Jack Wills, a retail fashion store, has used personalisation to boost conversions for new and returning customers.
What results have Jack Wills seen since running their personalisation program?
Using Monetate, a personalisation software for consumer-facing brands, not only has Jack Wills increased their conversion rates, they have also reduced their basket abandonment.
A number of changes were made to their online store - including 'sticky filter' functionality and personalised rules for displaying products to give customers a better and more engaging user experience.
Through personalisation, new customers to the online store are shown product category pages with 'bestseller' products, whilst returning customers are shown 'new arrivals' on the same pages. This is because extensive testing proved that existing customers are more interested in discovering new products.
“As a leading British clothing brand, it’s really important for us to provide customers with what they want, when they want it, and our online channels provide us with more opportunities to deliver personalised experiences to users,” said Mark Wright, Managing Director Digital at Jack Wills.
By providing a personalised experience to segmented customer groups, new customer conversions increased 12% and there was also an 8% increase in add-to-basket
In a way to keep user engagement high, sticky left-hand navigation filters were added that remained visible whilst the user kept scrolling down the site page. This encourages users to engage and interact with searches and different products until they find the right item of clothing they like, without abandoning the page altogether.
This increased conversions with a 10% uplift and decreased basket abandonment.
"Jack Wills is an example of a prominent British retailer that truly gets how important personalisation is, in an age when user experience is crucial to business success" - Mike Harris GM EMEA
Jack Wills' next step in delivering personalisation will focus on search filters that increase engagement on mobile - a device that is becoming increasingly popular when searching the web. It is reported that users typically spending 12% more on mobile than desktop.
By Carolanne Mangles
Carolanne Mangles Dig DipM is the Digital Marketing Executive for Click Travel, an award-winning corporate travel booking platform. She is a specialist in B2B SaaS and enjoys planning and optimizing the full customer journey across all digital channels to create brand awareness, great user experience and copy that really sells the benefits of the product. She was previously Digital Marketing Executive for Smart Insights where she was involved with multiple digital channels to manage fully integrated membership campaigns to boost new customer acquisition and current membership retention. She has spoken and given masterclasses at B2B Expo on Search and Content Marketing, holds an IDM award in GDPR and loves a glass of red wine. Connect with her on LinkedIn or follow her on Twitter.
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