This document discusses Swarovski's retail approach and how data science can help improve the customer experience. It outlines Swarovski's goal of providing a unique, consistent consumer experience and commercial smartness. The challenges of digital savvy consumers are presented. Current implementations of data science including demand prediction and image recognition are described. Future applications are proposed such as using image recognition to predict customer taste and quickly make personalized offers. The interconnected online and offline retail future is envisioned.
2. Passion for fashion and retail industry
International consumer goods business
Marketing & Economics
Leadership, developing brands, consumer future
MAURITS JANSEN
MANAGING DIRECTOR Swarovski BENELUX & NORDICS
3. SWAROVSKI IS NOT ‘JUST ANOTHER RETAILER’
EUR 3.05 billion revenue
Approx. 30,000 employees
Approx. 3100 stores world wide
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5. A touch of glamour, yet within reach
Heritage and mastery
On trend
Responsible
Imaginative
Vigorous
Passionate
THE SWAROVSKI BRAND
11. CONSUMER PURCHASE FUNNEL
Product: coverting meaningful input to relevant
output
Media: creating a constant dialogue with the
consumer
Speed to market: predictions on planning,
production, buying and merchandising
Loyalty: from consideration to purchase, from
purchase to re-purchase
How can data science help us to improve the customer experience?
12. WHAT HAVE WE IMPLEMENTED SO FAR?
Predicting daily demand of 40.000+ SKU-shop combinations
To minimize lost sales and redundant stock at end of season
Business value Consumer value
19.1% out of stock decrease
for best-selling products
Increased shopping experience: match
between assortment and customer needs on
a local level
No old season products in store
7.5 % increase in turnover
21% stock level decrease for slow moving
products
Sales of slow moving products not
affected
13. IMAGE RECOGNITION: THE NEXT STEP IN DATA SCIENCE
WHY ARE PICTURES SO IMPORTANT?
People can easily picture themselves owning
the product
Makes the product much more tangible
More value is attached to the product
14. IMAGE RECOGNITION USED TO PREDICT CUSTOMER’S TASTE
‘Nowadays most intelligence is focused on textual data, but consumers are focused on images.
For taste sensitive products this can be enhanced with image recognition, because it is hard to
capture style related elements and product feel in product characteristic tags.’
THE ADVANTAGES OF IMAGE RECOGNITION
15. Brand: Swarovski
Type: Remix Bracelet
Manufacturing year: 2017
Color: Blue
Materials used: Rose Gold
Price: 69€
Usually available data
Analyzing pixels
to detect color
Analyzing surrounding
pixels to detect shape
Calculating on images
But what about shape or style?
HOW DOES IMAGE RECOGNITION WORK?
16. BASED ON THIS PIXEL DATA TASTE CLUSTERS ARE CREATED
THAT REPRESENT SOMEONES TASTE
17. As input for design for new products, to predict the success of the introduction in advance
HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS IN THE FUTURE OF RETAILING
Recommendations of new product introductions, by prediction which customers will like them most.
Algorithms that replicate store representatives by getting an accurate grasp of the consumer’s taste
Quickly make an offer that matches individual needs
Offline in combination with VR
18. THE FUTURE OF RETAIL
‘The online and offline environment will be intertwined to an extent that everything is connected and everyone
online. This provides an abundant number of data and will bring the experience of the consumer to the next
level’
Welcome to the world of Omnichannel & Commercial Operations.
The mission of OmniChannel & Commercial Operations is to build the bridge between the brand promise and the consumer experience by taking a validated concept to transmission across all our touch points.
We are responsible to ensure that there is rationality and consistency across the business decisions taken by the company.
Together with our partners across the business we aim to secure profitable growth and high consumer satisfaction through:
Ensuring a unique and consistent consumer experience across all touch points.
Driving commercial efficiency throughout the business.
As a new division, let us highlight our responsibilities within the new CGB set-up.