Promised thingIt's time to do it right! Here is the first step of the analysis of La Redoute's email marketing program. In this first part, we will discuss the newsletter registration process.

Preamble

N’ayant accès qu’aux données publiquement disponibles, cette analyse aborde uniquement le point de vue utilisateur d’une newsletter. Les performances réelles du programme email marketing en question, la gestion des données, le routage, le processus créatif, les triggers, la gestion des opts, le cross-channel, l’AB Testing, … ne sont donc pas visés.

Registration

The different sources of registration

At first glance on the site, there's no directly visible subscription form for the La Redoute newsletter. You have to go and see everything at the bottom of the home page to find the first source of registration. Registration form for the La Redoute newsletter The other possibility of registration is via the "My account" section which allows you to create a user account on the La Redoute website. Registration button for the La Redoute website These are the only two methods apparent on the site's home page. Of course, it is also possible to register to the site via the purchasing process. Le formulaire est exactement le même que pour la création d’un compte. Les différentes actions marketing disponible sur la La Redoute Facebook page also allow you to subscribe to the newsletter. Subscribe to the La Redoute newsletter via Facebook And the mobile applications from La Redoute require an email address, but we won't have the opportunity here to go through the push functions and the link with the email marketing program of mobile applications.

Registration forms

Ergonomics

Newsletter subscription ("light" form)
As you can see in the screenshot above, this form is a very simple to use. Only the email address is required and the confirmation is done in a window pop-up. Ce mode de confirmation n’est sans doute pas une bonne idée vu que dans une grande majorité de cas, la fenêtre sera bloquée par le navigateur. Il aurait sans doute été préférable d’aboutir sur une page de confirmation dédiée sur le site. Au niveau du formulaire lui même, excepté qu’il se trouve tout en bas de la page et qu’il n’est pas mis en avant, le design is quite consistent with the rest of the site. Confirmation of registration via the "Light" newsletter form
Create an account
As you can see in the screenshot below, the first step of this form is a very great simplicity. Registration form for La Redoute website Unfortunately, this is only the first step and the possibility of connection via Facebook is only used to pre-fill the second step which is unfortunately very very long ! 2nd step of the registration form C’est typiquement le genre de formulaire qui rebutera les gens désirant seulement recevoir la newsletter. De plus, si tous les champs ne sont pas obligatoires, seul un astérisque marque la différence, ce qui visuellement est très faible. On peut comprendre que l’inscription au site demande des informations très proches du formulaire de commande, mais il aurait été préférable de simplify this form and to ask for useful information when ordering!

The data

If we take the light" formthe only information requested is the email address ... and that's it! L'confirmation screen could have contained a other form to get to know the consumer better, but this is not the case. However, on a site like La Redoute, knowing at least the sex of the consumer would have been very relevant information. Management of operations During the create an account on the other hand, it is thedata explosion ! Adresse email, mot de passe, numéro de client, titre, nom, prénom, adresse postale, téléphone, date de naissance, enfants (y compris leur date de naissance), et enfin, comme on peut le voir ci-dessus, différents opts pour différents types de communication (La Redoute, partenaires et mobile). On peut d’ailleurs se demander quels sont les opts qui sont donnés via le formulaire “light”. Une fois que toutes ces informations sont remplies, il est encore possible de laisser d’autres informations complémentaires via la section “My interests": Let's get to know each other" form It is to be hoped that this information is actually used in the email marketing program of La Redoute.

Welcome program and double opt-in

Pour commencer, les emails de confirmations arrivent évidemment instantanément après l’inscription ce qui est toujours appréciable. Ensuite, no double optin, l’inscription est directe sans vérification de l’adresse email. C’est mauvais pour la qualité de la base de donnée et donc pour la délivrabilité. Le taux de réaction sur les campagnes sera lui aussi influencé négativement par ce choix. Petite remarque, il y a un consistency problem with the sending email address. In the confirmation page of the "light" form, it is recommended to add the email address "laredoute@fr.redoute.com" while the confirmation email of the newsletter registration is sent via the email address "info@laredoute.com" and it recommends to add the address "service_client@web.redoute.fr" to the address book... not very logical. The account creation confirmation email is more coherent as it uses and recommends "service_client@web.redoute.fr". The newsletters on the other hand use the email address "laredoute@fr.redoute.com". This would mean that there is a difference between marketing-oriented emails and those used for operational. Ce n’est pas forcément une stratégie cohérente au niveau délivrabilité. Pour le reste (et nous ne parlerons pas de l’email de confirmation de création de compte, mais uniquement de confirmation à la newsletter), l’welcome email is very classic. A nice message from the "Customer Relationship Manager" and some useful information. Nothing very originalThe site doesn't even bother to push its current promotion in the email. A point to improve. Also note, the email sent via the "light" form is slightly different from the one sent via the account creation ... for no apparent reason. Certainly this difference between marketing and operational. This is even noticeable on a purely technical level, but we'll come back to that in the "Sending technique and deliverability" section. Welcome email to the La Redoute newsletter In the next step, we will analyze the newsletter itself.

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3 responses

  1. Pascal Proulx Avatar
    Pascal Proulx

    Hello, I would like to receive more information by email: Pascal.Proulx@arcelormittal.com

  2. Pascal Proulx Avatar
    Pascal Proulx

    Hello, is anyone listening to me? I still haven't received anything, I'm about to file a complaint with the OPC. Pascal.Proulx@arcelormittal.com

  3. omaber Avatar
    omaber

    thank you

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