CRM in RETAILING
CRM in RETAILING
CRM in RETAILING
PPT 11-1
Collecting Customer Data
PPT 11-2
Information About Each Customer in the
Data Base
• History of purchases
– Purchase date, price paid, SKUs bought, whether or
not the purchase was stimulated by a promotion
• Customer contacts by retailer (touch points)
– Visits to web site, inquires to call center, direct mail
sent to customer
• Customer preferences
• Descriptive information about customer
• Customer’s responses to promotions
PPT 11-3
Approaches for Collecting
Customer Information
PPT 11-4
Privacy Concerns
PPT 11-5
Customer’s Decision to
Offer Information
Balance benefits and risks
Disclosure of Information
Unwanted Sales Contacts
Discounts
Special Treatment
Personal Attention
PPT 11-6
Analyzing Customer Data
PPT 11-7
Market Basket Analysis
Uses:
-Adjacencies for displaying merchandise
-Joint promotions
PPT 11-8
Identifying Best Customers
PPT 11-9
Customer Pyramid
Platinum
Best
Most loyal
Least price sensitive
PPT 11-10
Customer Pyramid
Gold
Next best
Not as loyal
PPT 11-11
Customer Pyramid
Iron
Doesn’t deserve
much attention
PPT 11-12
Customer Pyramid
Lead
Demands attention
May have
negative value
PPT 11-13
CRM Programs
Converting Good
Customers to Best
Customers
Getting Rid of
Unprofitable
Customers
PPT 11-14
Customer Retention Programs
• Frequent Shopper
Programs
• Special Customer Services
• Personalization
– 1-to1 Retailing
• Community
PPT 11-15
Elements in Effective
Frequent Shopper Programs
PPT 11-16
Issues with Effective
Frequent Shopper Programs
• Expense
• Difficulty in Making Changes
• Impact on Loyalty Questionable
• Easily Duplicated – Difficult to Gain Competitive
Advantage
– Need to offer “invisible” benefits
PPT 11-17
Converting Good Customers to Best
Customers
• Cross-selling
• Add-on selling
PPT 11-18
Dealing with
Unprofitable Customers
PPT 11-19
Implementing CRM Programs
PPT 11-20