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DELIVERANCE STRATEGIES FOR RETAIL SUCCESS IN THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY

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As consumer behavior and expectations continue to blur the line between e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retailers, the distinction between the two models is no longer simple. New research from Clear suggests that tomorrow’s successful brands will be defined by how proactively and nimbly they capitalize on change – not by the degree to which they depend on physical or online experiences.

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DELIVERANCE STRATEGIES FOR RETAIL SUCCESS IN THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY

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Source: IBM Institute for Business Value study 2014

CLICKS BRICKS

2012

2013

PERCENT OF LAST PURCHASES REPORTED BY CHANNEL

72%27% 72%

84%14% 84%

CLICKS BRICKS

AVERAGE BRAND DESIRE INDEX SCORE: BRICKS VS CLICKS BRANDS

201180

2012 2013

97 100

119

103 105112

Source: Clear’s Brand Desire survey 2011-2013, US & UK

ONE ALMIGHTY CHALLENGE Twentieth century shopping just can’t seem to change fast enough for shoppers in the twenty first century. This is reflected not just in shoppers’ rapid adoption of e-commerce, but also in their rising desire for those brands that are fulfilling their needs online.

These online brands, increasingly enabled by mobile technologies, have set new standards for shopping – the ability to compare prices and reviews, to pre-check inventory, to checkout with ease, even to get great customer service.

Where even only three years ago we were yet to be convinced about online brands, they have raised the ante so far and fast that we now simply expect all our shopping to meet the standards they’ve set.

But to suggest this is a battle between online and real world shopping is misleading. This isn’t about supremacy of one over the other. It’s about making retail experiences more relevant.

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“ DIGITAL IS AT ITS VERY BEST WHEN IT PROMOTES REAL WORLD INTERACTIONS”

JACK DORSEY + founder of Twitter and Square

RELEVANT RETAIL Though near perfect shopper experiences of e-fulfillment integrated with real world interaction are still tantalizingly rare, when they do happen it’s extremely potent for shoppers.

But that potency cannot accurately be described as ‘omnichannel’. It’s a term that doesn’t accurately reflect the needs and expectations of the shopper. Shoppers are omnichannel but that doesn’t mean they expect retailers to be.

What shoppers now expect – all that they expect – is for their shopping experiences to come together in the right way at the right time and in the right place.

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Each of these shopper needs has different levels of relevance across different sectors and occasions. Each can be optimized, both in its own terms, as well as by stretching into adjacent drivers, to deliver competitive advantage in retail.

TRANSACTIONAL SERVICE EXPERIENTIAL

SHOPPER NEED

BROWSABILITYPRICE ASSURANCE

ONLINE

OFFLINE

CONVENIENCEADVICE

SAMPLINGSOCIABILITY

OPTIMUMCHANNEL

VALUE DRIVERS

Source: Clear’s Shopperfection model

TRANSACTIONAL SERVICE EXPERIENTIAL

RELEVANT RETAIL Delivering interaction relevance has become retail’s latest greatest challenge. It involves understanding and designing retail experiences around three very specific needs:

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Source: Brand Desire data (UK & US 2013) for Transactional, Service and Experiential type retailers (representative buckets of type brands)

TRANSACTIONAL

EXPERIENTIAL

SERVICE

DESIRABILITY OF TRANSACTIONAL, SERVICE AND EXPERIENTIAL RETAIL BRANDS

96

139

149

When the performance of brands stretching into each of these driver types is compared, the value of meeting extra shopper needs is clear to see. Retailers that get this mix right, and augment their transactional offer with relevant service and experiential elements, are winning – their brands are more desirable.

RELEVANT RETAIL

But again, this isn’t about delivering everything across all channels, it’s about delivering relevance in shopping experience - trading off price vs experience, advice vs browsability, convenience vs experience. It’s about deliverance.

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DELIVERANCEWHO’S BRINGING IT?

WALMART APPAccording to Walmart, its app-wielding customers make twice the shopping trips and spend 40% more than non-app users.

BROWSABILITYPRICE ASSURANCE

SAINSBURY’S BRAND MATCH Sainsbury’s proprietary automated price matching mechanic is helping it win in UK grocery wars. Shoppers get realtime payback with this permanent price checking offer.

