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Use case · Sports & outdoor

Customers buy for a sport. Grow them into the next one.

Sports retail runs on seasons, disciplines and equipment upgrades. Scnario shows which discipline each customer is in, when their season starts, and who is ready to move from entry-level gear to the next level.

2 seasonal peaksdiscipline = categorygear + consumables
LIFECYCLE · SPORTS BASEdemo data
CONTACTS
10%16%9%14%20%31%
VALUE
9%16%52%20%
OnboardingActivationGrowthRetentionSaveWinback
Retention holds 14% of contacts and 52% of value. Save holds another 20% of value that is still recoverable.
What is different in sports

Three dynamics shape the customer relationship.

01Seasons set the rhythm

Running in spring, skiing in winter. A customer quiet for five months may be on schedule, so recency is read against their own season.

02Disciplines work like categories

Most customers start in one sport. CD clusters show which discipline usually follows: running to fitness, cycling to outdoor.

03Gear has an upgrade path

Entry-level gear today, performance gear 6–12 months later if the customer stays with the sport. RRM tracks that value step.

Scenarios

Five moments, five different decisions.

Each scenario starts from a lifecycle phase and a segment move in RFM, RRM or RFC. The signal says when to act, the scenario says what to do, and the metric shows whether it worked.

01ActivationRFMNew→Promising
Consumables after the first gear
SIGNALFirst running shoes bought 4 weeks ago.ACTIONSocks, nutrition and apparel for the same discipline.
MEASURED BY2nd order rate
02GrowthRRMCoppers→Golds
Entry level to performance
SIGNALThird order in one discipline, browsing higher price points.ACTIONUpgrade guide for the next level of gear.
MEASURED BYaverage order value
03GrowthRFCShooters→Climbers
A second discipline
SIGNALRunner viewing fitness categories.ACTIONCross-discipline set from the CD cluster that most often follows running.
MEASURED BYcategories per customer
04SaveRFMLoyal→At Risk
Season started, customer silent
SIGNALThree winters of ski orders, nothing three weeks into the season.ACTIONSeason opener with servicing and rental before new gear.
MEASURED BYvalue kept
05WinbackRFMHibernating
Wait for their season
SIGNALChurned one-season buyer, off-season now.ACTIONHold spend until their discipline’s season and exclude from paid audiences meanwhile.
MEASURED BYmedia cost saved
CD · Category distribution

Where the value sits.

Running and outdoor customers hold almost half the value and buy most often. Winter sports customers are fewer, with high value concentrated in a few weeks each year.

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Share of base value by clusterdemo data
Running
26%
Outdoor & hiking
21%
Cycling
18%
Fitness
15%
Winter sports
12%
Team sports
8%
Expected results

What changes after the first quarter.

Estimates for a typical sports store running the five scenarios above for 12 weeks. Each number is one of the metrics the scenarios are measured by.

2nd order rateESTIMATE
26%from 19%
Disciplines per customerESTIMATE
1.8from 1.4
Average order valueESTIMATE
$79from $68
Returns at season startESTIMATE
17%from 11%
Spend follows each discipline’s season instead of one shared calendar.
Customers move from entry-level to performance gear with you, not with a competitor.
Off-season customers are no longer treated as churn or targeted with paid media.

Estimates based on typical ranges for the category. Actual results depend on base size, channel mix and starting point.

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Your customers are already moving.

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MOVING RIGHT NOW
Registered → First purchaseonboarding
Repeat → Loyalcategory growth
Loyal → Declinevalue protection
Inactive → Renewed intentreactivation