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1. Integrated Digital Services:
Delivering consumer centricity
for Consumer Products
companies
Why integrating digital services drives benefits for
the organisation and the consumer
Consumer Products
| the way we see it
3. 3Integrated Digital Services: Delivering consumer centricity for Consumer Products companies
The Web is maturing as a retail
channel and is playing an ever more
important role in the evolution of
multi-channel retailing. Consumer
behaviour is also changing
and evolving, with consumers
increasingly demanding of Consumer
Products companies that they
support multi-channel journeys
and deliver consistent experiences
over a range of lifecycles. Mobile
channels, social networking sites and
developments in traditional retailing
have fundamentally changed the
relationship between consumers,
retailers and Consumer Products
companies. Digital media is at the
heart of this change, but Digital
Marketing and the opportunities
offered by it have not yet been fully
embraced or leveraged by Consumer
Products companies.
At present Consumer Products
companies allocate only 2% of their
marketing budgets to digital media1
.
This is significantly less than other
sectors (retail, manufacturing,
and high-tech). Companies in the
Consumer Products sector should
re-think their engagement with
consumers and assess the Return on
Investment of Digital Marketing.
Capgemini believe that this can
positively impact five key value
drivers - brand equity, transactions,
customer insight, innovation, and
customer service. And it can do
more. As a consequence, we no
longer believe that the term “Digital
Marketing” fully reflects the scope
and potential of this area. “Integrated
Digital Services” is a more accurate
reflection of how Consumer Products
organisations can improve the
breadth, depth, relevance, focus, and
continuity of customer interactions.
Digital channels help companies
increase customer transactions and
incentivise customers via discount
coupon access/redemption and
contests/promotions. Important
customer information can be
captured and the insights gained
used to improve overall consumer
experience. Innovation can be
driven through greater consumer
participation in co-creation via
initiatives involving the consumer in
the decision-making such as “crowd-
sourcing”. Customer service can
be improved by offering resolution
through channels where customers
are already present.
To extract greater value from
consumer engagement, companies
should recognise its increasing
importance and reassess planned
spend with consideration to
increasing their digital budget.
Companies should:
� Identify a well-defined, consumer
and customer centric strategy that
shapes all marketing and consumer
engagement activities to achieve the
organisation’s ambition;
� Segment and prioritise their
consumers and direct customers
and then position them at the
centre of the services, processes
and offers that the organisation
delivers to the market;
� Focus their digital activities
initially on two or three key value
drivers across the organisation,
rather than trying to address all
drivers at once;
� Ensure their digital environment is
relevant for consumers now and
has the flexibility to be relevant in
the future – consumer technology
and taste change in 3-6 month
cycles;
� Identify and implement customised
metrics that can help assess
programme effectiveness.
By successfully implementing these
recommendations, companies can
grow the number of consumers with
whom they have relationships and
track and increase their customer
lifetime value.
Mobile channels,
social networking sites
and developments in
traditional retailing have
fundamentally changed
the relationship between
consumers, retailers
and Consumer Products
companies. Digital
media is at the heart of
this change, but Digital
Marketing and the
opportunities offered by
it have not yet been fully
embraced or leveraged
by Consumer Products
companies.
1
“US Interactive Marketing Forecast by
Industry, 2009 to 2014”, Forrester Research
Inc., December 17 2009
Abstract
4. 4
Companies in the Consumer
Products sector have typically been
less active in digital marketing than
companies in other industry sectors.
This is highlighted by their relatively
low allocation of marketing budgets
to digital media – only around 2%.
In contrast, companies in the retail,
manufacturing, and high-tech sectors
typically allocate between 10% to
14% of overall marketing budget to
digital media.1
(see figure 1).
Capgemini believes that Consumer
Products companies must reassess
their planned digital spend in light
of the acceleration of technology
and growing consumer expectation
of digital channels. Consumers are
increasing the time they spend online
compared with traditional media.
In the US the time spent using the
internet grew 20.5% from 2008 to
2010 compared with only 1.8% for
watching TV2
. Figure 2 shows social
networking and video streaming are
emerging as high growth channels.
The reach of social networking has
exceeded that of email, with total
minutes spent on social networking
sites growing by 73% from 2008 to
2009. From 2003-2009, the audience
for online video increased by 339%2
Changing consumer behaviour
mandates a fundamental re-think
of traditional marketing models.