Photo Source: Flickr, Sainsbury, J

MACY’S AND SHOPKICKMacy’s has partnered up with Shopkick app and Apple’s iBeacon to trial “flag and tag” – sending contextual, personalized information and offers to its shoppers as they step in store.

Photo Source: Gizmodo.comPhoto Source: Theverge.com

AMAZON’S SCANNER APPShowrooming has rapidly become a major revenue stream for Amazon, as app-enabled shoppers stroll Main St getting the best prices delivered to their door with a single touch.

Photo Source: techorange.com

TRANSACTIONAL

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KINDLE FIRE’S MAYDAYCustomer help’s evolving beyond face-to-face and tele-conversations, enabling interactions to happen on shoppers’ terms - like Kindle’s on-demand support with the push of a button.

THE HOINTER TOUCH TAGStartup Hointer promises to revolutionize in-store fulfillment, not least with its touch tag that uses NFC technology to fit you to the right clothes and feed socially mediated ratings.

Photo Source: Youtube, Kindle Photo Source: BBC News / http://www.bbc.com/news/business-22342626 - © [2013] BBC

VENMO TOUCHVenmo’s one-touch mobile wallet makes mobile shopping transactions feel more personal and enjoyable, allowing customers to keep their focus on the excitement of their new purchase.

MACY’S MICRO DISTRIBUTION500 stores now do double duty as fulfillment centers so customers can order and pick up from any location, same day if needed - already 10% of online sales are fulfilled from stores.

Photo Source: Youtube, VenmoTV Photo Source: Vimeo, Catherine Rigod

CONVENIENCEADVICE

SERVICE

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CONVENIENCEADVICE

SERVICE

AMAZONFRESHAmazon’s new grocery service delivers fresh, however shoppers want it – next day, local pick-up, even on Sundays. All price-assured and with a single touch. Watch this space...

BOSTON PROPER, BURBERRY, J CREWSmart apparel retailers are using smart data interfaces to provide personalized advice based on shopper preference and behavior. Clothes buying’s no longer left to a rack trawl.

Photo Source: Vimeo, Gin Lane Media Photo Source: Flickr, Atomic Taco

LOWE’S FIX IN SIX The big box store is sharing DIY tips into 6 seconds videos on Vine. Learn how to unscrew a gnarly, stripped screw using a rubber band, or how to save money and time on paint tray clean-up. There’s also great cost-saving advice.

Photo Source: Tumblr, Lowes

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SAMPLINGSOCIABILITY

EXPERIENTIAL

THE BURBERRY EXPERIENCETake a trip to London’s Regent Street and drink in this ‘web experience made live’ at the Burberry store: from selection-activated catwalk videowall to iPad enabled sales staff.

KATE SPADE SATURDAYeBay teamed up with women’s fashion retailer Kate Spade to give new meaning to window shopping – 24hr shoppable store windows, promising 1-hour delivery anywhere in NYC.

Photo Source: Youtube, National Retail Federation

INDOCHINO & WARBY PARKERTwo very exciting startups with similar stories – ecommerce concept now opening experiential stores and setting the standard for merging online and real-world shopping.

Photo Source: Flickr, Techvibes Photo Source: Blogspot, sandinourstilettos

VIRGIN MONEY LOUNGESMembers now get to use their local bank as a place to meet up with friends, get advice, and get involved in local enterprise.

Photo Source: Flickr, VirginMoney

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SAMPLINGSOCIABILITY

EXPERIENTIAL

LULULEMON STORE YOGA SESSIONSThe seemingly unstoppable trendy yoga kit store has done lots of people lots of favors, and created a real buzz, with the free yoga classes it puts on outside its stores regularly.

FOURSQUARE CHECK INSFoursquare’s location-based social platform may now be coming of age, alerting users of nearby haunts and offers based on your and your friends’ past activities.

Photo Source: Flickr, Mark Morgan Trinidad Photo Source: Facebook, Lululemon

DIANE VON FURSTENBURG’S HANGOUTDVF’s fashion video interview lets viewers tune in to live inspirational talks by the designer herself, while getting the opportunity to buy limited edition outfits as they appear on screen.

Photo Source: Youtube, DVF

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DELIVERINGRELEVANCE Of course, the realities of delivering to shoppers’ rapidly evolving expectations are huge. Not just in terms of infrastructural change, and the cap-ex involved in that, but, crucially, organizational too.

