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According to SAP’s recent “The Race for Omnichannel Excellence” report, consumer product brands are, on average, three years away from achieving their overall omnichannel goals.

Conducted in partnership with Loudhouse, researchers surveyed 839 global marketing decision-makers from consumer product organizations to gauge the extent to which omnichannel data has created business value, as well as the challenges that come along with increased customer intimacy.

The following statistics underline how consumer product brands currently operate and which strategies will garner the most attention and care throughout the coming years:

  • Though companies have access to an array of customer aspects, such as transactional data, social interactions, and consumer profiles, 72 percent agree that their businesses struggle to transform omnichannel data into tangible, actionable business assets.
  • Thirty-eight percent of respondents say their omnichannel sales approaches are integrated “to an extent,” while only 16 percent claim that their company currently meets all business and analysis needs for consumer experience via omnichannel.
  • Eighty-six percent of respondents agree that omnichannel has increased the average consumer’s brand expectations, and 86 percent believe that the benefits of investing in an omnichannel sales strategy outweigh the challenges.
  • Of those companies that have implemented an omnichannel sales strategy, most claim that their organization has experienced increased sales (74 percent), improved loyalty and acquisition (64 percent), competitive advantage (62 percent), and better customer experience (57 percent).
  • When asked to prioritize the focus of their organization—promotion, optimization, innovation, or forecasting—42 percent of consumer product companies agreed that innovation would be their brand’s primary concentration over the next 12 months.
  • Over the next two years, respondents believe the main competitive differentiators will be quality of consumer experience (66 percent), integration of channels or omnichannel excellence (60 percent), and consumer data and corresponding analytics (58 percent). Only half (51 percent) believe the number of channels will carry any advantage.

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via CPG | On the Path to Omnichannel Excellence.