Microsoft Azure CASE STUDY Microsoft Azure Notification Hubs

Microsoft Azure CASE STUDY Microsoft Azure Notification Hubs Help Improve Customer Loyalty, Increase Motivation “The infrastructure to Buy of our beaconsmind Suite, a data management platform and on-demand marketing suite, is based on Azure. With Azure, we are able to use client data to improve customer loyalty, boost sales, and spark motivation to buy. ” – Anna Langenbach, Partner, beaconsmind AG MICROSOFT AZURE ISV: beaconsmind AG WEB SITE: www. beaconsmind. com LOCATION: Zurich, Switzerland ORG SIZE: 7 employees MICROSOFT AZURE ISV PROFILE: beaconsmind develops custom solutions for retail stores and point-of-sale establishments to help them digitalize their business models, increase customer loyalty, and boost sales. beaconsmind offers goal-, results-, and clientoriented consulting services to help companies connect their offline marketing with online and mobile marketing activities. Go-To-Market Services • SITUATION A beaconsmind client, the Bollag-Guggenheim Fashion Group, needed a mobile app that would also serve as a digital client card for their Gallery multibrand concept stores and Marc O´Polo and GUESS stores. The goal was to reach customers locally at the point of sale with special offers, discounts, or invitations and they needed a way to capture info about customer purchase behavior to improve the shopping experience and increase customer loyalty. • SOLUTION With Microsoft Azure, beaconsmind was able to connect the Gallery’s new mobile app to its beaconsmind Suite and the client’s POS/CRM system. The app uses Azure Notification Hubs to create campaigns that push text and picture notifications to app users locally. Using Azure Blob Storage, all campaign and customer data is stored securely in the cloud and is accessible from the beaconsmind Suite dashboards. • BENEFITS With Microsoft Azure, beaconsmind is able to transform online and offline data using personalized push notifications. Azure enables retail clients to engage customers at the point of sale and capture valuable data about buying behavior.