{"id":6917,"date":"2023-03-15T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scallent.com\/?p=6917"},"modified":"2023-04-17T13:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T13:27:09","slug":"hybrid-e-commerce-the-end-of-exclusivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scallent.com\/en\/posts\/hybrid-e-commerce-the-end-of-exclusivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid e-commerce: the end of exclusivity"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column width=”1\/4″ column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_single_image image=”6794″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″ column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]I bought some sneakers at a multi-brand sports site. How many kilometers will my sneakers travel to get to my house?<\/strong><\/p>\n As a consumer (or shopper – for this text, we will put the two together), I traditionally go to a store and choose sneakers.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column width=”1\/4″ column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”][vc_single_image image=”6794″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″ column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm”][vc_column_text]I bought some sneakers at a multi-brand sports site. How many kilometers will my sneakers travel to get to my house?<\/strong><\/p>\n As a consumer (or shopper – for this text, we will put the two together), I traditionally go to a store and choose sneakers.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Why do I go to that store? Because of the price and the brands. And let’s leave aside the ‘white label’ discourse – it is discrediting for brands that have already established themselves in their niche. Take the case of Quechua. Scouts don’t buy Decathlon white brand tents, but Quechua tents.<\/span><\/p>\n Sneakers chosen – tried on with more or less originality by the store – and proceed to the checkout. They are ready to wear.<\/span><\/p>\n If you buy the sneakers online, I don’t have the consumer experience – putting the sneakers on before you buy them and talking to a salesperson who also wears the same sneakers. But as a general rule, there are more options online. Physical stores have limited space (no matter how big they are) and that’s why you make range choices.<\/span><\/p>\n I know from buying online that I have to wait for the sneakers to make the trip from the store (or warehouse\/factory) to my home. And if I’m not home at the time of delivery, the sneakers make one more trip to some warehouse, where I have to pick them up. No problem, what matters is that the sneakers arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n What is the big dilemma? Sneakers don’t choose their route. They want to go home – the final consumer – but until then, they can have several homes. Or temporary foster families, is this the correct term?<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n I represent the brand H (let’s be inclusive and stop always using X or Y). We created some sneakers that, besides the futuristic design, have a technology that allows the foot to breathe, preventing the user from getting sweaty feet at the end of the day. We even baptized this model: SUPER.<\/span><\/p>\n SUPER sneakers are manufactured (we will not go into details here about where in the world) and are shipped to wherever we want. This choice is related to the business model chosen by my company.<\/span><\/p>\n We will speak here of the business model in the sense of the purchase\/sale transaction.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n The acronyms in this part of the sales business are intuitive, but take note:<\/span><\/p>\n … Well, we get it.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n The choice of a B2B or B2C model is closely linked to the storytelling of the product, its marketing strategy, and the way the brand decides to communicate with the shopper and the final consumer.<\/span><\/p>\n I want to manufacture SUPER and sell directly to the final consumer: it means quick sales. The brand is talking to those who use the product. It follows the more traditional model and opens a physical and online store, with its brand name: H. It will be present in malls and traditional commerce – OR exclusively in one of them. This choice is related to the persona created\/chosen by the brand (the ideal consumer).<\/span><\/p>\n When we choose a B2C, the most common thing is not to have the financial fit to have a store\/warehouse, a large space with aisles, and more aisles of products lined up and organized by price. Better known as retail.