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Improving Online Customer Experience: A Case Study on American Eagle Outfitters
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Identity & Authentication Management
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Applicable Industries
- E-Commerce
- Retail
Applicable Functions
- Sales & Marketing
Use Cases
- Retail Store Automation
- Traffic Monitoring
The Challenge
American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), a leading global specialty retailer, was facing challenges in delivering high-quality shopping experiences across all its digital channels. The company relied on limited information from customer feedback forms to understand digital customer experiences. This approach resulted in incomplete information, making it difficult to replicate the exact circumstances that prevented customers from successfully completing their purchases. Consequently, it was challenging to identify 'sticking points' on the online and mobile journey that frustrated customers. The company was also struggling with low conversion rates due to issues such as a corrupted shopping cart and incorrect discount codes. Additionally, AEO was facing difficulties in understanding customer interactions on the mobile channel due to the complexity of multiple mobile devices, browsers, and screen sizes.
About The Customer
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO) is a leading global specialty retailer offering high-quality clothing, accessories, and personal care products for teens. AEO operates more than 1,000 stores in North America and ships to 77 countries worldwide through its ae.com e-commerce website. To maintain its competitive advantage in the competitive fashion retail industry, AEO relies on IBM Tealeaf customer experience management (CEM) solutions to ensure a seamless retail journey across all online channels.
The Solution
To address these challenges, AEO implemented IBM Tealeaf customer experience management (CEM) solutions. This enriched its existing voice-of-customer solution with insight into real-world customer behavior, enabling proactive experience improvements to the digital channels. The team could replay sessions that resulted in negative customer feedback step-by-step and truly understand the obstacles that customers described. With IBM Tealeaf CEM solutions in place, AEO could rapidly identify website issues and be proactive in its site optimization efforts across the online and mobile channels. The company was able to reconcile cryptic customer feedback with what actually happened in each digital journey. AEO also detected and corrected a mobile compatibility issue on its review pages, redesigned its review page for touch-based devices, and improved the account login and password reset process.
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