Companies need to consider whether
their digital spend and product
and marketing strategies are in line
with changing consumer behaviour
and the opportunities of enhanced
investment in digital services.
Although spending on digital
marketing by the Consumer Products
sector has been low compared with
other sectors, analysts expect its
growth, in percentage terms, to
exceed that of all other sectors in the
next four years. However, we believe
that a projected growth rate of 22%
CAGR in the period 2009 – 2014 is
a distinct underestimation. Recent
market information has reinforced
that view: with Unilever announcing
a doubling of spend4
and another
leading global CP company indicating
that they plan to increase their digital
marketing spend from 1.4% to 20%.
In this paper, Capgemini discusses
the key benefits of digital from
the point of view of companies in
the Consumer Products space. We
highlight the positive impact of
digital channels on key value drivers
and offer recommendations for
Consumer Products organisations to
optimise their returns on investment
in digital.
2
“Three Screen Report, Quarter 1 2010 &
Quarter 1 2009”, Nielsen, Q1 2010 &Q1 2009
3
“The Global Online Media Landscape,”
Nielsen, April 2009
4
Marketing Week, June 25 2010
14%
Retail Manufacturing High-tech Consumer Products
10% 10%
2%
Time Spent (minutes per week) Online by
US Internet Users
2003 2004 2005
Videos / Movies
Search
Social Networks
Email
2006 2007 2008 2009
25
20
15
10
5
0
Introduction
Figure 1: Digital Marketing as % of Overall Marketing Budgets in various Industries,
20091
Figure 2: Time Spent Across Various
Medias (US) 2,4
Source: Forrester
Source: Forrester, Nielsen
5. 5Integrated Digital Services: Delivering consumer centricity for Consumer Products companies
What is Consumer
centricity?
The nature of consumer and direct
customer engagement has evolved.
The first generation of engagement
was primarily about “telling”
consumers about products and
services, using traditional mass
market campaigns and media,
through limited channels and by
consistent delivery of products,
service, access and price. The essence
of second generation engagement
has been “listening” to customer
behaviour, often through data-
gathering loyalty or reward schemes.
We are now moving towards the
third generation of true customer
engagement. This is characterised by
“talking”, by engaging in open-ended
dialogue with customers. “Talking”
is enabled by integrating channels
with a single customer view, by
web-enabled interactions that allow
Consumer Products companies to
meet customers and to meet them
wherever they may be. A personalised
and relevant experience is key to
engaging consumers thereby helping
put customer insight at the heart of
all business decisions.
The goal of better consumer-centricity
is to achieve greater customer lifetime
value with more and more customers.
How can this be achieved?
Moving to third generation
engagement requires a fully-
integrated operating model across
channels and the Web. A digital
strategy must be determined - from
the outside in and from the inside
out. Customer expectations need to
be determined: what do they want
from you and from your brands and
product(s)? What type of journey do
they expect to take with you, with
your brands and with your products?
How long do they expect that journey
to last?
Understanding that customer
expectations will differ and tying
existing or new segmentation models
to your digital strategy will be crucial
to ensuring personalised and relevant
engagement. A segmentation map
can frame customers and consumers
into segments with distinct
consumption or shopping behaviours.
Need-based variables define why
consumers purchase, consume and
remain loyal to specific brands and
products. These segments should
be prioritised and then analysed
to explore those needs and daily
journeys establishing touchpoints and
required experiences. The Consumer
Products organisation can then define
what is relevant and of value.
Similarly, the Consumer Products
company must determine the nature
of their relationship with their
customers. Where do the goals,
objectives and strategies of both
parties come together to make each
one mutually relevant? What services
should the company provide their
customers to fulfil their needs and
optimise its relevance?
Figure 3 details the key components
of the operating model that
Consumer Products organisations
should examine to deliver an effective
and efficient service and experience.
For many (if not all) Consumer
Products companies achieving this
operating model will be no small task
from what to date has often been a
fragmented and unstructured foray
into the digital world. Being clear on
the value of such a model will be key
to aligning the organisation behind
the journey and towards a new way
of working.
Creating a Consumer centric Organisation
The goal of better
consumer centricity
is to achieve greater
consumer lifetime value
with more and more
consumers.
