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Value and Optimisation in Multichannel Retailing Quantitative Research Report August 2010. Some Background. ACRS strategic realignment away from ‘public’ education to focus on: Customised ‘in-house’ education Customised (proprietary) research
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Value and Optimisation in Multichannel Retailing Quantitative Research Report August 2010
Some Background... • ACRS strategic realignment away from ‘public’ education to focus on: • Customised ‘in-house’ education • Customised (proprietary) research • Thought leadership research (funded by industry) • Single partner research • Collaborative industry research • The Retail Thought Leadership (RTL) project • 2009 ‘Retail 2020’: The Future of Retail (Australia, NZ, Asia-Pacific) • CEO Forum with 10 industry leaders from Australia & NZ • Multichannel retailing • Consumer value perceptions, and • Optimisation of the retail channel mix
RTL 2010 Research Objectives • The questions addressed are: • How do consumers value different channels, in terms of their pre-purchase, purchase and after-sales behaviour? • How does the configuration of different multichannel offers impact on consumer perceptions of shopping value and satisfaction levels? • How can consumers be segmented to reflect their multichannel retail preferences and behaviour? • How do generational differences impact value perceptions and satisfaction?
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Research Approach Workshop with CEOs & industry Research approach Pre-testing & fieldwork Reporting & presenting • Agreement on objectives & outputs • Agreement on design & sample • Method approach • Design of questionnaire • One-on-one testing • Pre-test online (n=100) • Online survey of 1,000 consumers • Validation test with NZ sample • Analysis of the data • Presentation series • Development of report • Customised ‘in-house’ series
Retail Categories Consumer electronics Holiday travel Clothing & footwear
Consumer Behaviour Stages Pre-purchase research Purchase After-sales
Relative Channel Importance: Pre-Purchase Consumers are online
The MC Offer Store only Traditional Multichannel Emerging Multichannel
Convenience Enjoyment Risk Sat Loyalty
Segmentation variables Channel importance Store Traditional Emerging Across: Pre-purchase research Purchase, and after-sales Psychographic variables Innovativeness Loyalty Shopping enjoyment Price consciousness Time pressure Mot. to conform Demographics Gender Generation: X, Y, Boomer, Silent... Behaviour Spend ‘Connectedness’ Technology
Macro-Segments • Four macro-segments • A few interesting comparisons to note... • 1 number of retailer communications (emails) an individual is signed up to
Macro-segment 1: Store Loyals • Rate Store as most important channel across search, purchase & after-sales • Represent 34% market share • Relatively low in terms of ‘innovativeness’ • High proportion of Baby Boomers across macro-segment • 3 micro-segments…
Macro-segment 2: Channel Adopters • Place relatively equal (high) importance on all channels (and higher than most on emerging) • Represent 28% market share • Relatively high in terms of ‘shopping enjoyment’ • High proportion of Gen Y & Gen X across macro-segment • 3 micro-segments…
Macro-segment 3: Traditional MC Shoppers • Place highest importance on store and traditional channels (catalogue, Internet) • Little importance on ‘emerging’ channels • Represent 21% market share • High proportion of Gen Y & Gen X across macro-segment • 2 micro-segments…
Macro-segment 4: Functional Shoppers • Low importance scores across channels • Represent 17% market share • Low in terms of ‘innovativeness’ and ‘enjoyment’ • Spread across generations and skew toward females • 2 micro-segments…