Recent research conducted by Clear shows us that what’s delaying the realization of that innovation opportunity is retailer organizations’ abilities to gather and deploy resources in the right way. They need to be agile.

Our research shows that more than half of retailers surveyed either struggle to see beyond their own internal workings or to adapt to external change.

46%

5%

39%

11%

EXTERNAL CONCERN

INTERNAL CONCERN

PROA

CTIV

E

REAC

TIVE

SETTING THE BAR

INWARDLY FOCUSED

STURDY BUT BLINDLY FOLLOWING

WALLOWING INTERNALLY

THE AGILITY CHALLENGE

Source: Clear’s 2014 Cost of Change survey of 103 business leaders.

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70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

STIMULUS PROCESSPEOPLE ACTIONS

Competitive strategy goes beyond reviewing research reports

Insights are communicat-ed effectively thru the organization

Our insights team is ahead of the trends that matter most

We are well incentivized to deliver on actionable insights

Industry trends are quantified for potential business impact

Measure-ments are in place to benchmark success

Clear action plans accommodate new initiatives

Success is defined at the start of every new project

Employees are empowered to make their own decisions

Our structure allows for fluid

There is consensus from the top on the goals of the company

New initiatives are properly socialized across the company

Proactive organizations Reactive organizations

DIFFERENTIATING BEHAVIORS OF AGILITY

Source: Clear’s Cost of Change survey of 100 organizations: Differentiating behaviors

DELIVERINGRELEVANCE Specifically, our findings point to critical differences in organizational approach, from providing sufficient stimulus for decision making to actually putting the right actions in place.

What did our survey identify as the three greatest differences between proactive and reactive organizations – the things that really deliver relevance? Stimulating the organization with insight; projecting the direction of travel of shoppers’ needs; and energizing the shopping experience via staff.

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#1. STIMULATE

WHAT WE DID

Clear helped a global electronics retailer reach a single view of consumer and shopper needs. We enhanced 30 markets’ existing U&A data with fresh shopping mission and journey mapping.

We compiled our findings into a set of compelling insights and stimulus, socialized across the business using mobile platform apps.

AGILITY RULESAgile retailers are feeding their culture the right stuff. They are allowing themselves to be driven by insight.

Not only that, but they’ve set up internal communication paths that enable rapid and widespread dissemination of those insights across the whole business – not just within the insight dept.

Given shoppers’ rapidly changing expectations and behavior, a great place to start is on shopper missions. How are they changing, what’s the impact of digital, where is your brand’s core territory in people’s minds?

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WHAT WE DID

Clear helped a global credit card provider evaluate how people’s money needs and behaviors were changing.

We established a fresh view of how shoppers view lending and spending, and sized the growth potential of different types of borrowing.

This exercise meant we didn’t just find out where they should play but also how to win there.

Agile retailers have recognized the dynamic nature of their market and plotted ahead of the curve so they can drive the business in the right direction.

They’ve taken into account the discontinuities going on in their space, identified all the possible places they could compete, and established which ones they should compete in.

Since the retail marketplace is very much not a static one right now, defining what shoppers’ core value drivers are now, and quantifying how they are changing, is critical.

#2. PROJECTAGILITY RULES

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WHAT WE DID

Clear helped a leading European restaurant chain to define a fresh vision for its category.

Then we established where their brands should be working hardest, and redefined them as cultural drivers.

This energized the overall guest experience, in particular by directing staff on how to engage.

You’ve only got to look at the retailers that are winning to see they’ve got a clear steer on what differentiates their brand, and how that focuses the shopping experience.

That focus ultimately defines what moments the shopper remembers, and that energize their people to live the brand loud. Ultimately your staff should be your most differentiating, productive touchpoint.

So your brand should be acting as a change agent: use it to get your people aligned on those key areas, to hire and train the right talent, to ‘deliver the goods’.

AGILITY RULES#3. ENERGIZE

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16@ 2014 Clear Ideas. All rights reserved.CLEAR-IDEAS.COM

CLEAR IS A MARKETING STRATEGY CONSULTANCY WITH OFFICES IN NEW YORK, LONDON, SINGAPORE AND SYDNEY. IT SPECIALIZES IN INSIGHT-LED STRATEGY AND INNOVATION AND HAS DELIVERED PROJECTS FOR RETAIL CLIENTS SUCH AS WALGREENS, ASDA-WALMART, JOHN LEWIS AND BOOTS.

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