopping habits and device usage
Different customer segment targets
53. G LO BA L I SAT I O N C H A L L E N G E S
Global vs local social profiles
Transactional needs - currency, fraud risk profile
Domain migration – global to local
Store footprint drives online activity
54. G LO BA L I SAT I O N C H A L L E N G E S
Hygiene factors
Promotional planning and timing
Compliance & policies
55. G LO BA L 1 4
E X P E R I E N C E M I C H A E L H I L L YO U RS E L F
R E C E I V E 2 0 % O F F F U L L P R I C E D
I T E M S E X C L U D I N G C O L L E C T I O N S
65. In order to expand there was need to create regional presence
66. Most ebusiness operations spend nearly 80% of resources—people,
budget and time—simply maintaining site functionality.
— Gartner Research
“
Staying Ahead
of the Competition
Network & Data
License &
Maintenance
Operational
Services
Hardware &
OS Platform
Security80%
Future
eBusiness Effort Allocation
“Hassle Free”
eBusiness Platform
Launching International
Presence
Integrating Cross Channel
Experiences
Merchandising the Right
Products to the Right People
Innovation Through Coalition
With Technology Partnerships
Language and cultural variations
Staying Ahead
of the competition
20%
Legacy
The legacy platform and infrastructure was not efficient for global growth
69. Getting buy in from the board was essential
Longer term vision of consumer centric organisation
Commitment to regional investment to grow outside
North America
Change management - infrastructure, process and
people
Explaining how ecommerce business would
complement existing wholesale distribution was key
71. Choosing a scaleable international web platform was key
Longer term vision of consumer centric organisation
Commitment to regional investment to grow outside NA
Executive leadership needed to embrace new channels
Change management - infrastructure, process and people
75. Some key questions asked around regional expansion
• Centralise or decentralise the business?
• Existing distribution – where to deal with channel conflict first?
• Customer services – where?
• Agency or inhouse?
• Online marketing and merchandising?
• What support is still needed from global?
• Languages and payments?
• Web platform – how do you structure it?
• What would be the lead markets?
• How would we grow in less mature markets?
76. ….. The initial building blocks we used to start out the EMEA business
What regional infrastructure do we
need to service the consumer?
What do we offer the consumer?
How do we reach and sell
to the consumer?
77. …. This is how Deckers EMEA broke it down
eCHANNEL
OPTIMISATION
How do we reach and
sell to the consumer?
Ecommerce team
FRONT OFFICE
- Merchandising
- Online Mktg
- Production
BACK OFFICE
- Order processing
- PMO
- IT Developers
- Demand Planning
- Translations
- Customer Service
Shared Service/ Assets
-Operations
- Warehouse
- Buying
- IT support
- Finance
- Brand Marketing
Relationships
- Global brand
- Global Ecomm
- Wholesale
subsidiaries
- Retail Operations
- Brand marketing
- Display
- PR
- Content
- Retail
- Social Media
Brand Marketing
- SAAS Web Platform
- Middleware integrations
- Enterprise System - Oracle
- Mobile and tablet development
- Retail integration
- third party integrations
- Regional and local specific integrations
Website and Systems
-Natural Search,
- Paid Search
- Affiliates
- Email
- Behavioural
Targeting
- Display
- Social
-CSE
Direct Marketing channels
Data
- CRM
- Market Research
- Competitor Landscape
-- Web Data Analysis
-- Internet stats and reference
INFRA-
STRUCTURE
How do we reach and
sell to the consumer?
78. …. This is how Deckers EMEA broke it down
CUSTOMER
VALUE
PROPOSITION
What do we offer the
consumer?