<\/span><\/p>\n These stores\/warehouses are built from scratch (preferably) by B2B business models – WARNING: this is not that taxing, but it is the most common. For this example, we are talking about such multi-brand stores: the MM store sells sneakers of its brand, but also of other brands, for which it has no influence on the construction of the product or its history. The MM store can, if the H brand so allows, insert SUPER sneakers in its range and sell them in-store. But the decision is on brand H’s side: B2C, B2B, or D2C.<\/span><\/p>\n In the digital world, the choice of business also differs.<\/span><\/p>\n There are many decisions to be made:<\/span><\/p>\n … the price of the product also depends on the journey it takes.<\/b><\/p>\n Besides increasing the volume of business?<\/span><\/p>\n We know who buys our product (shopper) and we know who uses our product (consumer). Buying and using are different things. The best example is toy stores. Who buys? Adults. Who uses? The children. So here we have two audiences to analyze.<\/span><\/p>\n We want to know everything, EVERYTHING, about them. Everything is recorded, like history, like the digital footprint. Wonders of e-commerce.<\/span><\/p>\n ONLY THAT…<\/span><\/p>\n … if I only sell the SUPER ones in multi-brand stores, I don’t know who my final consumer is. I give up this data. But that data is what enables us to have products that meet the needs and interests of the customers.<\/span><\/p>\n Choices, choices, choices.<\/span><\/p>\n In B2C, the sales process is focused on the individual needs of the customer, and the sales cycle is short, with a large (or medium) emotional component.<\/span><\/p>\n In B2B, we expand our cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n Yes and no. In typical Portuguese, it depends.<\/span><\/p>\n But we can have a hybrid business model.<\/span><\/p>\n A hybrid model allows you to bring together, on a single platform, the entire digital structure: customer databases, product information, content, graphic arts, pricing, profit margins… well, all the information you want to cross-reference. So the hybrid model has a single e-commerce platform. And who will analyze this data, will also be a single team – a reinforced team, of course. Because here, the data analysis work requires creating and analyzing multiple customer profiles.<\/span><\/p>\n All this for the better…<\/span><\/p>\n … business optimization.<\/b> Obvious. Everything is in a single system, even marketing strategy. Strategies. Plural. For the same product, we can have different images and canopies, depending on the location of the sale.<\/span><\/p>\n This hybrid model will have an advantage over your competitors: you can create customized products and different marketing strategies for shoppers and consumers.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Ah, who doesn’t love an offer of a tote bag, a pen… a notepad!<\/span><\/p>\n Businesses whose commercial exchanges are exclusively B2B do not invest much in merchandising. It makes sense: why invest if we are not selling directly to the consumer? They can, and usually do build a layout for their product at the point of sale. A good example of this is the huge and colorful furniture full of cookies, also full of sugar, in small grocery stores. There is no brand store for these cookies, but the brand invests in creating displays that are compatible with the small business that sells these cookies.<\/span><\/p>\n Already in a hybrid business, merchandising is important and everything is chosen and described on that one platform, with a well-defined budget.<\/span><\/p>\n In conclusion:<\/span><\/p>\n A hybrid business model is a crossover<\/strong>. Yes, like when the characters from Grey’s Anatomy take a trip to the world of Station 19. This analogy makes perfect sense: in the first episode of Grey’s Anatomy, there were no streaming platforms. We had to wait for RTP2 to buy the series and we were only allowed to watch one episode a week. Today, we can watch Grey’s Anatomy online, on our pc, tablet, and smart. It is the natural evolution of things to the digital world.<\/span><\/p>\n The key phrase of this hybrid model is EXPAND: more customers, a bigger database, and a bigger business volume. And on the other hand, SAVE is a single e-commerce platform.<\/span><\/p>\nSandra Caravana
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Source: Pixabay<\/span><\/h6>\n
The challenge for today is to put ourselves in the shoe’s shoes.<\/b><\/h3>\n
The H brand and SUPER sneakers<\/b><\/h3>\n
Fonte: Pixabay<\/span><\/h6>\n
A brief introduction to business models<\/b><\/h3>\n
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So where are the SUPER going?<\/b><\/h3>\n
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What is the great advantage of selling online?<\/b><\/h3>\n
Source: Pixabay<\/span><\/h6>\n
Do we have to choose one of the models?<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Source: Business Webstars<\/a><\/h6>\n
What about merchandising?<\/b><\/h3>\n