Presented by: Sona Martirosian, Amy Kelly, & Cara Verwholt
NYU MS Integrated Marketing
Pet Care Analytics: The
Opportunities & Challenges
Agenda
 Overview
 Pet Care Industry Marketplace
 E-commerce Competitive Landscape
 Challenges & Opportunities
 Recommendations
 Questions?
How many people have pets?
Who Ate My Money?
62% of US households own a pet = 71 million homes in 2010
source: National Pet Owners Survey 2010
Pet Industry Spend & Scope
US Pet Care Market Value: $55 Billion USD in 2013; up from $45.5
billion in 2009
source: American Pet Products Association
Pet care Ecosystem
Consists of many different categories and service
organizations with disparate data sources & siloes
Retailers
Vets
Kennel
Boardin
g
Grooming
& SpaFood
Suppliers
Dog
Walkers
Why Growth?
Pets make us feel
better; fight
depression & heart
disease, make us
feel less lonely and
more secure; also
great for kids
Increased attention
from governing
bodies; ASPCA,
PETA, etc.
Shift in attitudes &
sentiment in the last
decade
New Trends & Products
Grooming & Spas Premium Food Choices Retail
Digital Tech Toys & Offerings
Internet enabled Pet Feeder Wi Fi Dog Mounted Camera: Sony
Pet TV
Big Players
The Big Players
Challenges & Opportunities
Fragmented Data
Joining The Conversation
Engaging With Customers
Social Sharing
Sharable & Shopable
Recommendations
At a glance
 Social media
sentiment analysis
 Seamless tracking
via CRM/social sign
on
 Partnerships/affiliate
programs
 Boost content
marketing strategies
 Test, test, test!
 Measure via an
attribution model
Goals
For the retailers
 Gather more data & better
understand consumers
 Leverage content to
increase revenue
 Develop points of
differentiation among
competitors
For consumers
 Efficiency through more
seamless transactions
 Personalization
 Streamline content
gathering & education
Social media sentiment analysis
 Better understand conversations about their brands and
also relevant keywords
 Analyze content from communities and discussion forums
to better alleviate “pain points” within the e-commerce
site and increase revenue
Seamless tracking
 Petco and Petsmart, since they have brick and mortar
locations, can leverage loyalty card data – but
information is collected sporadically
 All retailers should consider using social sign-in (e.g.
Facebook) to:
 Increase registrations
 Increase engagement
 Gather richer profile information; personalize
 Better share & promote products via Facebook
Partnerships/affiliate programs
 Develop relationships with other players in the pet care
ecosystem
 Petflow and Dog Food Advisor example
Content marketing
 With the exception of Petco, the brands examined do
not leverage content successfully.
 Each should have a blog and/or community site.
 Better align resource information with product
information.
 e.g. Q&A articles, live chat
 Run a contest to encourage user generated content
 Consider Shoppable Video Integration
Testing & analysis
 A/B and/or multivariate testing to ensure changes to
product pages are increasing conversions
 Create high value attribution models
Summary & Conclusions
 Significant opportunities for e-retailers
 rise of pet ownership, increased e-commerce behavior and growing
importance of social networks
 Key will be understanding how to translate online behavior into
business results
 customer insights to driver better engagement and experience
 Creating more strategic partnerships with members in the pet care
ecosystem
 Ensures customers are benefitting from more efficient and seamless
transactions
 Ongoing testing and attribution modeling to understand where
allocate value marketing dollars $$
Using Web Analytics to Find Opportunities for the Pet Care Industry

Using Web Analytics to Find Opportunities for the Pet Care Industry

  • 1.
    Presented by: SonaMartirosian, Amy Kelly, & Cara Verwholt NYU MS Integrated Marketing Pet Care Analytics: The Opportunities & Challenges
  • 2.
    Agenda  Overview  PetCare Industry Marketplace  E-commerce Competitive Landscape  Challenges & Opportunities  Recommendations  Questions?
  • 3.
    How many peoplehave pets?
  • 4.
    Who Ate MyMoney? 62% of US households own a pet = 71 million homes in 2010 source: National Pet Owners Survey 2010
  • 5.
    Pet Industry Spend& Scope US Pet Care Market Value: $55 Billion USD in 2013; up from $45.5 billion in 2009 source: American Pet Products Association
  • 6.
    Pet care Ecosystem Consistsof many different categories and service organizations with disparate data sources & siloes Retailers Vets Kennel Boardin g Grooming & SpaFood Suppliers Dog Walkers
  • 7.
    Why Growth? Pets makeus feel better; fight depression & heart disease, make us feel less lonely and more secure; also great for kids Increased attention from governing bodies; ASPCA, PETA, etc. Shift in attitudes & sentiment in the last decade
  • 8.
    New Trends &Products Grooming & Spas Premium Food Choices Retail
  • 9.
    Digital Tech Toys& Offerings Internet enabled Pet Feeder Wi Fi Dog Mounted Camera: Sony Pet TV
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    At a glance Social media sentiment analysis  Seamless tracking via CRM/social sign on  Partnerships/affiliate programs  Boost content marketing strategies  Test, test, test!  Measure via an attribution model
  • 20.
    Goals For the retailers Gather more data & better understand consumers  Leverage content to increase revenue  Develop points of differentiation among competitors For consumers  Efficiency through more seamless transactions  Personalization  Streamline content gathering & education
  • 21.
    Social media sentimentanalysis  Better understand conversations about their brands and also relevant keywords  Analyze content from communities and discussion forums to better alleviate “pain points” within the e-commerce site and increase revenue
  • 22.
    Seamless tracking  Petcoand Petsmart, since they have brick and mortar locations, can leverage loyalty card data – but information is collected sporadically  All retailers should consider using social sign-in (e.g. Facebook) to:  Increase registrations  Increase engagement  Gather richer profile information; personalize  Better share & promote products via Facebook
  • 23.
    Partnerships/affiliate programs  Developrelationships with other players in the pet care ecosystem  Petflow and Dog Food Advisor example
  • 24.
    Content marketing  Withthe exception of Petco, the brands examined do not leverage content successfully.  Each should have a blog and/or community site.  Better align resource information with product information.  e.g. Q&A articles, live chat  Run a contest to encourage user generated content  Consider Shoppable Video Integration
  • 25.
    Testing & analysis A/B and/or multivariate testing to ensure changes to product pages are increasing conversions  Create high value attribution models
  • 26.
    Summary & Conclusions Significant opportunities for e-retailers  rise of pet ownership, increased e-commerce behavior and growing importance of social networks  Key will be understanding how to translate online behavior into business results  customer insights to driver better engagement and experience  Creating more strategic partnerships with members in the pet care ecosystem  Ensures customers are benefitting from more efficient and seamless transactions  Ongoing testing and attribution modeling to understand where allocate value marketing dollars $$