6. 6
Figure 3: Consumer Products Operating Model to Build Required Consumer/Customer Interaction using Integrated Digital
Services
Operational CRM ChannelsOperational CRM Channels
Customer
Strategy
Social
Listening &
Sentiment
Analysis
Outside-In
Inside-Out
BI/
Analytics
Customer to Consumer to CustomerCustomer to Consumer to Customer
Customer/ Consumer Experience
Online Face 2 Face Mobile e-mail Chat / SMS Phone
Services
People & Eco-System (Enterprise 2.0)People & Eco-System (Enterprise 2.0)
Lean & Agile ProcessesLean & Agile Processes
Information and
experience
Partners/
Channel
Insight Innovation B2bCommerce
Skills Culture
Incentives &
Alignment
Knowledge
Marketing Sales Fulfilment Service
Val
ue Creation Proc
ess
� Awareness of the Customer to Customer channels and mechanisms that customers
are using and a means of tapping into them
� The same customer/consumer may touch the company through different mediums
and will expect a consistent and integrated service
� Services, offers, marketing and customer information needs to be directed to
individuals in the channel of their choosing and potentially via all CRM channels
� How to centralise customer information from both structured sources and
unstructured data from the web to give a single view of the customer
� The two-way use of digital services to reach out to customers and receive insight
from them
� Integrated Digital Services skills trained or brought into each relevant department
� Establish best practice processes to underpin effective and efficient services
at scale
Consumer Products companies should consider the following in their Integrated
Digital Services operating model:
7. 7Integrated Digital Services: Delivering consumer centricity for Consumer Products companies
The benefits of Integrated Digital
Services to the consumer and
customer experience can be assessed
through their impact on five key value
drivers – Brand Equity, Transactions,
Customer Insight, Innovation, and
Customer Service (see figure 4).
Brand Equity
Integrated Digital Services helps
companies engage better with
customers through improvements in
breadth, depth, relevance, focus, and
continuity of interactions, thereby
strengthening brand equity.
Digital channels increase the breadth
of interactions by enabling brands to
reach out to consumers via additional
channels, over and above traditional
offline channels, in a cost-effective
manner. Moreover, digital channels
also enable companies to place
their messages on a broad array of
websites, reflecting consumer surfing
activity. Further, relationships with
online consumers can be deepened
through activities such as the creation
of personal web pages. The key for
marketers is to ensure that they
have sufficient data and insights
about consumers’ preferences and
behaviours to strike a chord with
consumers. Brands can focus on and
highlight specific product attributes
– tangible or intangible – that relate
to consumer values, choices, and
emotional brand associations. Lastly,
companies can develop continuity
of communications by consistently
updating web content and adapting
marketing messages in line with
changing consumer needs and
preferences.
The favourable impact of Integrated
Digital Services on brand equity
is being increasingly accepted by
Consumer Products companies. A
recent study found that approximately
70% of sector respondents viewed
increased brand awareness as a major
benefit of Integrated Digital Services5
.
As part of its overall marketing
strategy, Nestlé is using social
networking platforms such as
Facebook and Twitter to “engage
consumers in intimate and interactive
relationships”. For instance, as add-
ons to birthday and congratulatory
greetings, Nestlé offered virtual
cookies through a Facebook
application. The virtual cookies
extended the company’s successful
offline “Bake some love” campaign
to an online experience, providing a
social vehicle for users to engage with
the brand and share stories.
During a two-week period, users sent
more than 1.1 million Nestlé virtual
cookies. Moreover, the campaign
registered a 17% increase in intent to
purchase.6
Mars is also leveraging social
networks to drive customer
conversations and build brand equity.
For its Skittles brand, the Skittles
homepage was transformed into an
online portal featuring a live Twitter
feed alongside Facebook, Flickr,
and YouTube content with links to
the social media sites. The Skittles
site saw a 1,332% jump in traffic on
the first day7
. The campaign helped
generate buzz around the brand and
provided easy access for customers
to engage with Skittles via their
preferred social media platforms.
