How Can Retailers Walk the Tight rope Between Personalization and Privacy?

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Retailers are struggling to find the right balance between personalization and privacy … Personalized offers that consumers talk about and like Source: Capgemini Consulting Social Media Sentiment Analysis, August 2015 * Percentages indicate the “share” of each theme in the positive and negative sentiment respectively meaningfulness trust unintrusiveness Meaningful personalized offers Useful and valuable personalized products Thoughtful, occasion based personalized services Useful and simple loyalty programs Tailor-made, engaging personalized communication 11% 6% 27% 19%* 17% What works What doesn’t 76% 51% 5% 2% 2% Data security issues, such as hackings Intrusive behavior, such as robo-calling and spam messaging Data sharing with third-parties Tracking and monitoring, e.g. face recognition Loyalty programs, which ask for too much data Tesco’s personalized shoelaces for a charity event Ahold’s personalized grocery selection and ordering service Walmart mobile app that sends product and “nearest store” suggestions Kohl’s use of beacons to share personalized offers and aid navigation in-store Consumers welcome personalization, but privacy concerns cast a shadow of doubt … However, they are extremely skeptical about the privacy of their data negative sentiment worldwide about privacy measures taken by retailers positive sentiment worldwide about personalized products and services 80% 93% Only 14% are perceived positively by consumers on both personalization and privacy #digitaltransformation Reach out: Interested in reading the full report? Head to https://www.capgemini-consulting.com/privacy-vs-personalization Follow us on Twitter @capgeminiconsul or email [email protected] The key to success for retailers What is it that consumers expect from retailers? } Strongly Positive Positive Neutral Negative Strongly Negative Build governance mechanisms that prioritize consumer data Communicate proactively, and are transparent with customers Rate limit personalized communication Demonstrate an active value exchange to their customer Do not trust algorithms blindly Give consumers control over their data Use technology unobtrusively ! - Each bubble corresponds to conversations for a particular retailer - Size of the bubble indicates total number of consumer conversations about the retailer’s personalization and privacy initiatives - Axes scale from -100 to 100, with 100 indicating the most excellent score on positive customer sentiment and -100 indicating the lowest score on negative customer sentiment } Consumers are strongly positive about retailer personalization initiatives Personalization Privacy Global – 80% Global – 7% * Percentages indicate the degree of positive sentiment France 0% Spain 8% Germany 0% UK 9% Italy 0% Nordics 0% Australia 2% North America 7% North America 78% France 42% Spain 44% Germany 50% UK 81% Italy 100% Nordics 100% Australia 82% Consumer sentiment varies widely across the globe … How Can Retailers Walk the Tight rope Between Personalization and Privacy? DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION INSTITUTE +100 (Great) +100 (Great) Privacy Personalization -100 (Poor) The Aspirants The Laggards The Favorites

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Retailers are struggling to �nd theright balance between personalizationand privacy …

Personalized o�ers that consumerstalk about and like

Source: Capgemini Consulting Social Media Sentiment Analysis, August 2015

* Percentages indicate the “share” of each theme in the positive and negative sentiment respectively

meaningfulness trustunintrusiveness

Meaningfulpersonalizedoffers

Useful and valuablepersonalized products

Thoughtful,occasion basedpersonalizedservices

Useful andsimple loyaltyprograms

Tailor-made, engagingpersonalizedcommunication

11%

6% 27%

19%* 17%

What works What doesn’t

76%51%

5%2%2%

Data security issues,such as hackings

Intrusive behavior,such as robo-callingand spam messaging

Data sharingwiththird-parties

Tracking and monitoring,e.g. face recognition Loyalty programs,

which ask for toomuch data

Tesco’s personalizedshoelaces for acharity event

Ahold’s personalizedgrocery selectionand ordering service

Walmart mobile appthat sends productand “nearest store”suggestions

Kohl’s use of beaconsto share personalizedoffers and aidnavigationin-store

Consumers welcome personalization,but privacy concerns cast a shadow of doubt …

However, they areextremely skeptical

about the privacyof their data

negative sentimentworldwide aboutprivacy measurestaken by retailers

positive sentimentworldwide aboutpersonalized productsand services

80% 93%

Only 14%are perceived positively

by consumers on bothpersonalization and

privacy

#digitaltransformation

Reach out: Interested in reading the full report? Head to https://www.capgemini-consulting.com/privacy-vs-personalizationFollow us on Twitter @capgeminiconsul or email [email protected]

The key to success for retailers

What is it that consumers expect from retailers?

}

Strongly Positive Positive Neutral Negative Strongly Negative

Build governancemechanisms thatprioritize consumer data

Communicateproactively, andare transparentwith customers

Rate limit personalizedcommunication

Demonstrate anactive valueexchangeto their customer

Do not trustalgorithms blindly

Give consumers controlover their data

Use technologyunobtrusively

!

- Each bubble corresponds to conversations for a particular retailer

- Size of the bubble indicates total number of consumer conversations about the retailer’s personalization and privacy initiatives

- Axes scale from -100 to 100, with 100 indicating the most excellent score on positive customer sentiment and -100 indicating

the lowest score on negative customer sentiment

}

Consumers arestrongly positive

about retailerpersonalization

initiatives

Personalization

Privacy

Global – 80%

Global – 7%

* Percentages indicate the degree of positive sentiment

France0%

Spain8%

Germany0%

UK9%

Italy0%

Nordics0%

Australia2%

North America7%

North America78%

France42%

Spain44%

Germany50%

UK81%

Italy100%

Nordics100%

Australia82%

Consumer sentiment varies widely across the globe …

How Can Retailers Walk the Tight rope Between Personalization and Privacy?

DIGITALTRANSFORMATION

INSTITUTE

+100 (Great)

+100 (Great)

Priv

acy

Personalization

-100 (Poor)

The AspirantsThe Laggards

The Favorites