Lakeland

Solution

Data analysis and measurement was at the heart of Lakeland’s iterative test and learn program.

To increase the relevance and impact of each communication for every member, Lakeland and their agency Go Inspire conducted analyses of past-purchase behaviour and multichannel interactions with myLakeland. From this analysis, they identified 26 different behaviour-driven segments.

Every element of the Offer Mail Pack was personalised according to the segment and past behaviour. 5 different ‘boiler plate’ content versions were created and applied across the segments.

• Nursery - with customers receiving their first offer pack the aim is to introduce the offer pack and welcome people to the myLakeland Club
• Encourage Multichannel online - where customers have shopped regularly in store, the aim is to nudge them to shop online too
• Encourage multi-channel in store - where customers have shopped regularly online the aim is to nudge them to shop instore too
• Win back / at risk - customers that have been identified as being at risk of lapsing or have lapsed. The aim is to reengage them and reactivate their purchasing habits
• Core/Standard pack

Different content versions were created based on geography or behaviour e.g. near a store or not, purchased from cooking or not, shopped online or not etc.

Each customer received 6 variable offer or money off vouchers:

• 2 spend and save vouchers - which tested varying denominations e.g. x% off when you spend £50
• 4 product vouchers, chosen from a selection of 17 different products, assigned based on propensity to buy certain products, brand affinity, category cross-sell

Further personalisation came from recipes, competitions etc.

To further refine targeting and personalisation, the iterative test and learn programme tested changes to offer mail packs against control. In the 12-month period, over 50 tests were conducted. The results were reviewed and analysed, with learnings then applied to the next pack.

Producing the myLakeland offer packs using Go Inspire’s fully variable digital print capabilities meant the possibilities for personalising each individual pack were endless.

As more tests were conducted, personalisation of the offer packs became more and more refined. Success informed success, but failure also helped to inform what not to do and what to change in the programme. Each customer mail pack included additional tailored offers, products and content determined by ‘next best’ predictive analytics recommendations.

The last offer pack sent in the 12-month period more than doubled in its number of possible permutations, going from 3.8k to 7.7k.