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Use Case

ACCELERATING DUTY-FREE ONLINE BUSINESS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
CUSTOMER PROFILE:
  • Industry: Travel, Transportation, & Hospitality — Airports
  • An international airport and an important global hub for Japan
  • A gateway for 28 million passengers annually
CHALLENGES
  • The airport’s duty-free site was running on a custom-developed platform that failed to keep up with business needs and growth
  • Difficulty maintaining the ecommerce solution
  • Poor website UI/UX
  • Lack of promotion capabilities
  • Not able to target different types of customers
OBJECTIVES
  • BOOST duty-free online business with a flexible solution tailored for the airport industry.
  • ENHANCE promotion capabilities.
  • Gain the ability to easily PERFORM A/B TESTS.
  • Rely on an easy-to-use, secure, and SCALABLE ECOMMERCE PLATFORM.
  • RECOMMEND PRODUCTS on the product detail page.
  • Deliver best-in-class customer experiences in Japan as well as for visitors from other countries.
  • TARGET different types of customers.
SOLUTION
  • REPLATFORMED THE AIRPORT’S DUTY-FREE SITE to Salesforce B2C Commerce, an easy-to-use, secure, and scalable ecommerce platform.
  • DELIVERED BUSINESS MANAGER TRAINING to empower the airport team to take full advantage of the online platform’s capabilities.
  • PERFORMED UI/UX OPTIMIZATION to help the airport deliver a better customer experience.
  • ENRICHED THE DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM with ERP implementation and third-party integrations for payments, analytics, cookie management system, product ratings, and reviews.
  • PROVIDED DIGITAL ANALYTICS AND REPORTING SERVICES to help the airport enhance data-based online performance and better understand customer behavior.
  • IMPLEMENTED EXTRA FEATURES, including a lottery page, favorites page, poster creation, augmented reality, and a live stream viewing page.
EXPECTED RESULTS

The international airport is now well-positioned to take full advantage of Commerce Cloud's flexible world-class promotions capabilities:​

  • EXCEPTIONAL customer experiences
  • MAXIMIZED conversion rates
  • CUSTOMIZED journeys for Chinese audiences
  • HIGHER security and compliance requirements
  • REDUCED marketing and CRM efforts due to automation
  • GROWTH of business with no additional cost for scalability
  • PERSONALIZED front-end content and ecommerce operations for enhanced journeys
TECH STACK
Salesforce Commerce Cloud
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WeChat Pay
AliPay
Google Tag Manager
Baidu Tag
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THIS SOLUTION MAY BE RIGHT FOR YOU IF YOU:
  • Are looking to leverage an innovative solution tailored to your business.
  • Want to provide a consistent and seamless customer experience.
  • Want to replace your complex and outdated commerce platform with a new, flexible, and robust solution.

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