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SM-CLIENT-003 · Consumer Research + CX Design

Retail CX

SAP · Customer Journey Mapping

2024

A comprehensive customer journey mapping engagement for enterprise retail operations. We mapped the end-to-end customer path, identified systemic friction points across in-store and digital touchpoints, and shaped a strategy that fed directly into platform decisions.

  • Enterprise retail software client.
  • Multi-channel journey: in-store, digital, partner.
  • Research synthesis from stakeholder interviews across retail, IT, and partner teams.
  • Deliverable fed directly into platform feature priorities.
Client
SAP — Retail enterprise software
Challenge
Fragmented retail customer experience across in-store, digital, and partner channels with no shared map.
Approach
Stakeholder interviews across retail, IT, and partner teams; quantitative + qualitative journey analysis; multi-channel journey mapping.
Deliverables
Multi-channel customer journey maps · Friction inventory · Backstage analysis · Strategic recommendations
Result
A shared journey artifact across the retail org that informed platform feature priorities and partner-channel investment decisions.
01 The Challenge

A national retail brand was preparing for a significant digital transformation — new commerce platform, new app, new loyalty program. Before they rebuilt, they needed to understand how their existing customers actually shopped: what worked, what frustrated, and what kept them coming back.

02 Our Approach

We ran a multi-method research program: in-store observation, online session analysis, and moderated interviews with shoppers across segments. We then synthesized findings into a set of journey maps and a prioritized opportunity framework — a clear picture of where to invest first for maximum customer impact.

03 The Outcome

A journey-informed roadmap that changed the sequence of the digital transformation. Two planned features were de-prioritized; three unplanned ones were elevated. The research surfaced a loyalty program friction point that, once fixed, showed measurable improvement in repeat purchase rate.

Disciplines
  • 01 Consumer Research
  • 02 In-Store Observation
  • 03 Session Analysis
  • 04 Journey Mapping
  • 05 Opportunity Prioritization

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