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Technology has also been having an impact of the way we learn as well as when we learn and the means we use to learn. Personally, I have recently added the role of Team Coach to my portfolio of skills, as the Internet now provides most of the explicit knowledge learners need and it is the swift conversion of that into tacit knowledge that has become the challenge today.
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In the current economic climate, the margin between success and failure is slim, and pulling a few key levers could easily mean the difference between comp stores swinging from positive to negative. With only a few weeks before Black Friday, retailers are urged to register for this webinar to tune up their cross-channel strategies to drive more store traffic and convert more sales. The webinar will offer insights into the follow 5 areas:
1) Cross Channel Buy, Pickup In-store: Whether it is from the online channel, the mobile web or a catalog, consumers now expect the convenience of picking up that item at their local store location.
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3) Increasing the Relevance of Associate Engagement: By providing access to wish lists, buying history and recommendations, retailers are bringing service functions traditionally found online into the store.
4) Expanding Endless Aisle Capabilities at the Store Level: The ability to capture orders for an expanded assortment of products, without having to stock the inventory in every store, is emerging as a key competitive differentiator.
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Time freedom with financial freedom
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Be an entrepreneur
Work from home
Own a proven franchise business with low cost and low risk
Rich dad, poor dad
A series of presentations in 116 slides from Data Monitor, Ovum and Verdict Consulting reviewing the new entrants into the banking industry: Tesco, Virgin and Metro Banks; the future consumer technologies in banking; the consumer's view of the world; and a view of the future. The presentations were made at an event for Data Monitor's clients in January 2010. Slides provided by Data Monitor to the FSClub with thanks.
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www.optaros.com
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Revenue management is still a relatively young business domain, enabled by the evolution of technology and complicated by the same, on-going evolution. Although the career ladder now has more steps and thus more opportunities, there seems to be no formal specialized qualification for the more senior levels of the field.
Technology has also been having an impact of the way we learn as well as when we learn and the means we use to learn. Personally, I have recently added the role of Team Coach to my portfolio of skills, as the Internet now provides most of the explicit knowledge learners need and it is the swift conversion of that into tacit knowledge that has become the challenge today.
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Question 1: How can we define the role of “Senior Revenue Manager”?
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To gain an understanding from the strategic level of the organisation, we will also be conducting confidential one to one interviews with board level Revenue Management executives. If you have 5 minutes, please give us your opinion. Also, please do get in touch if you would like to try out the first version of the serious game. kate.varini@hevs.ch
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Revenue Management & Flash Sales: Complementary or disruptive?
1. Flash Sales &
Revenue
Management
Complementary or
disruptive forces?
Kate Varini
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2. Breaking News
• Discounting sees ski holiday prices' tumble
• Lift passes, ski rental and living costs have fallen up to 20%
compared with prices 2 years ago – comparison of prices in 10
resorts
• Switzerland only exception
• Bulgaria best value for money for beginners at 17% cheaper,
costing less than half the price of Italy and Switzerland.
• Family ski and boot hire was cheapest in Austria, helping push
the Austrian resort’s prices down 11 per cent from their 2009
high.
• In Canada and the US prices have plunged with ‘kids ski free’
deals leading to prices dropping by 23%
– Travelmole.com, today.
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3. Breaking News: A new era is
beginning!
• Tour operators ceasing trading after nearly 40
years in business.
• Thomas Cook
• American Airlines
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4. What are flash sales?
• Large discounts offered for a very
limited time
• Not usually last minute
• Sometimes linked to group buying
• Sometimes bundled value items
• Can be a tool to move guests to the
locations you want them to use
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5. Flash Sales Can Work
Boost Sales Boost Cash Flow
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6. Why are “deal sites” so successful
• Boredom with traditional
offers
• Commoditization/frames of
reference
• Recession, rising food prices
• ……are they the new OTA?
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7. Possible benefits
• Segment and target audiences
– Specific demographics
– Origin or destination points
• Opportunities to build loyalty with existing
customer base
• Create demand
• Gain visibility/new customers for firms
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8. Suppliers said…
• 32%
• 42%
• Causes?
Price discounts erode brand value in the long term
& a low rate of …..
– repeat customers buying at full price
– customer spending beyond coupon value
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9. Challenges
• Results need to be measurable during and
after – CRM/lifecycle of customer acquisition
• Can destroy or enhance revenue management
plans
• Overuse negatively impacts WTP
• Needs long term objectives e.g. use as a
tripadvisor add-on?
• Requires specific goals for each offer
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10. Good Bad and ?
or …?
• Livingsocial • Jetsetter
• Sniqueaway • Groupon
• Providers keep no-show • Rue lala
revenue • Voyage Prive
• Helps with cash flow • Bloomspot
• Focuses on building a value
experience
• Yuupon
• High prices • Eversave
• Discount capped to • Google..….etc.
maintain brand image
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11. Pros
Low cost, low risk customer acquisition and brand introduction channel
Offload distressed inventory
New customers
Cross selling opportunities
Cash flow benefits
Billboard effect
Build relationships with 3rd parties
Decrease reliance on traditional OTA
Sell experiences not just a discounted rate
No comparison shopping/website cruising
Copy written by professionals hence less boring, more entertaining
Guaranteed minimum number of sales
Buzz
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12. Cons
Customer confusion regarding who to contact when things don’t work
Liability when working with 3rd parties
Customers unrealistic expectations may generate negative reviews
Wrong customer
Over drinking, ruining experience for others
One time bargain hunters that use all value of bundle
Existing customers whose WTP is affected
Loss of control of copy except for specific facts
Breakeven or loss
No non-redemption advantage
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13. On the bright side…..