Brand Equity
Customer
Service
Innovation
Transactions
Con
sumer/Customer In
sight
Experience
5
“Social Media and Online PR Report”,
Econsultancy and Bigmouthmedia,
November 2009
6
“Nestle Cookies Sent in Virtual Goods
Campaign”, MarketingVOX, January 2010
7
“Skittles Social Media Campaign Increases
Traffic 1332% in One Day”, Marketing
Pilgrim, March 2009
How can Consumer Centric Integrated
Digital Services Deliver Value
Figure 4: Positive Influence of Integrated Digital Services on Key Value Drivers for a
Consumer Products Firm
Source: Capgemini Consulting analysis.
8. 8
Transactions
Digital channels complement offline
channels and allow consumers to
conduct digital transactions including
e-commerce and m-commerce
transactions, customer registration,
coupon redemption, contests/
promotions and referrals.
Consumer acceptance and usage
of digital channels for transactions
has increased steadily over the past
few years. The Apple Store and the
customised M&M’s shop from Mars
are examples of Consumer Products
companies adapting to take advantage
of digital channels to sell directly
to consumers. Another notable
development in online transactions
is the increased usage of online
coupons. Online coupon access
jumped 92% and redemption rose
360% in 2009. Moreover, almost 20%
of online coupons were redeemed8
as
compared with paper coupon return
average of less than 1%.9
Coca-Cola is using its My Coke
Rewards loyalty program as part
of its overall Integrated Digital
Services strategy to better engage
with consumers. The loyalty program
allows customers to collect PIN codes
from bottle caps as well as product
packages and trade them for points,
which can be spent on rewards.
Within a year more than 11 million
registered members entered over 600
million PIN codes10
, highlighting the
effectiveness of digital channels in
encouraging customer transactions.
Innovation
With increasing pressure on margins,
cost effective innovation with an
improved rate of success is critical
for many organisations. Companies
in the Consumer Products space
can use the power of Integrated
Digital Sevices to drive successful
innovation. An effective lever is
“crowd-sourcing”: gathering new
ideas from customers and partners
through digital channels.
An important caveat here is that
customers who are most vocal about
their preferences may not reflect
the choices of the wider customer
base. Therefore, companies should
validate customer / partner inputs
through focus group studies, detailed
surveys, and product test marketing.
Nonetheless, the digital channel can
be valuable to fast-track successful
innovation with an improved
success rate.
The “Connect + Develop” initiative
of Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a case
in point. P&G uses this initiative to
tap into a global innovation network,
using the submitted ideas to improve
the process of innovation. P&G’s rate
of R&D productivity has increased
significantly from 15%-20% to almost
60% 11
. Seeking inputs for innovation
via digital channels has also helped
P&G to deepen its relationships
with consumers.
Customer Service
Consumer Products companies
can use digital to drive improved
customer service. Potential benefits
of customer care through digital
channels include reduced volume of
contact-centre calls, improved first-
contact resolution rates, increased
agent productivity, and increased
customer lifetime value.
Apple is a striking example of a firm
leveraging multiple digital channels
to take customer service to the next
level. The digital channel is the centre
point for customer service from
which Apple customers can resolve
issues, share solutions, book training
sessions and be directed to the
channel to best resolve their service
needs. Consistently ranked in the
top 25 of Business Week’s Customer
Service Report 12
, Apple continues to
lead its sector in customer service.
This has helped it to build customer
loyalty, reflect a core value of
innovation, and increase the value
of its brand. Importantly, Apple’s
definition of service is wider than ‘fail
and fix’, providing users with online
advice, product insight, and hands-on
technical support.
Insight
By capturing consumer location,
behavioural, and demographic
information, digital channels offer
a significant opportunity to profile
consumers and gain valuable
insights about their behaviour and
preferences. Consumer profiles,
behaviours, and perceptions can then
be used as inputs in sales strategy and
operational planning processes.
Consumer insights gained through
Integrated Digital Services can help
companies to improve consumer
experience, retain existing
customers, and attract new ones,
while continuously keeping track
of evolving consumer behaviour.
Moreover, digital channels offer the
added advantage of making real-time
recommendations to consumers.
Leading Consumer Products
companies are mining and integrating
consumer data to derive associations
and model consumption patterns,
gaining key insights with which to
develop personalised interactions
with customers via their preferred
digital channel. Unilever leveraged
the mobile phone channel to engage
with consumers of its Pot Noodle
brand and gather insights. Unilever
enabled consumers to request
catalogues, brochures, and product
samples by using their mobile phones
to meet its objectives of gathering
customer information, strengthening
its consumer database, and improving
sales. The result was a database
of over 190,000 clean, active, and
validated customer addresses13
.
