Business Case

The mats make a huge difference in how people view the company’s premises and the company itself. However, when the mats should be chosen, many people find it difficult to visualize how the mats would look in the premises. Lindström’s mat selection is also so large that viewing them all, let alone comparing alternatives, is challenging for many customers. In addition to the actual product selection, the sales consultants usually spend significant time in the back-office tasks like calculating pricing and data entry.

Not All Sharing Is Equal

Shops are still needed

There is no replacing the need for a customer to test out how bouncy a sofa cushion is or to determine the comfort of a bed. Those key pieces will forever be part of the in-store experience.

“At stores, people continue what they started on the web. They try options they saw on the web and commit to purchase with the help of our professional sales people,” Sturehed says.

A personalised omnichannel customer experience is the current retail mantra, the holy grail and a silver bullet all wrapped in one. The retailers who provide their customers with an engaging omnichannel journey through each step of the buying cycle, from the need-recognition and alternative-evaluation to completing the purchase, have been shown to enjoy significantly higher conversion rates and customer loyalty than their competitors (for example,  in our studies up to 59% higher in-store conversion rate, and 23% higher purchase size).