Abbiamo accompagnato Santoni nei processi di progettazione e di sviluppo di un complesso e al tempo stesso innovativo progetto di digitalizzazione dei canali di vendita aziendali. Il progetto ha avuto come obiettivo la definizione e la realizzazione di un’articolata eWe guided Santoni in the design and development processes of a complex and at the same time innovative project of digitization of the company's sales channels. The goal of the project was to define and implement an articulated and productive Omnichannel strategy aimed at enabling the company to "listen to the customer" throughout their Customer Journey.
Santoni's story began in 1975 in Corridonia, in the heart of the footwear district of the Marche region, thanks to Andrea Santoni's intuition: to industrialize the manual process while keeping its characteristics intact. An idea that allowed the company to transform itself into an international luxury brand. Today Santoni, a symbol of excellence in the world of made in Italy, perfectly embodies the spirit of Italian craftsmanship "savoir-faire" that focuses on detail, quality materials and product tailoring. In fact, the shoes are handmade and custom tailored by a network of more than 700 artisan partners. The catalog is conveyed worldwide through single-brand stores and the best international boutiques or online through an advanced e-commerce.
Santoni, with a view to putting the customer even more at the center of its decisions, felt the need to gain greater insight into the habits and preferences of its audience, with particular reference to those who usually turn to multi-brand retailers for purchases.
Specifically, Santoni wanted to leverage the data collected across touchpoints to activate a series of sophisticated marketing initiatives aimed, on the one hand, at facilitating the purchase decision of new customers and, on the other, at increasing customer loyalty and boosting the average value of purchases.
We approached the project by defining the correct data collection strategy through the identification of all the physical and digital touchpoints through which Santoni comes into contact with its audience on a daily basis. We then identified the KPIs needed to measure the project's progress and the useful data to be extracted from each touchpoint. We then proceeded to process and depict them in dashboards. The touchpoints identified were:
An NFC (Near Field Communication) sensor has been embedded in each shoe through which the customer, by approaching their smartphone, can view a personalized page based on the product purchased that certifies its authenticity. By filling out a data collection form on the page, he or she accesses exclusive, vertical content about the product and enters a stream of communications aimed at verifying his or her liking over time, suggesting new purchases, participation in events, etc... In this way Santoni collects important information about the behavior of customers who were hitherto unknown to it: which and how many products they bought in a given time frame and at which store or retailer worldwide, or about the general liking of its collections in different parts of the world. The data collected by the CRM platform automatically enters the company's management system.
Cashier systems in single-brand boutiques send all information regarding sales made to the CRM in real time. Customers can register for dedicated loyalty programs simply by providing their call sign to the cashier.
The boutiques are equipped with an I-Pad (connected with the CRM platform) on which the store manager can view the purchases made by each customer and suggest new purchases if necessary. The store manager can also enroll the customer in dedicated loyalty programs.
The data that the customer has entered into the platform feeds real-time information contained in the CRM (data enrichment) and initiates a series of personalized communications that are always managed by the CRM, such as:
The actions that occur on e-commerce and the data collected are made available to marketing, sales, and customer service.
The CRM platform collects data from the platforms used by Santoni customer care, from chatbots on the site, from the different "contact us" forms (contact us, contact us to customize your product, to ask for a return, etc...), from the email addresses from which requests come in (info@santoni, etc...) and from phone contacts (thanks to the CRm integration with Aircall). This makes it possible for Santoni's Customer Care team to identify any problems in advance and possibly involve other departments in the solution.
Data collected across all touchpoints feed into the Single Customer View through which marketing, sales, and service teams can track the behavior of individual customers or particular clusters of them. Data processing in the Single Customer View generates marketing and sales automation and gives rise to dashboards and reports useful for performance monitoring.The project we implemented for Santoni enabled the brand to capture very important information about customer behavior on both direct and indirect channels and use it to bring value to its relationship with its audience. A total of 64,251 Boutique Orders were counted in the CRM platform, and the number of customers involved in personalized marketing activities related to NFC insertion increased by 70%, most of whom would have otherwise remained unknown because they came into contact with the brand on indirect channels.
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