4 Case Study Calyx Corolla
4 Case Study Calyx Corolla
4 Case Study Calyx Corolla
Floral Catalog
$x
$2x
$4x
$8x
distributors
wholesalers
retail
growers
customers
Calyx & Corolla
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distributors
wholesalers
retail
growers FedEx
customers
Calyx & Corolla -$17
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growers FedEx
customers
Why are they losing money every year?
0
-0.5
$ Millions
-1
-1.5
-2
-2.5
1st Yr
2nd Yr
3rd Yr
How costly is it to attract customers?
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How well do the catalogs work?
• What % of sales from catalog? • How many catalog sales is this? • How many sales
from previous customers? • How many from first time customers? • How many catalogs
were sent out to these first timers? • What is the response rate?
Is a response rate of 0.004 sufficiently high to justify sending out the catalogs?
Expected profit per Catalog RR* [$69 – ($17+$9+$5)] = = = = Cost of catalog 0.36
0.36 0.01
(1)
(2)
3 Million * 32 cents = $0.96 Million 7.9 Million * 40 cents = $3.16 Million $4.1
Million 4.1 Million / 45,000 = $91 per customer! Average profit per order = $38
Losing $53 per customer?
Is lifetime customer value > customer acquisition cost?
…………
customer acquisition
cost
-$53
time
Past advertising starting to pay off?
Year 1 Sales
Advertising Costs
return for
every $1
+756 -1,223 0.61 Year 2 -4,466 0.90
Year 3 -7,021 1.46 ………
………????
+4,018 +10,259
lifetime customer value
“present value of a stream of revenue a customer produces”
• focus on long-term relationship, not a single transaction
Annual profit
price premium cost savings referrals demand increase base profit acquisition cost
time
CC's opportunities & threats
1. Should Calyx & Corolla grow rapidly or slowly?
2. Increase Primary as well as Secondary Demand?
3. How can they reduce customer acquisition costs?
4. How can they increase customer lifetime value?
5. Is their target market too small?
• The last time you bought flowers, where did you buy them, and why did you
buy them?
Willingness to Assemble
Low
Funerals High
Supermarkets
Low
Demand for Freshness High
Florists
C&C
Flower Market Segments
Personal
Gift
Corporate
How frequently should catalogs be sent?
And to whom?