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MetTel Wi-Fi Analytics Brings "Cake Boss" Closer to Customers as Carlo's Bakery Eyes Global ExpansionNEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- MetTel, a leading communications carrier, and Carlo's Bakery of the hit TV show "Cake Boss" on TLC, today announced the debut of MetTel Wi-Fi Analytics, designed to elevate the customer experience by bringing fast, online insights and convenience to the high-end retailer's 21 locations across the US and Brazil. The new solution, which includes Purple Wi-Fi, will provide Carlo's Bakery with a deeper view of customer preferences as it eyes a major expansion in the US and Europe to follow. The new MetTel Wi-Fi Analytics technology learns in real-time how consumers visit the bakery, where they browse, what they buy and don't buy, and helps determine what products they may want to try based on their established preferences. Further insights such as drive-bys, the frequency and length of visits can also provide valuable insights to help better cater to Carlo's Bakery discerning and loyal customer base. If this sounds more like a digital shopping experience, that's because it is – in-store. Originally founded in 1910 in Hoboken, New Jersey, Carlo's Bakery has a long, proud tradition of serving its local customers for the past century, but owner Buddy Valastro saw a missing link over the past few years. Consumers were shopping more online, using mobile devices to browse before they buy and to acquire special offer notifications. He recognized it was time for Carlo's Bakery to build a media empire to reach mobile and social buyers. As a result, Carlo's Bakery is building a digital foundation to cater to a larger audience. "We wanted to give our customers the best possible experience through a digital in-store approach," said Buddy Valastro, CEO of Carlo's Bakery. "It's no secret that more and more people are shopping online but many of our customers also like the look and feel and human touch of our bakeries. This technology can help uncover hidden opportunities to bring us closer to our customers while giving them the customized benefits of online shopping – the best of both worlds." A recent study by comScore and UPS in 2016 showed that the majority of retail purchases today are either made or influenced online. A primary driver of this trend is the analytics capability in smart phone applications that have enabled consumers to bring the world to their fingertips. Digital analytics can reveal shopping patterns and tastes each time a consumer visits a web site, enabling retailers to optimize and personalize each individual's shopping experience. Physical stores, in contrast, have been measured by operations-driven methods such as footfall counters at doors and transactional data from point-of-sale systems for decades. These methods don't compare well with in-store behavioral analytical data that online stores use to fine-tune shopping experiences for each individual shopper. "We can measure and enhance the customer experience in physical stores just as we do online," said Max Silber, Vice President for Mobility & IoT for MetTel. "Companies can now manage brick-and-mortar stores as if they were websites by calculating conversions, continuous monitoring and optimization, piloting new offerings, zooming into shopping paths and behavioral patterns, segmenting based on behavior, and so on. This will open new tactics and techniques for better check-out line management, adjusting staff allocations based on actual customer needs, tracking and managing assets like shopping carts, and triggering marketing messages based on customer location." The MetTel Wi-Fi Analytics solution is able to analyze each visit to a store, provide real-time data from entire store spaces, and geolocation services and marketing for opt-in customers. Best of all, this is enabled without installing apps on smartphones. This results in stronger customer reach rates for the business through Wi-Fi versus applications. Step by step, the solution works in the following manner:
MetTel has assisted thousands of companies from retail and other industries with digital transformation by providing advanced technology, skills and market-leading customer care. MetTel's market-leading customer service has been recognized with a Stevie Award for Customer Service Department of the Year — Telecommunications for the past three years, due largely to MetTel's proactive approach to predicting the probability of network strains and addressing them before they become major outages. About MetTel Media Contacts Michelle Van Jura View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mettel-wi-fi-analytics-brings-cake-boss-closer-to-customers-as-carlos-bakery-eyes-global-expansion-300571368.html SOURCE MetTel |