To improve the quality and use of
the data, the address information
was enriched and profiled using
demographic and lifestyle information
from consumer databases.
9. 9Integrated Digital Services: Delivering consumer centricity for Consumer Products companies
Greater than the sum
of the parts
Value does not just come from these
five drivers individually but, critically,
through integrating them. The key
integration is around each consumer
based on their experience across all
brands and touch points that the
organisation has established. For
Consumer Products organisations
the second key integration is between
brand equity to transactions – what
tools and techniques are now available
to convert interest and experience
into money. Relevance, access at
the point of need and the right
enabling technology can make this
happen. Advanced technologies in
clickthrough and mobile technologies
are accelerating conversion rates from
traditionally low levels.
Figure 5 illustrates the positive
impact of Integrated Digital Services
through key value drivers.
8
“Consumers ‘clipped’ 92% more coupons
from the web last year”, Internet Retailer,
January 2010
9
“Mobile couponing goes mainstream”,
http://connectedplanetonline.com/wireless/,
June 2009
10
“Boosting Sales and Site Traffic”, FICO,
August 2010
11
“P&G’s New Innovation Model”, Harvard
Business Review, 2008
12
“2010 top 25 customer service list”, Business
Week, February 2010
13
“Case Study: Unilever”, Experian, 2008
Figure 5: Financial Benefits of Integrated Digital Services
Source: Capgemini Consulting analysis.
Brand EquityBrand Equity
Increase awareness
Increase purchase intent
Generate Online Consumer Response
TransactionTransaction
Increase average transaction value
Increase rate of conversion
Reduce cost of promotions
Consumer InsightConsumer Insight
Increase sales volume
Reduce Inventory
Reduce marketing costs
InnovationInnovation
Reduce cost of innovation
Increase sales volume
Customer ServiceCustomer Service
Reduce customer service costs
Increase upsell and cross sell
Increase
Revenue
Improve
Operating
Margins
Reduce
Working
Capital
Create sustainable
business with
increased customer
lifetime value for more
customers
Revenue Impact
Cost Impact
Working Capital Impact
Consumer insights
gained through
Integrated Digital
Services can help
companies to
improve consumer
experience, retain
existing customers,
and attract new ones,
while continuously
keeping track of
evolving consumer
behaviour. Moreover,
digital channels offer
the added advantage
of making real-time
recommendations to
consumers.
10. 10
Based on this paper’s discussion and
our analysis of Digital case studies
in the Consumer Products industry,
we offer seven key recommendations
that can help companies to extract
significant value from Integrated
Digital Services activities and
investments.
Deliver strategy rather than
a series of activities
Consumer Products companies
need to evolve from piecemeal
or sporadic online activities to
defining and executing strategic
plans for Integrated Digital Services.
Integrated Digital Services should
be part of a holistic marketing and
sales strategy – therefore tied to
consumer segmentation models,
brand strategies, sales campaigns and
beyond. Marketing activity which
is not anchored by organisational
strategy may create short-term buzz,
but may be ineffective in the longer-
term. Companies need to define
objectives and goals in line with
strategy for all digital touch points
across the organisation, and measure
outcomes to assess justification of
future spend in line with forecast
consumer activity.
Allocate greater proportion
of marketing budgets to
digital channels
Compared with other sectors,
expenditure on digital marketing
by the Consumer Products
industry is forecast to increase by
an average of 22% CAGR by 2014.
However, at 4% of overall marketing
spend by that date, it will remain
lower than comparative sectors1
.
Such low allocation to digital
marketing may not be adequate
for companies seeking to capitalise
on the opportunities from greater
engagement with online users. The
value which companies should spend
on digital marketing should reflect
the anticipated increase in digital
activity for existing and new customer
groups and the continued acceleration
in technology. Companies must
ensure that there is sufficient
investment to effectively serve
customers via their preferred channel,
and the capability to meet the
increasingly sophisticated customer
expectation of a transactional,
interactive website
Centralise capability and
localise content
Consumer Products companies,
especially those with large geographic
reach, should globalise their digital
marketing initiatives without
relinquishing flexibility at the local
level. Companies can maximise
impact by defining the brand
proposition and key messages at a
global level, then tailor campaigns /
advertisements to suit regional tastes
and behaviour. This approach reduces
costs, increases central direction
setting, maintains consistent
brand positioning, and ensures
that messages resonate with local
audiences.
