Author Archives: Alexandre Meerson

Time for Luxury brands to develop experiences in store, fuelled by online traffic – Is ROPO (Research Online, Purchase Offline) verified?

Time for Luxury brands to develop experiences in store, fuelled by online traffic – The ROPO (Research Online, Purchase Offline) effect is worth verifying! Continue reading

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CHANEL Digital Relaunch – the sensual explosion of beauty that captures the essence of the ‘Maison de Luxe’. But why are they still afraid of E-Commerce?

Chanel online, the sensual explosion of beauty that captures the essence of the 'Maison de Luxe'. But why are they still afraid of E-Commerce?

Superb – at last a Luxury Brand focusses on it’s ‘raison d’être’: beautiful products, their history and the craftsmanship that make them happen. But where is the “order” button?
One cannot order online, and this is.. disappointing and frustrating. Continue reading

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CRM & Luxury Brands – What for? Poor for Segmentation, but rich for Experience?

Is there such a concept as a Fashion and Luxury Brands Customer? CRM remains a priority, but more to improve the customer experience than to focus on segmentation. E-Commerce and Luxury Brands. Alexandre Meerson - E-Commerce Consultant

Many of us measure and understand the power of nurturing and mining a clean and relevant customer databases to create, manage, broadcast and measure campaigns. Some of us daily experience the richness of the data collected – behaviours, purchase patterns, customer service.. etc.. both explicitly and implicitly. But what is the value of this information in the context of FASHION & LUXURY?

CRM – as a business process and from the perspective of Customer Segmentation  - is extremely valuable for brands and retailers distributing goods which are purchased regularly or in cycles – food, groceries.. even books, and other necessities and cultural items. Profiles and suspect/prospect groups can be created in many cases.. and ‘predict’ patterns and interests.

But is there a FASHION/LUXURY CUSTOMER PROFILE? Continue reading

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Are Flash Sales players fit for purpose to run Luxury Brands’ E-Commerce operations?

Flash/Private Sales Players offer to run the E-Commerce operations of Luxury Brands. From de-stocking to Luxury, are they credible?

Are Flash/Private sales pure players fit for the job of actually running the online operations of Luxury Brands? Continue reading

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Lessons from China in Luxury Brands E-Commerce: the new benchmark for the West?

China is a focus for Luxury Brands, and E-Commerce a priority. But aren't the key success factors there the same as here in the end?

Examining successful online operations in China, I wonder if they are not showing us the way.. at home – to improve E-Commerce and multichannel sales in our Luxury Brands’ domestic markets. Continue reading

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Learnings from the ‘Luxury and Web 2.0″ Conference held 15 December 2010 by Benchmark Group in Paris, France

'Luxury and Web 2.0

Highlights of the ‘Luxury and Web 2.0″ Conference held yesterday 15 December 2010 by Benchmark Group in Paris, France Continue reading

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Busy, busy getting ready to kick off this blog in February 2011

Launching LuxuryDigital in February 2011 to discuss how Luxury Brands engage in E-Commerce and Direct Sales worldwide.

Launching LuxuryDigital in February 2011 to discuss how Luxury Brands engage in E-Commerce, Multichannel retail and Direct Sales worldwide. Continue reading

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