• A recent study showed that the benefits of
offering a social coupon seem to out weigh
the disadvantages
– Buyers young, married, higher income
– Some cannibalisation – frequent customers
– Brought back infrequent &a substantial % of new
customers that said they would return and paid
regular price and recommend (the restaurant) to
their friends
– Would not have tried without daily deal
Kimes & Dholakia (2011)
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15. US Concerns
• Employee perception, morale, motivation
• Customer loyalty, propensity to return, spend
• Study showed that these concerns are
overstated
• No sign of difference between daily deal
customers and others except more impulsive,
like to try new things and appreciate deals
• Conclusion: A well designed restaurant deal
will benefit both the operator and the
customer
Kimes & Dholakia (2011)
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16. Best Practice 1
• Considerations
– incremental cost of sales
– the average sale
– redemption percentage
– percentage of coupon users who are already
customers
– how coupons does each customer buy
– what percentage of coupon customers turns into
regular customers
– the advertisement value of the business being
promoted to the population
– how much does it usually cost to attract customers
through advertising
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17. Best Practice 2
• Daily deal $100
• 25% Discount
• Must book 10 days in
advance
• Only 1 per customer
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18. Living Social – A good alternative?
• Once a week – offers to members 10-12, 4 & 5 star properties, all
brand types…bundling experiences, not in market for selling just on
room
• TRM and more interesting experience
• Overall package discounted – value. Extras can be things provided
by hotels that can earn bigger margin for example early checkin
• Discounting call to action does not mean reduction of total hotel
revenue
• 600,000 room nights in the last 12 months
• A high growth, genuine channel: 400-800 room nights from a
promotion lasting one week
• Travel magazine copy with purchase functionality
• A well constructed social commerce should…
– Generate new demand ( when you want it)
– Tell your story and strengthen your brand and loyalty
– Be completely measurable
– Protect total revenue
– Work for all brands
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19. Example of LS Deals
600 sold 500 sold
• Most sales on first day of promo with 15% buy within 30
minutes of getting email
• Customers travelled from up to 2 hours journey
• Merchants do not pay if LS does not deliver
• Travellers want experiences hence you need to tell your
interesting/inspiring…fantastic stories.
• OTA all about price and very little about quality of your
hotel.
• Structured so it works for everybody – post event write up
including links to hotel – 200% increase in traffic…no cpc
applied
• 3 room categories – wanted to sell suites – LS social
produced a video of hotel, most sales at high price point…
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20. How it works: Discount does not equal
low price
• Shift in consumer behavior
• Power of mobile generation
• Caution: think carefully about
who you are working
with…need to feel building
something together,
understands your industry.
• LS only recruit people with a
travel background $2000 - 1 night stay,
10,000 $1 night
• Look at discounting levels
114 sold within 7 days
carefully (not a good idea to
use rack rates, better BAR to
not show too huge a
discount
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21. How it works (cont…)
• (50%) discount on total value not price - $115
– 100 room price
– 80 dinner
– 40 champagne
– 10 late check out
• Cost to hotel? 15 + 30 + 20 = $65.
• Contribution: $50
• Merchants paid 80% of revenue in 15 days then
rest after 80 days
• Cash flow
• Pay on purchase not usage….so full revenue
comes to hotel
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22. Top Tips Digital
Sales Strategy
• Integrating marketing, distribution, revenue
• A thoughtful review of what each deal site offers
– possible sales actions and financial gains
• Who is the target customer?
• Use value propositions
• Discount if you book now (easyjet approach)
– Lengthens the booking window and helps you better
forecast
• Flash sales directed at guest while they are in the
hotel using LBS
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23. What else?
• Get more creative in driving direct sales through
your own hotel website
– Try dropping rates for particular dates but only for a
time span of 1 or 2 hours
– Consider lowering rate sat 7pm and raise it again at
7am
– Willingness to pay is higher on a Monday morning
that on a Sunday night
• Offer a lower % commission to attract more
volume through meta-search sites
• Use an 10% early bird discount & Google Places
tagline
• Invest the same amount in SEO as paying in OTA
commissions
• Use cashback & rebates to offer lower rates
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24. Conclusion
• Deal-sites put pressure on profit margins.
• Some consumers display desired add-on purchase
behaviours
• Creates practical implications to isolating consumer
segments resulting in discount vouchers cannibalizing
the existing customer base.
• The advertisement potential of deal-sites as a good
opportunity to increase brand awareness and online
buzz
• Deal-sites increase online reviews but often in negative
ways
• deal-sites are a recessionary phenomenon with a
flawed business model that will continue to hurt the
hospitality industry as long as merchants continue to
use them.
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25. Arrive at 7am, wait until
Reverse Flash 10am for ticket office to
Sales! pen. 500 tickets
available. Must use
same day
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26. What business are you in?
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27.
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Offers outside of booking window …. For low demand times…
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