Case study · Wine and spirits · 2018–19

Through GDPR without losing a subscriber, in a hard year for wine

Berry Bros. & Rudd · My role: Digital Marketing and CRM Manager, leading the CRM team

A glass of red wine on a ledge overlooking a vineyard

What changed

  • +3%channel revenue (£2.3m)
  • +30%repeat shopper segments, year on year
  • +15%customers via email, year on year
  • 0subscribers lost in the GDPR transition

CRM team results. I led the team and the strategy.

The challenge

Grow CRM revenue for Britain's oldest wine and spirits merchant in a hard year for the industry, while moving platform and getting through GDPR without losing the audience.

My role

Digital Marketing and CRM Manager, leading the CRM team

The approach

  • Retention, engagement and reactivation programmes across channels
  • Automation and replenishment for repeat shoppers
  • Migration from Mailchimp to Emarsys, laying foundations for a later move to SAP
  • Sell-out launches, including a 100-bottle whiskey release with a 9,500-order waiting list

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