Key CCG Services
Faced with increasing market pressure, this specialty retailer launched its preferred customer loyalty program to bolster customer loyalty and capture more share of wallet. The multi-tier loyalty program included a combination of soft and hard benefits to entice higher spending.
The new Pier 1 rewards program was well received by customers and increased sales for the retailer. Pleased but not satisfied by the preferred customer loyalty program’s success, the team at Pier 1 reached out to the retail customer loyalty experts at CCG to make the program even more engaging to shoppers — and more profitable for the retailer.
Solution: Target Customer Loyalty to Improve Pier 1 Rewards Program
As experts in statistical techniques that maximize customer reach, CCG’s customer loyalty pros leveraged their proprietary Statistical Loyalty Program Optimization™ model that quantifies the reach and desirability of existing and potential loyalty program benefits.
Our evaluation showed:
- The existing preferred customer loyalty program was too discount oriented, lacked excitement and had little differentiation between program reward levels.
- Customer benefits and rewards were not relevant or frequent enough to influence customer behavior.
- Since Pier 1 was evaluating customer status only once a year, the retailer was losing the momentum needed to entice customers to progressive shopping thresholds.
Going from Good to Great
Following a detailed analysis, CCG’s customer loyalty experts recommended that Pier 1 incorporate the following tactics to target customer loyalty, increase customer engagement and boost sales:
Revitalized Customer Loyalty Program Yields Powerful Results
Buoyed by a fresh approach, the Pier 1 customer loyalty rewards program saw a significant increase in customer spending. In fact, results showed a much stronger response to the loyalty program’s revised spending levels and reward program benefits than the retailer anticipated:
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Shopping frequency increased to an average of six times per year
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Spending per transaction increased to an average $142
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Annual spending increased from $692 to $841
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Shareholder value increased by 135%
Key CCG Services
Strategic Customer Initiatives
Loyalty program development, refinement & management
Strategic CRM consulting
ROI measurement
Data Analytics & Research
Statistical Loyalty Program Optimization™
Qualitative & quantitative customer research
Modeling, including predictive, look-alike & regressive modeling (e.g., decision trees)
Creative Assets
Loyalty program communications audit, planning, design & execution
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