-Local product, currency, pricing, merchandising, content and
language
- 100% of payment options
- 24 hour and expedited delivery options in country
- Retail Integration
- Local customer services
- Multiplatform websites
LOCAL
REGIONAL
- Regional product, currency, pricing,
merchandising, content and language
- SEPA payment options
- Express delivery options international
-English language customer services
- Multiplatform websites
79. Global/head
office
• Oracle EBS
• Middleware integrations
• Key IT development resource
• Brand strategy
Regional
•Customer service
• ecommerce Operations
• 3PL warehouse and distribution
• Financial support
• Payment management
•Fraud management
Local
• Online marketing agencies
• Brand marketing agencies
• Subsidiary office relationships and support
• Merchandise and marketing planning
2013… how the infrastructure was split between global, regional, and local
80. • Local website
• Local product selection and merchandising
• Local content and online marketing
• Free Expedited delivery (free, 24 hr) and returns
• Local currency
• Local language
• Local language customer service
• 98% payment type coverage
• Retail integration (if applic)
In ‘lead’ markets we developed a local value proposition
81. • Regional EU “Export” website
• One product selection, regional merchandising
• Regional content and marketing
• Standard delivery options (3-10 days)
• Outside EU, customer pays
• Standard Euro pricing
• English language initially
• 80% payment type coverage
• Standard returns/exchange process
And also a regional proposition, leveraging the EU market
82. • Globally built core code cartridge for all sites, by brand
• A core EU checkout process with local variants was created
• Built a flexible middleware between ERP and web platform
• Optimised the CDN to improve performance
• Utilised the partner resources to simplify integrations
• Strong translation partner essential
• Recruited to support front end development in region
• Ability to market and merchandise at a local level was key
The website platform was structured to support the business
85. Three key focuses
- Enhance existing consumer omni-channel
proposition
- Utilise CRM and Big Data to drive new and existing
customer base
- Develop new markets
86. …. Continuing to enhance existing proposition
Regional website
Evolution of the Deckers Customer Proposition
HIGH
LOW
Complexity
Multi-channel
Cross-channel
Omni-channel
????
Regional offering
Responsive website design
Local marketing and merchandised experience
Responsive website design
Selling at both retail and online,
Mobile optimised. experience
Click and Collect – warehouse to store
Endless Aisle – use website in store
Retail system and operational
integration
Delivery from store
Single customer
view (CRM)
Contextual
experience
Local website
The
unexpected
87. …. How this may evolve by brand
Regional website
Evolution of the Deckers Customer Proposition
HIGH
LOW
Complexity
Multi-channel
Cross-channel
Omni-channel
????
Regional offering
Responsive website design
Local marketing and merchandised experience
Responsive website design
Selling at both retail and online,
Mobile optimised. experience
Click and Collect – warehouse to store
Endless Aisle – use website in store
Retail system and operational
integration
Delivery from store
Single customer
view
Contextual
experience
Local website
The
unexpected
88. …. We’ve developed a Go To Market / Proposition model
ROI
Existing
Distribution,
especially
online
Ecommerce
Adoption and
culture
Brand
Awareness and
Consumer
Insight
Operational
and IT
Infrastructure
Product and
Merchandising
Marketing
89. Go to Market – Germany example for UGG Australia
ROI
Existing
Distribution
Internet
adoption and
culture
Brand
Awareness and
Consumer
Insight
Operational
Infrastructure
Product and
Merchandising
Marketing
Utilise local marketing agency
resource
Afffilates – local
SEM – centralised
PR agency – local
Brand marketing – in market,
work with existing
Second most mature market
Mobile usage increasing
Click and Collect new to market
Invoicing still important
Very cogniscent around data and
website security
15% of sales currently through online – Zalando
8% of retailer sales online currently – Goertz
Limited distribution through high end
Utilise existing UK 3PL
Returns via BLX 3PL
DPD as courier – look at possible options around Hermes
German language customer service
higher RRP in all categories
Fashion boots growing
category
High adoption of winter
product
Limited brand awareness in
market 22%
Experian high spend
90. Some quick points on Deckers experience in APAC region
• Slightly less mature as a region at ecommerce level
• More difficult to scale at a regional level – language, culture, boundaries
• ANZAC – seasonal difference, distance, website maturity
• Content delivery network important consideration for China
• Pricing in China remains a problem
• More consideration of third parties to manage (Singpost etc)
• More fragmented currently than Europe – outsourced partner in Japan, outsourced
solution in China
• No wholesale, only retail in China offers huge omnichannel opportunities
• Still huge growth opportunities – key area of focus for company
91. Some final thoughts
• Hire someone within a region to drive the business
• Accept that there are regional and local cultural differences
• Start where the volume is – one lead market and regional
• Choose a scaleable web platform
• Leverage existing distribution opportunities if you can
• If you can’t, get a partner – there are high expectations around delivery in EMEA
• Don’t be afraid to outsource if you have to
• Inhouse or outsourced, make sure you are covering all foundational bases
• Still lots of opportunities out there