2. What is ikitchen.be? Royal Crown?
Why, being a B2B orientated firm approach
consumers directly?
How to convince a traditonal brick and mortar retailer
to go online?
Price and discount
How to claim your place in a highly competitive market?
How to develop an E-shop with more than 5000 products
Agenda
3.
4. An E-commerce platform in MDA,
mostly built-in domestic appliances
6000 products online, +115 pickup locations (stores)
Created by buying group Royal Crown in 2013
for its members, independent Belgian kitchen retailers
Strictly B2B background
ikitchen.be?
5. Royal Crown?
Supplier (e.g. Siemens)
Royal Crown
negotiate prices
kitchen
store
kitchen
store
kitchen
store
kitchen
store
kitchen
store
- buying
- marketing
- software
9. 1996 : first interactive site
2005 : CrownBase SQL : online database
2008 :
A proces that took many years...
Offer product info without prices
2013 :
Offer product info with prices and possibility to buy
14. offer good deals
fair and competitive price
follow-up !
Helpdesk, e-mailing, order management
service and after-sales
Delivery, pick-up locations, community management
SUCCES
15. HOWto develop an E-commerce
platform with more than
5000 products?