maitland waters mobile_trends_in_retail_nov_2012
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Some examples and insights of trends in #Mobile #Retail. I tried to identify some offbeat and interesting examples rather than simply looking at the obvious companies who are winning in the retail / mobile space. Follow me on Tweeter! @maitlandwatersTRANSCRIPT
Maitland Waters Digital Strategy Director
@maitlandwaters
Web: http://www.symbioagency.com | e: [email protected]
Chicago, USA
November 15th, 2012
Mobile Trends in Retail
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Overview
Mobile Landscape
Meta Codes (Beyond the QR code) #SocialDiscovery / Loyalty Payments Anywhere #Social TV and the Second Screen B.Y.O.D (Bring your own device) iOS / Chrome OS Insights
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There are lots examples of companies doing well in mobile retail. You can look at them yourself.
I’m going to focus on some examples which are less obvious, interesting, and different.
Look at Who is Winning
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The Most Important Device in History
Desktop Internet vs Mobile Internet
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#SoLoMo (Social, Local, Mobile)
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#SoLoMo (Social, Local, Mobile)
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#SoLoMo (Social, Local, Mobile)
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Online and Offline are Merging
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EMBRACE Showrooming!
http://youtu.be/nJVoYsBym88
PROS
•Integrated with e-commerce / delivery service
•Leverages small, previously impossible locations for retail
•No stock/staff required at local level
•PopUp Shop provides new engagement at inexpensive or surprising places for consumers.
•Overcomes some limitations of mobile device web experience for shopping. (small screen, user experience etc)
CONS•Smart phone required•Customer service may be limited. •“Shelf space” / wall real estate may be limited not offering all products.•Introduces new technical issues (App / downloads / scanning / user malfunction) •Categories / Visual Display could be confusing (OCADO example)
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SYNC from American Express
http://youtu.be/0B-Km9vAIwo
If the cardholder then purchases the product involved using his Amex card, the discount is automatically applied in his Amex account.
All a cardholder has to do is check in to a store with Foursquare, press: load card and upon payment the discount is automatically credited to the cardholders account within days.
Mapping the “Expense Graph”
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Card Readers – Enabling M-Commerce
PROS
•Enabling new merchants who aren’t tied to a location or store
•Targets cashless customers
•Synced with existing back office / accounts.
CONS•Internet service required•iPhone required•Merchant account required•Could be damaged, dropped or stolen by customers
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Stamps.com (Distributed Retail)
Distribution of Services
•Virtualizes bricks and mortar
•Enabling e-commerce at the point of demand
•Customers become partners
•Labor is crowd-sourced (e-tickets, scan groceries etc)
•Enhanced tracking with personalized stamps which contain metadata.
•Purchase a virtual product which requires no shipping or handling.
Analog Info Embedded
Price / Class
Digital Info Embedded
Price / Class
Origin Address (street, city, state, country)
Destination Address (street, city, state, country)
Route traveled
Duration / Time
Scan-able for automated services
Every stamp is unique and personalized
Everyone has a barcode reader in their hand!
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AirWalk Invisible Pop Up Store
http://youtu.be/4erNe_NpdyE
PROS
•Pre-sale ordering targets “Uber cool” demographic
•Location based scarcity (NYC/Venice Beach)
•Leverages new, previously impossible locations for retail
•No stock/staff required at local level
•PopUp Shop provides new and shareable opportunities.
•Novel idea capturing peoples imagination
CONS•Smart phone required•Customer service may be limited. •Introduces new technical issues (App / downloads / scanning / user malfunction)
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#Social TV - The Second Screen
#Social TV refers to technologies surrounding television that promote communication and social interaction related to program content.
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#Social TV – The Second Screen
Benefits
•Syncing Broadcast with Mobile/Social Media
•Creates new “unlimited” inventory for advertisers against scarce/limited content.
•Claw back engagement from viewers “Multi-tasking” (FB, TW, Email, IM, txt)
•Capitalize on the new behavior: “Check-in”.
•Deliver advertising directly related to broadcast media.
•Timestamp / Reminder services
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#Social TV’s first “Triple Threat”
NBC Lets Viewers Buy Items They See on TV Via Their Mobile Device
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B.Y.O.D (Bring your own device)
Personal demand for smart phones has leapfrogged what most companies can afford to offer their employees.
Great for: Non desk workers, hourly workers. Remote, mobile, or field based
employees, students and affiliated users
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B.Y.O.D (Bring your own device)
400 restaurants
40,000 employees that they have never engaged electronically. The majority of them now (2012) have smart devices.
Texas Roadhouse has a need to engage employees to drive sales, build culture, reinforce training, incentivize, introduce new products, best practices etc.
They also have a need to enable their individual restaurant mangers (Managing Partners) to build seamless communication with employees and corporate via their mobile device.
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CHROME for iOS
Light, lean and fast. Synced logins/bookmarks Integrated search Send to mobile Private browsing
Google lost YouTube, Search AND Maps on iOS. Gained Chrome
Google Chrome OS strategy
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Insights
In retail people are using mobile to:
Discover – Find new products and services via targeted marketing and recommendations from friends and social networks.
Compare – Comparison shopping in store and online. Purchase – Pay for goods, transfer money, shopping. Reward – promotions, digital coupons, credits and rewards. Locate –Anywhere, anytime, any device
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Thank you!