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As Consumers Evolve, Retail Analytics Advance. Today’s Panel. Jon Quinn Vice President, Marketing Strategy, Safeway. Adam Holyk Group Vice President, Insights and Analytics, Walgreens.
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Today’s Panel Jon QuinnVice President, Marketing Strategy, Safeway Adam HolykGroup Vice President, Insights and Analytics, Walgreens Ravi DharGeorge Rogers Clark Professor of Management and Marketing, Yale School of Management & Director, Center for Customer Insights
Complex Dynamics impact Retail Analytics CHANGING SHOPPERS • INTENSIFYING COMPETITION TECHNOLOGY • RETAILER • ECONOMICS
Which items to carry? Simple outcomes, complex analytics • In which stores? • How much Promo Support? • At What Price?
the winning analytic strategy • GET THE RIGHT INSIGHTS • ORGANIZE TO WIN • EXECUTE WITH GREATER PRECISION
The right shopper insights Buyers will not pay for value that they do not perceive, no matter how real it may be. • REQUIRED INSIGHTS: • What they do, inside & outside the box • What they perceive & believe Prof. Michael Porter – Competitive Advantage PERCEPTION OF VALUE DRIVESRESPONSE TO PRICING
Insights to both behavior and beliefs 59% 36% 25% Fresh produce Everyday low prices 1 your share of their All Outlet spend ….they drive most of your dollars Fresh produce Grocery selection of your shoppers are “core”… 2 Well stocked Fresh meat & seafood 3 Prices well labeled Prepared foods 4 Store brand Grocery selection 5 …but they aren’t very loyal One-stop shopping Clean store 6 WHAT SHOPPERS SAID: WHAT SHOPPERS DID: Well stocked Fresh meat & seafood 7 Nearby location 8
The right competitive insights Yoplait 6 ounce Client 3: $0.75 STRATEGY ACTUAL VS. ASSUMED COMPETITORS PRICE POSITIONING
Eyes on the prize, size of the prize OPPORTUNITY $900M 25% • 8MM Elasticity Estimates 10% Also Highly Elastic “Overpriced” 80MM Competitive Price Points
Why Assortment isn’t easy 328 16,897 4,932 • Items selling in Grocery weekly average • Items selling in Drug weekly average Average # of unique UPCs per household purchased in Grocery Channel in a year Can’t profitably be all things to all people Hyper-local assortment impacts supply chain efficiency Assortment is “slower” than pricing, just as important
All demand is local Water Infant Nutrition Frozen Pizza Growing MTA’s: 3,519 Growing MTA’s: 2,414 Growing MTA’s: 659 CHANGE IN DOLLARS DECLINING GROWING STABLE Growing: > 2% $ growth; Stable >-2% and < +2%, Declining > -2% Source: Nielsen Scan and Panel Data, Nielsen Analysis
SIMPLE FRAMEWORKS ENCOURAGE ACTION • RATIONALIZE • Make sure you have the best items in distribution • DEVELOP • Increase Items FAST AVG SALES RATE DISTRIBUTION (# ITEMS) • SQUEEZE • De-list worst performers • NURTURE • Review Slow movers for de-listment SLOW NEGATIVE • CONSUMER RESPONSE TO ASSORTMENT (INCREMENTALITY) • POSITIVE
Locally relevant decisions, at enterprise scale Super- Premium Segment Value Segment Assortment Response:Total Category Assortment Response:Total Category
Right products, right places 4.9% Laundry 4.5% 0.3% Laundry Sales ($MM) Source: Nielsen AssortMan, TUS Mass, 52 weeks ending 10/13/12
Table talk Questions • With the evolution of smart phones and information access, how do you see your analytical needs changing? • As a Manufacturer or a retailer, what would you change about collaboration to address these analytical needs? • What are the industry challenges for analytic strategy and capacity keeping up with the rate of change in the industry, e.g. personalization and dynamic pricing?