Ensure activity is truly
customer centric
Given the opportunities presented by
Integrated Digital Services, Consumer
Products companies must ensure
that they are truly customer centric.
With consumers participating in,
and often leading online ‘dialogue’,
Integrated Digital Services requires a
shift to interactive ‘communication’.
Consumer Products companies
should focus on building sustained,
individualised consumer relationships
though multiple channels with a
single view of the consumer and
should encourage consumers to
interact with brand messages and
fellow consumers. This will help
strengthen the sense of community
and belonging with respect to the
brand and products. Getting this
right requires segmentation and
customer experience and journey
development of the priority segments.
Customise and measure
Return on Investment (ROI).
ROI is critical in measuring the
impact of existing digital activity
within and across business functions,
in planning strategy, and in assessing
and justifying future spend (see figure
6). Despite the ongoing development
and adoption of digital ROIs, there
may not be ROI metrics to best
fit organisational and marketing
strategies. Thus it is critical that
organisations tailor metrics to match
ROIs rather than simply matching
readily sourced metrics.
Recommendations
11. 11Integrated Digital Services: Delivering consumer centricity for Consumer Products companies
MetricsMetrics
Exposure
Authority
Sentiments
Service
Business Value
Participation
Parameters
Measure web traffic to content
Number of hits, unique visitors, amount of time spent, number of page views, etc
Example: Compete, Hitwise, Croemetrics
Measure the number of people engaging in a discussion
Number of blogs, blogging frequency, social media feedback, innovation contributions etc
Example: Lithium, Salesforce.com, Buzzcature, Blogpulse, Technorati
Measure the credibility or reputation of content on web
Number of inbound links, page rank etc.
Example: Google (page rank) Alexa (via visiting stats)
Measure consumer attitude, behaviour and feelings
Number and extent of positive and negative Brand perceptions, consumer loyalty, etc.
Example: SAS CXA, Radian 6, Attensity
Measure the quality of customer service, commercial impact
Number of queries, response time, resolution rate, customer feedback scores, cross sell
Example: Lithium, Salesforce.com
Measure customer and household records, their history, behaviour and opportunity, cross sell and upsell
Revenue and trend per customer/per household, direct or indirect incl. conversion
Example: Initiate, Salesforce.com, SAS, Clikthrough
Ensure their digital
environment is relevant for
consumers now and has the
flexibility to be relevant in
the future – consumer tastes
and technology preferences
change in 3-6 month cycles
Consumer preference for
applications, devices, and point of
need will change continually. Their
preferences will move with fashion,
lifestyle needs and new innovation.
Consumer products companies
need to differentiate their tools and
methods for consumer facing use
from employee and internal use.
Therefore speed to development
is measured in months with some
tailoring to critical segments and
markets. New products must be
reviewed and trialled where failure to
innovate will be more punishing than
innovating and failing. However costs
must be controlled and aligned with
return. The explosion of domains to
engage with consumers mean that
Consumer Products companies need
to review the brand- and country-led
approaches to examples with more
scalability and control and with the
ability to deliver tailored content and
experience.
Sub-groups with similar tastes/
preferences must be identified,
and shifts in their behaviour
must be detected. Moreover, it is
important that insights are not
trapped in organisational silos
but are continually shared across
departments in the organisation
during strategy formulation,
product planning, and campaign
development.
In conclusion, Integrated Digital
Services increases the number
of channels, breadth of service
and depth of experience whereby
customers can be reached. It enables
firms to engage with customers
through messages and offers that
resonate with their preferences and
behaviours. Through Integrated
Digital Services, firms in the
Consumer Products space have a
tremendous opportunity to forge deep
and long relationships with their
customers, to increase the strength of
their brands, and to derive financial
and non-financial benefits that help
create new shareholder value and
competitive differentiation.
Figure 6: Measuring the ROI of Integrated Digital Services
Source: Capgemini Consulting analysis.