Post on 27-Dec-2015
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Multi-Channel RetailingMulti-Channel Retailing
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The Multi-Channel Retailer
Retailer
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Customer
Today’s empowered consumers live in a multi-channel world -- Research products online, buy offline, and demand service everywhere
Web & Email • 24x7 • Visual
Call Center • Convenient • Immediate
Kiosks • Visual • Convenient
Pervasive • Immediate • 24x7
Brick & Mortar • Touch/Feel • Experience driven
Consumers buy what they want, when they want, wherever they want
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Why are Retailers Using Multiple Channels to Interact with Customers?
• Customer Want to interact in different ways
• Each channel offers a unique set of benefits for Customers
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Unique Benefits Provided by Store Channel
• Browsing
• Touch and feel products
• Personal service
• Cash payment
• Immediate gratification
• Entertainment and social interaction
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Benefits Provided by Catalog Channel
Convenience
Portability, easily accessible
Visual presentation
Safety
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Unique Benefits Provided by Internet Channel
• Convenience
• Safety
• Broad selection
• Detailed information
• Personalization
• Problem-solving information
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Will Consumers Shop
Electronically from Home
or
Go to the Mall?
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Electronic Channel Influences Shopping Behavior
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100
In-StoreVisit
Internetfrom Home
Mail-OrderCatalog
Television Kiosk Pervasive
Findout about newproductsSearch for productinformationCompare and EvaluateProductsPurchase and Pay
Even though the electronic channel accounts for less than 2% of retail sales, the Internet is used extensively in the buying process
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Impediments to Shopping On-Line
Technological concerns are becoming less important
– Access to Internet
– Bandwidth
– Privacy, Security concerns
Are the benefits of shopping on-line greater
than the benefits of going to a store?
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Factors Affecting the Diffusion of an Innovation
• Ease with which the innovation can be tried out
On-line access
• Perceived risks of adoption
Security, Privacy
• Perceived benefits compared to present alternatives (going to store or buying from catalogs)
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Internet Users Across the Globe
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Why Do People Patronize a Retailer?
Merchandise Assortments
Service
Convenience
Information to make good selections
Price - Total cost to customer
Go to store, find right merchandise, return merchandise
Entertainment
Social interaction
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Benefits of Electronic Channel
Increased Assortment
More Information to Evaluate Merchandise
Drill Down as Much as You Want
Full motion Video
Personalization
Fred, the Super Sales Associate
Try It On Virtually
Information for Solving Problems, Not Just Merchandise Characteristics
Virtual Communities
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Using an Agent to Locate Merchandise
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Virtual Communities
• Definition: Virtual community is a network of members sharing common interests that interact with each other electronically.
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Virtual Communities
Virtual community is a network of members sharing common interests that interact with each other electronically.
Examples:
IVillage - Women
Garden.Com - Gardeners
Ibelieve.com
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The Knot -- Solving Your Wedding Problems
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Value Proposition to Members
Full range of resources available to solve problem or satisfy from one source.
Integrate content and communication maximizing value of the available resources
Generation and dissemination of member generated information -- increases quality, breadth and depth of information.
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Value Proposition for Members
Meaningful personal relationships -- Opportunity to interaction with other people with common interests draws people to community.
Fantasy and Entertainment
Access to competing vendors and publishers
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Value Proposition for Commercial Organizer
• Reduce cost of locating and targeting customers
• Reduce cost of motivating customers to make purchase decisions
• Opportunity for tailoring products, services,
• Lower capital investment – don’t have to build store fronts.
• Broader geographic reach
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Benefits for Community Manager
• Strengthen Brand Name, Reputation
• Build Customer Relationships
• Extend Database of Potential Customers
• Revenue Generation– Sell Merchandise
– Sell Services to Members
• Membership fees (Annual Charge for Access)
• Usage fee (Downloads, Time of Access)
• Advertising (Charge Advertisers)
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Sources of Revenue
Subscription fees – fixed monthly charge
Usage fee – charge based on usage
Membership fees
Content delivery fees – charge to download information
Service fee – notification fee
Advertising
Transaction commissions
Sales of membership list or access to members
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Who Is Best Suited to Organize a Virtual Community?
Concerned Consumers
Content Providers - Vertical Publications
Suppliers
Retailers
Offering Competing Products
Unbiased, Good Reputation
Know How to Run a Business Selling to Consumers -- Primary Revenue Source
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What Merchandise Will Be Sold Successfully Over the Internet
“Look and See” attributes vs. “Touch and Feel” attributes (?)
Degree to which information can be used to predict satisfaction prior to purchase
Gifts
Services
Might not need to “Touch and Feel”
“Touch and Feel” not useful - Gifts
Superior presentation of “Touch and Feel”
Branding
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Why Did So Many e-tailers Fail?
Pure E-Tailer
Catalog Retailers
Store-Based Retailers
Vendors
Assortments Limited Limited Excellent Poor
Fulfillment Poor Excellent Good Poor
Customer Information
Poor Excellent Good Poor
Unique Merchandise
Poor Good Good Excellent
Brand Name Poor Some Excellent
Some Excellent
Some Excellent
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Store-based Retailers vs. Electronic Retail Entrepreneurs
Knowledge of Retailing
Assortment Planning
Distribution Systems
Reputation
Customer Database
Convenient Location for Picking Up, Returning Merchandise, Warranty Service and Installation
Vendor Relationships
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Advantages of Retailers vs. Manufacturers
Distribute Merchandise Directly to Customers
Provide Assortments
Collect and Use Information about Customers
Widespread Disintermediation Unlikely
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Reasons for Becoming a Multi-Channel Retailer
-Increase Share of Wallet
-Overcome Limitations of Existing Format
-Expand Market
-Leverage Existing Assets
-Brand Name, Inventory, Customer Database
-Develop Insights in Customer Shopping Behavior
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Issues Confronting a Multi-Channel Retailer
Maintaining Brand Image Across Channels
Merchandise Assortment Offered in Each Channel
Pricing Across Channels
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Customers Want to Recognized No Matter What Channel they Use
Kiosk
Internet
Pervasive
Call Center
CustomerRelationshipBrick & Mortar
Customers
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Integration – Key to Multi-Channel Retailing
•Create a Seamless •Experience
•Make it Easy •Provide Support
•Know thy •Customer
••• Ordering ••• Returns••• Refunds
•• •Call Center•• •Shopping
•Advice•• •Customer
•Service
•• •Needs and•preferences
•• •One to One•Marketing
•• •Synchronized &•consistent service•regardless•of channel
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Source: Progressive Grocer, 01 Feb 00; Grocery Headquarters, 01 Feb 00.
Consumer does not find desired item in the store.
Consumer goes to kiosk to search for product
Kiosk links to chain’s web-site allowing consumers to find and purchase item
Consumer places order online for home delivery or store pick-up at a later time
Illustration of Multi-Channel Integration