The Future Shopper March 2013.pdf - Kantar Retail
The Future Shopper March 2013.pdf - Kantar Retail
The Future Shopper March 2013.pdf - Kantar Retail
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Customer tracking<br />
<strong>Retail</strong>ers have fewer places to<br />
hide in the future environment.<br />
Pricing is becoming<br />
more transparent, and<br />
environmentally and socially<br />
irresponsible behaviors are<br />
publicized online.<br />
At the same time, though, the<br />
shopper has few places to hide<br />
as well. As with distribution<br />
and supply, the Big Data of<br />
digital devices mean that<br />
retailers can monitor customer<br />
behaviors much more closely,<br />
and in real time. This takes<br />
CRM and ‘precision marketing’<br />
to unprecedented levels. By<br />
mining Big Data, retailers have<br />
a stronger platform to better<br />
manage existing relationships<br />
and start new ones. However,<br />
shoppers aren’t always fans<br />
of such personalization. <strong>The</strong>re<br />
is a fine line between helping<br />
shoppers and stalking them.<br />
A man walked into Target<br />
clutching coupons that<br />
had been sent to his<br />
daughter, and he was<br />
angry. “My daughter got<br />
this in the mail!” he said.<br />
“She’s still in high school,<br />
and you’re sending<br />
her coupons for baby<br />
clothes and cribs? Are<br />
you trying to encourage<br />
her to get pregnant?”<br />
<strong>The</strong> manager apologized<br />
and called a few days<br />
later to apologize again.<br />
On the phone, the father<br />
was somewhat abashed.<br />
“I had a talk with my<br />
daughter,” he said. “It<br />
turns out there’s been<br />
some activities in my<br />
house I haven’t been<br />
aware of. She’s due in<br />
August.”<br />
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