Sarah Stalnecker of New Balance: How to deliver on consumer expectations using data

(0:12) Sarah’s role at New Balance Athletics, Inc. 

  • Sarah leads Consumer analytics team for North America
  • She and her team are responsible for understanding the consumer journey
  • Her team transforms data into actionable insights to build relevant consumer experiences

(01:02) Harnessing data through a consumer data hub

  • Sarah started out by recognizing that all consumer data the company has is in disparate and siloed systems 
  • Then work on breaking down the silos to create comprehensive insights about every consumer to deliver experiences that resonate with them

(03:00) Driving relevant digital experiences for consumers

  • Sarah and her team use the rich data to support traditional digital experiences such as product recommendations 
  • More importantly, they use data to help mirror great in-store experiences in the digital environment

(04:48) The impact of social proof and events in influencing demand 

  • Having the community weigh in about a product of interest through their likes, views and reviews gives the singular online shopping experience a more community feel 
  • Such compelling experiences instill confidence in the product for the consumer, which in term helps to not only drive conversion but also helps in customer retention

(07:49) Using location and weather for personalization

  • Leveraging rich data is important to make consumers’ digital experience relevant and their shopping more convenient 
  • Using weather and location intelligence is critical for lifestyle products because what is useful for a consumer living in one region is not of the same value to another residing elsewhere with different weather conditions
  • For Sarah and for New Balance Athletics, it’s all about leveraging consumer data to provide seamless experiences that make shopping convenient for them
  • They do this by ensuring they understand the consumers’ constantly changing needs and lead them to the products that they want or might be interested in

(12:38) The role of machine learning (ML) to better understand consumers

  • She has used ML for demand forecasting and planning
  • Additionally, ML models work well with intelligent product recommendations, applying weather and location intelligence
  • Furthermore, using ML to predict consumers’ time to next visit and understanding what kind of experience to deliver to motivate them to come back sooner

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Last Updated: June 1, 2022

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