Thursday, August 20, 2015

MOBILE MARKETING NEWS


Sears leverages customer history and mobile to personalize in-store experiences

BOSTON - An executive from Sears at eTail East 2015 said that the department store plans to bring customer history information to its associates at bricks-and-mortar locations through the use of mobile technology so they can better assist shoppers.

During the Mobile Innovations: Peering into the Future of Retail session, the executive empathized the importance of using customer information to really build relationships. Leveraging these personal touches can make lasting customers, and the retailer hopes to see in-store sales associates creating the same experience as it offers through mobile connecting all parts of the brand together.

"We do have personalization today within our experiences we are recommending products based on what we know about you, we are recommending promotions based on what we know about you and a variety of other things," said Melissa McClearn, senior director of product management at Sears Holding Company. "What we know about you is learned across all of our channels.

"There is definitely continued opportunity there," she said. "We will continue to strengthen that, know even more about you and take our integration to our stores.

"We are testing and learning a variety of different technologies. Whether someone is around our store or in our store, we are testing a variety of different pieces there so expect to see tighter integration in terms of blurred lines between the different channels."


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