WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced Arsenal Football Club has transformed its online retail site ArsenalDirect.com with SAP Hybris Commerce solutions, allowing fans to shop faster, anywhere, anytime and with a choice of currencies.
Fans can now buy official Arsenal kit, training wear and accessories on any device in four currencies: euros, U.S. dollars, Australian dollars and British pounds.
These changes follow an extensive research project into the needs, motivations, shopping habits and engagement preferences of supporters when shopping online.
“Our new e-commerce platform has helped provide a speedy and reliable shopping experience for our supporters,” said Simon Lilley, retail director, Arsenal Football Club. “Results have been fantastic, and we will continue to build on this to meet the needs of fans wherever they are in the world and however they choose to shop.”
Tapping SAP Hybris Commerce solutions to support the transformation of its retail capabilities, Arsenal has achieved the following results to date:
86 percent increase in mobile transactions
42 percent increase in sales as a whole
48 percent increase in sales outside of the United Kingdom
57 percent reduction in page load time
Thanks to its built-in omnichannel versatility, SAP Hybris Commerce lets organizations engage and transact with customers regardless of place, time or device. The offering helps brands engage and understand their key audiences in every part of the commerce experience — from content creation to merchandising to fulfillment. This comprehensive approach reduces the time and complexity of integrating with current systems.
Additionally, with SAP Hybris Commerce , organizations can quickly react and engage with customers and fans — such as at events, new player signings or new kit launches, which may be accompanied by a significant peak in merchandising. The ready-to-use, flexible and scalable infrastructure helps organizations withstand major site traffic spikes to help ensure a seamless shopping experience at all times.
“The sports and entertainment industries are near and dear to our hearts at SAP, and we have a deep understanding of the expectations brands within this market have,” said Jamie Anderson, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at SAP Hybris.* “When it comes to athletics, fans can be particularly passionate consumers, demanding quality performance at all times. With this in mind, SAP Hybris solutions enable leading global organizations, like Arsenal Football Club, to deliver services and products to fans that reflect the standing and regard they have for the club. The benchmark is not what other sports clubs offer, but a solution fitting the expectation of world’s leading retailers.”
About SAP Hybris Solutions
SAP Hybris solutions provide omnichannel customer engagement and commerce software that allows organizations to build up a contextual understanding of their customers in real time, deliver a more impactful, relevant customer experience, and sell more goods, services and digital content across every touch point, channel and device. Through customer data management, context driven marketing tools and unified commerce processes, SAP Hybris solutions have helped some of the world’s leading organizations to attract, retain and grow a profitable customer base. SAP Hybris software for customer engagement and commerce provides organizations with the foundation, framework and business tools to create a holistic customer view across channels, simplify customer engagement and solve complex business problems. For more information, visit www.hybris.com.
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